To experience a perfect camping trip with your family, it is rather essential to have a family camping tent. It not only gives all of you a place to sleep at night, protects you from the insects attachment, but also keeps your gear safe and not wet if it rains. Therefore, alongside choosing the best family camping tent, you also need to know how to maintain it. This article will give you some tips:
Tip #1: While preparing for a camping trip.
Preparation is an important step of the camping trip. While considering what you should carry on, do not forget to bring a mini tent maintenance kit in case all of a sudden, some matters may arise with your camping tent. It can sound complicated, but making plans to prevent all the unfortunate cases that may happen during the camping holiday is not unnecessary.
Tip #2: Before setting up the camping tent:
An ideal place to raise a tent must have a flat surface where there is not any sharp rock. Also, you should choose a place which has the shade of the trees so that your tent can be protected from the direct sunlight. If you do not find the shade, you can use a rainfly to cover the tent.
Do you know the most important parts of a family camping tent? They are zippers, flies, poles and seams. So you need to put these parts in the safest place to avoid stepping on them accidentally while engrossing in setting up the tent or in case the wind may blow them into the sharp objects such as rocks, tree branches, so forth and so on.
Tip #3: How to clean:
Never ignore this step as it plays a rather important role in keeping the tent more durable. When doing the washing-up of your tent, absolutely avoid using these things:
- Hot water: especially if your family camping tent is made from nylon. Hot water will deform and ruin it immediately.
- Household cleaners: For example: the dishwashing liquid, spot removers… because their scent can attract insects and mice that can make your tent damage.
- Abrasive sponges: these objects can corrode the tent material. You’d better use the kind of non-abrasive sponges to clean.
Tip #4: How to store:
Always making sure that your camping tent is clean and dry when you store a tent deftly lest the mildew will attach it. Remember that the tent is only air dry. Do not ignore even just a small wet area on the tent. Store it in a dry place which is out of the direct sunshine in addition to always avoiding the humid or high moisture storage.
Another thing, do not forget to zip all the zippers while packing or unpacking to prevent them against the sands and dirty that can be stuck in. Like many other appliances, your camping tent also needs to be cared to maintain its durability for as much long time as possible.
