SoulPad 4000-hybrid™
Instruction Manual.
Version 2, Published Feb 2012. © SoulPad Ltd. 2012
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9. 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.
10. Get the A frame and re-enter your SoulPad. This is much easier if you unlock one section next to the
top.
11. 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.
12. Now edge the A frame’s feet forward into the entrance space until it is almost vertical.
13. Position the A frames feet into the cups on the groundsheet.
14. There are also ties which you can loosely fasten around the legs of the A frame if desired. 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 lines
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 rope 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).
18. Return to the front of your SoulPad and position the next two guy lines along (working methodically in
either a clockwise or anti-clockwise position).
19. Go and peg out the two guy lines opposite to those in the step above. Repeat this process until all of the
remaining guy lines are in position, always following the line of the seams at all times.
20. Now in the same order that you pegged out the guy lines, adjust the slides on the guy lines to take up
the slack with even tension. Get the canvas nice and taught without stressing any of the components. The
best way to do this is to hold and pull the canvas loop where the guy rope is attached to the SoulPad (noting
its affect on the SoulPad’s walls), and take up the slack by re-positioning the slide. You will see the walls
begin to relocate more vertically and neatly at this stage.
NB: Too much tension or the incorrect positioning of the wall loops may cause the wall to crease.
Return To The Peg Loops
21. Now you can push in the pegs at the base of the walls (don’t worry if they don’t go all the way into the
ground. These peg loops serve mainly to keep the storm flap in place protecting the zip of the groundsheet).
In doing this you will notice any remaining slack in the canvas will disperse, giving the SoulPad a good
shape.
