SoulPad 4000-lite
™
Instruction Manual.
Version 3, Published Dec 2014. © SoulPad Ltd. 2014
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Poles
8. Partially extend the poles. Some prefer to fully extend the central pole before going into the tent, this can
work equally as well. Unzip the entrance and take the central pole (with rubber stoppers) inside.
There is a metal loop part way along the top most section of the central pole. Be sure to position this at the
top of the tent with the loop pointing towards the back of the tent (this is a fixing to attach the inner tent to).
Find the inside of the top of your SoulPad and marry it with the rubber stopper.
9. Standing roughly in the middle of the groundsheet, pull the pole up so that the roof of your SoulPad rises,
clicking the pole into full length as you do so. This should be reassuringly quite challenging to get into place
due to the tension created by the pegged out canvas fly. It is this tension that keeps your SoulPad in place.
10. Make the central pole stand as vertical as possible, in the centre of the groundsheet. The pole should
hold upright by itself
. The canvas will droop but the pole shouldn’t slip out of position. Go back outside.
11. Get the A frame and re-enter your SoulPad. This is much easier if you unlock one section next to the
top.
12. Once inside your SoulPad click the sections back into place and put the metal spike on the top of the A
frame through the eyelet in the canvas above the entrance, at the apex.
13.
Now edge the A frame’s feet forward into the entrance space until it is almost vertical.
14. Position the A frames feet near to the ties on the flysheet. Depending on the terrain you can loosely
fasten the ties around the legs of the A frame if desired.
During adverse, windy weather it is advisable to pull back the mudgurard at the base of the wall and position
the A fra
me’s feet directly in contact with the ground beneath. This insures a superior purchase and reduces
any sliding effects on the A frame.
Remember, the A frame serves only to create the porch shape, it is not as structural as the central pole. Do
not try to force it into a vertical position. Go back outside.
15. Attach the A frame cap (to stop water getting in) onto the A frame spike now visible on the outside of
your SoulPad (top of the a-frame). Zip the entrance closed.
Guy Line Positioning
In the first instance the guy lines should be pegged out with plenty of slack. In the first steps of pegging out
the guy lines our aim is simply to get the positioning right by following the lines of the seams in the canvas.
It is very important that the guy lines are not pegged out with too much tension at this point, because we will
apply tension evenly in later steps.
16. Use one of the larger stake pegs to attach the first guy line from above the entrance (remember, with
plenty of slack) then secure the guy lines either side of the entrance too.
Don’t push the stake pegs all the
way into the ground or else you won’t be able to adjust the tension on the guy lines later.
17. Once the first three guy lines are in place at the front, go to the back of your SoulPad and repeat with the
opposite three guy lines at the back (remember, with plenty of slack).
