Mec Frontenac, Руководство пользователя

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Ventilating the Tent
Proper ventilation is the key to minimizing condensation in any tent. Keep
fabric doors open as widely as the prevailing weather permits. If bugs
or drafts aren’t a problem, leave mesh doors open too. Crack each door
open from the top down; warm, moist air rises and will escape through
high openings. If the design of your tent allows for it, have openings at
both ends or both sides of the tent to allow air to flow through for best
ventilation. On very hot nights, when you are confident there will be no
rain or dewfall, you can leave the flysheet off and use the inner tent alone
as a “bug tent.”
The Frontenac features a roof peak vent that allows rising, warm, moist
air to escape, while encouraging cooler, drier air to flow in through other
door and window openings. To open the vent, fasten the two hinged
battens together at the centre using their hook-and-loop surfaces: this
will form a prop rod that holds the vent open. You can adjust the length
of this prop rod, and thereby the vent opening size, by fastening the two
battens together at different places along their lengths. To close the vent,
pull the battens apart, fold them flat, and seal them down with the hook-
and-loop strip.
Disassembling the Tent
The most important consideration in taking down a tent is not to stress
the poles and fabrics. First, disconnect guylines and release the tension
from the tent. Next, release all the poles. If your tent has pole sleeves,
push the poles out of the sleeves instead of pulling them out. To minimize
the stress on the bungee cord in the poles and to speed disassembly,
fold each pole in half first, and then fold down towards the outsides, two
sections at a time.
packing the Tent
If possible, fold and roll the tent rather than stuffing it into its sack—rolling
makes a smaller package, and causes fewer creases in the polyurethane
coating. The tent and poles may be carried separately for easier packing
or load sharing. There are two drawcords on the tent sack. Use the
lower one when carrying the tent separately from the poles; this makes
a shorter package that fits sideways into a pack. If carrying the pole
sack on the outside of a pack, securely attach the drawcord to the pack
to avoid loss.