How to fold a tent in a figure of eight. How to fold a children's triangular tent: a detailed algorithm. How to assemble and remove a tent-bus, car, train and other "unearthly beauty"

To choose a tourist tent for yourself, it is advisable to familiarize yourself with what they are. For starters, you can view their classification. When choosing tents, they usually pay attention to their shape, which will directly affect their stability, comfort and capacity.

What are the types of tents

The shape of tourist tents can be:

Dome (hemispheric), which are used mainly by hunters and tourists. Such tents can be quite stable, they protect well in bad weather and when strong wind. They are easy and quick to unfold and fold. However, such tents have a significant drawback - a fairly solid weight of 4 to 6 kg, thanks to the frame arcs;
Tunnel (semi-barrel) or hangar tents, which are something like half a cylinder. Such tents are more spacious than the previous type, but tunnel tents have less stability;
Tent is the oldest type of tent. The tents are easy to install, have a low weight (3-4 kg), but are inferior to the two previous options in many respects. Tent tents can have spatial frames, be installed on central stakes, stretched with guy wires, or can be hung from trees;
Tourist (trekking), which are made of high-quality and durable types of fabrics, have water-repellent impregnation and weight not exceeding 2.8 kg;
Storm (extreme), designed for serious trips. They have more stable structures that can protect people from showers and winds;
Ultralight tents that weigh no more than 600-800 grams. The "insides" of the tents are minimized, they are hammocks with awnings, and single-layer fabrics serve as the material for their implementation.

It is desirable to set up tents on flat, smooth and dry places. Of course, this is not always possible, especially in the mountains.

How to fold a tent in a figure eight

To begin with, the structures are stacked so that they become gentle. To do this, opposite sides are taken and brought together as if the book should close. The frames of the tents are semi-automatic, so voluminous structures easily take on flat shapes. However, their shape and size are not so important. Based on the models, the result should be rectangles, squares or triangles.

Next, the resulting structures must be picked up and placed in narrow parts on the ground as an emphasis. For example, if triangles are obtained, then the tops should focus on the ground, and the wide bases should remain in the hands. Then the lower parts are pressed down with their feet, and the upper parts are bent to the ground as if they want to lay the canvases in half. From the moment the frame arcs close, the joints are pressed by hand. After that, the right and left corners of the resulting shapes are folded one on top of the other. In the course of this, the corners themselves will begin to curl.

In semi-automatic tents, with the right effort, the frames themselves fold into small circles or ovals. When bending, the arcs will begin to wrap themselves inward, you just have to come to their aid a little. In the end, some sections of the tents are tucked inside the resulting circles and the assembled structures are removed into covers.

Connoisseurs recommend for a better understanding of the structure of the frames to practice assembling awnings in pairs. For this, canvases are taken from two sides, and people go towards each other. Then one will have to hold the ends firmly, and the other will have to twist the corners towards the middle. Some self-standing camping tents, such as multi-person, high-ceiling tents, may have additional frame elements such as supporting center axles. Such parts are usually removable and have similar assembly systems.

How to assemble a winter tent figure eight

In winter tourist tents there are external and internal frames, they may have locks and Velcro. Velcro designs are slightly different from ordinary ones. To fold them, all Velcro, locks are closed, after which one of the corners is pressed inward to obtain a kind of book. Then it is positioned so that one corner is turned “towards itself”. The lower ribs are pressed to the ground, while the upper ribs are bent forward and down, then packed into cases.

Children are very fond of building houses from any material at hand: chairs, armchairs, sofa cushions, blankets and rugs are used. In such houses it is so wonderful to play with dolls, hide from the evil Baba Yaga and turn on a flashlight in the dark.

One thing is a pity, this house is not strong. One move and the roof is already broken. And then the walls along with it. The kids are upset. But the parents are excited: how safe is such a house?

An excellent way out was the children's play tents that appeared on sale. Lightweight and durable, they can look like a real castle for a princess, a house with a tunnel, or even a car.

As a rule, they are installed in just one movement. But collecting them after the game is not so easy. How to fold a children's tent to put it in a small bag? So there is such a tent in the corner of the room for months. Or on the balcony.

But the inscription on the cover states that you can pack a play tent in a cover in one minute. What are we doing wrong? Let's figure it out together.

What is a children's frame play tent?

Such tents can have a different appearance - ladybug, round house. But all of them are very similar to ordinary tourist tents, installed using a tubular frame.

The tubes are assembled into longer ones, pushed into the grooves of the cloth of the house and fixed in special pockets or tied with ropes.

It’s easy to disassemble them - untie the fastening ropes, remove the frame and fold the canvas itself. Tourist tent going a little longer, but only because of the large dimensions.

What is a wire children's tent?

The situation is quite different with wire play tents. At the heart of the frame is a thin and strong wire.

Installing one really takes one minute: you just need to get it out of the package and unfold it. Thanks to the elastic wire stiffeners, the tent itself takes the desired shape.

But not everyone succeeds in putting together a tent the first time. Probably because parents are afraid to damage the stiffeners or do something wrong. If your house does not have assembly instructions or you can’t figure it out in any way, try using our algorithm of actions.

How to fold a children's square tent-house: step by step instructions

Stand facing the wall of the house (any) and grasp the ribs on both sides of it with your hands.
That rib you hold right hand(or left, if you are left-handed), push forward - to the opposite corner.
Now the house looks like a book, which you fold, closing the pages.

Hold the folded house by the side ribs in their lower third (“floor” towards you, roof away from you). Move your hands with each other, as if turning one on the other. In this case, the wire ribs will fold into a figure eight when you join your hands.
Place the two "heads" of your figure eight on top of each other.
In your hands, the house formed a ring. Now it is easy to put away in a round case.

The video will illustrate the addition process in more detail:

If the figure eight is not given to you or the design of the house does not want to develop in this way, try another option:

Put the flat house folded into a “book” on the floor or any other surface.
Bring the lower part ("floor") up - to the "ceiling". The right hand holds the lower part of the house, while the left hand holds the sidewall in the middle of a rigid wire rib.
Gently press the side against the top. Landmark - the right hand is in the center of the upper part of the house. Here, pull the sidewall to it.
Since the tent has stiffeners, when folded in half, the house has rounded sides. Folding the side part, turn it a little, like a steering wheel, around its axis.
Press it, too, with your right hand, turning it into a ring.
The second half is placed on top of the first.
You have a comfortable circle in your hands again. Put it in a case.

And a couple more detailed videos on folding a square children's wire house, in the second, the process of folding the frame into a circle is presented in a detailed slow-motion version:

How to fold a children's triangular tent: a detailed algorithm

This house is more appropriate to call, rather, a pyramid. Stand facing one of its sides. Insert one rib inward, pushing to the opposite.
Tuck all parts of the panel inward towards the center and get a flat triangle.
The elastic band located on the bottom of the house must remain outside.
Grasp the top of the triangle and the middle part of the base. With a rotational movement of the hands, making a figure eight, connect both hands.

OR press the top to the base. The side parts of the resulting structure, as in the case of a tent-house, will become rounded. Wrap one circle to the center of the base. The second will develop on its own.
Secure the resulting circle with an elastic band.
You can put the folded tent in the bag.

The folding algorithm is even more clearly presented in the following videos:

How to assemble a children's round tent "Princess Castle": a scheme of actions

Can such a large and luxurious castle also be hidden in a small round container bag? Exactly.

Princess Castle belongs to the category of frame tents, which are assembled according to the principle of adult tourist.

Remove the upright stick from the frame. They hold the tower cylinder upright.
This long stick consists of several small ones, worn with an elastic band. Stack them up.
Do the same with the rest of the sticks of the frame of your castle.
You are left with a round base and a round top of the tower. Connect them to each other. Tuck the cylinder head inward.
Grab both sides of the circle with both hands. And again make a figure eight - turn one hand down and the other up.
Connect the two circles of the eight.
With an elastic band attached to the base of the tent, secure the resulting structure. The castle is ready to "hide" in a round case.

How to assemble and remove a tent-bus, car, train and other "unearthly beauty"?

As you probably already understood, all children's tents, regardless of their appearance, are added according to the same principle. The scheme of your actions is the same in any case: connect the side faces, get a flat figure and twist the figure eight out of it with a light, graceful movement.

The figure eight also needs to be folded in half and - voila - the tent is folded!

Lay out the tent on the ground so that you can see all 4 corners. Then apply parallel corners, folding the tent in half. Then do the same, only with other corners. And so on until the tent folds into a figure eight.

Here is a visual diagram:

Folding the tent with an eight is very convenient and actually not so difficult

In order to fold the tent in this way, you must first fold the tent step by step as shown in the diagram, and then twist and fold again.

And here is another diagram for better understanding:

When we bought a tent for our daughter, the saleswoman in the store showed us how to assemble it with a figure of eight. At first glance, everything was clear to us, but when we faced this problem at home, we realized that not everything was as simple as it seemed to us at first glance. This video helped us a lot.

Folding a tent in a figure-of-eight is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Here are a few options for pictures - diagrams that will help you figure out this not tricky business. Here is an option for a triangular and square tent. The principle of folding they have the same in terms of twisting.

It's actually very simple. I will try to explain in words. In the past, in childhood, we had such hats, the brim of which was folded into a figure of eight and the hat was put away in a small bag. It turns out that the same principle of folding applies to children's play tents, of which there are now many.

The tent must first be folded into a rectangle. To do this, we connect the diagonal corners together, as if investing in each other, and then fold the resulting triangle in half, we get a flat rectangle (or square). Now we take this rectangle for diagonally opposite ends - for the upper left corner with the left hand, for the lower right corner with the right hand. And now at the same time we turn the hands in different directions, left from ourselves, right towards us. The tent will roll into a circle of its original size and fit into the cover. Perhaps a somewhat long description, but in fact everything is very simple.

Even one person can cope with the layout of the tent, you just need to assemble and disassemble it yourself a few times in order to remember the technique and in the future independently lay out the tent with a figure of eight. Even in harsh winter weather can be easily handled. The scheme is simple (especially when it comes to semi-automatic tents):

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He folds two tents (summer and winter), everything is clear, but the twist is actually so tricky, but at the same time simple that it’s hard not to think of it on your own.

I will show several schemes for folding the tent with an eight. But most importantly, before you do this, you need to lay out a tent on the ground evenly, so that you can see all the corners and then you will see the next steps on the diagrams. Here are examples of folding a tent.

with inner frame (the most common type of tents) done in five simple steps:

Spread on the ground inner tent.
We assemble the arcs and insert them into the eyelets at the corners of the inner tent (eyelets are the tailor's name for metal rings embedded in the fabric).
We hang the ceiling of the inner tent by the hooks. At the same time, to make it easier and nothing slides down, we start from the topmost hook.
We throw an awning on the resulting structure and fix it at the ends of the arcs. As a rule, this is done using the same eyelets or trident buckles. Tighten the adjusting straps if necessary.
Everything, in principle, the tent is assembled. It remains only to attach it to the ground:

All in all, about 5 minutes.

At first, to make it easier, you can do the assembly together. But in general, with minimal skill, almost any modern tent is easily assembled by one person.

Tent with outer frame going even simpler ().

What to look out for

arcs

Due to the fact that the tubes that make up the tent arcs are interconnected with an elastic band, everything is assembled very easily and quickly - one section literally jumps into another. However, sometimes a mote that has fallen does not allow them to fully enter one into the other - and this is the most common reason for the breakdown of the frame, if then it is well loaded. So it's worth once again checking the density of these compounds with a glance.

Pegs

It is better to stick the pegs not vertically, but at an angle. So they will stay in the ground stronger.

Location selection

It is desirable to put the tent on a flat, smooth and dry place. Of course, this is not always possible, especially in mountainous areas, but we must strive.

Almost any natural site has a slight slope in one direction or another. First of all, you need to try to set up the tent in such a way that you can sleep in it. head up the slope. The position of the body, when the pelvis is slightly higher than the head, is perceived by most people as clearly uncomfortable and uncomfortable for sleeping. Leaning to the side should also be avoided if possible. From the point of view of direct comfort, it is less critical, but tossing and turning in a dream, you will slowly slide down the slippery bottom of the tent, and in the morning the last person often finds himself tightly pressed against the wall by the bodies of his comrades .

In addition, it is advisable to choose under the tent level ground, without tussocks or protruding spruce roots. It’s not very sweet to sleep when something sticks under your side all night. And of course, you won’t be able to wake everyone up in the middle of the night, get out and rearrange everything to a new place. So all branches, small pebbles and cones are immediately down. Moreover, it is desirable during the assembly of the tent, while it is not yet pinned with pegs, try to lie down in it and lie down. And thereby test that the slope is where you need it and nothing sticks under your back.

And lastly, you should always think about what will happen, if it rains. Although all modern tents are equipped with a waterproof bottom in the form of a "trough" and are quite well protected from water leakage. But still, it is somehow exciting when a champing puddle slowly grows around your home. And you with all your dry things are separated from it by only a thin layer of fabric a fraction of a millimeter thick. Where is the little hole? Plus, things in the vestibule will naturally get wet. So, when choosing a place for your tent, always try to imagine where the stormy streams will flow in the event of a downpour. Often only a couple of steps to the side, a small five-centimeter elevation is enough to stay completely dry.
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In my childhood, when a backpack “kolobok” with a burned-out cotton sleeping bag inside was a familiar tourist companion, so that water would not leak under the canvas bottom of the tent, it was dug in every time with a small drainage ditch. But now this is a rare occurrence. Thanks to the mass distribution of tents made of modern waterproof fabrics, almost no one does this anymore. Only if you have to stand in one place for a very long time, a week or more.

Setting up a tent is a simple process, but requires some skill. And how to fold the tent so that it can easily fit into the cover? How to collect all its elements and not forget anything?

How to fold a tent house?

A standard two-layer tent, consisting of an inner tent, an awning, poles and pegs, is easy to assemble. The main thing here is to equip it in such a way that all the details are included in the case.

Method 1.
If the tent has an internal frame made of arches (when the arches are located under the top awning), then first you need to remove all the pegs, clear them of the remnants of the earth and put them in a bag. The next step is to thoroughly dry the tent from moisture. After that, it can be removed and spread on the ground.
Further, arcs are pulled out of the ground, disassembled and packed in a separate case. It remains only to spread the inner tent on the ground, fold it in half and roll it into a tube. The resulting tube is placed on a tent folded in half and rolled up. Ready! The tent can be folded into a cover along with all its elements.

Prominent representatives of tents with an internal frame are tents and. The first one has two inlets, two ventilation valves, treated with fire-resistant impregnation. The second is simpler in terms of configuration, but also has two valves and a reliable top awning that protects against UV and fire.

Method 2.

Both winter and summer tent if they have an external frame, they are assembled a little differently. First, all the pegs are pulled out and the inside of the structure is removed. Next, the arcs are taken out of the tent and put them in a case. It turns out that both the outer and inner parts of the tent were simultaneously on the ground. The inner part must be pulled out and laid out together with the awning to dry. After that, each layer is folded at the seams, stacked on top of each other and rolled up in the form of a tube. It remains only to put everything in a case.

An example of an outer frame tent is the Tramp tent. It is made of polyester, has two entrances, a voluminous vestibule, pockets for storing small items and ventilation valves to ensure air flow at night. Tramp, as well as hiking and can be in an online store or in a hunting salon.

How to fold an automatic tent?

Automatic tents have a huge advantage - they are very quick and easy to set up, but the reverse process can sometimes be very painful. In fact, it is not difficult to fold a triangular, square or round automatic tent.
First you need to fold all sides into one (turn a three-dimensional product into a flat one). The result should be a flat square, circle, triangle, in general, some kind of figure, depending on the type of tent.

After that, the tent is laid on the ground and one of its sides is pulled towards itself, while pressing this side to the opposite edge of the figure. The arcs will begin to twist into a figure eight and it remains only to help the figure eight turn into a circle a little.
It will be better if you practice folding before the trip automatic tent at home, otherwise there is a great risk that the tent, after fishing or hunting, will arrive not in a case, but disassembled.