Among all the equipment we need to carry when going out, the tent may be the largest and heaviest. How to place it properly is absolutely important.
Every tent is sold in a packaging bag, and many people are accustomed to keeping the tent inside. Not to mention the hassle of neatly folding and storing it, the tent is often the largest piece of equipment we have, and the space in our backpack is limited. In addition to it, we also need to fit two large pieces: a sleeping bag and a moisture-proof mat.
And what's even more troublesome is that many tent packaging bags are in a long tube shape, so if you're using a slightly smaller backpack, it's very likely that it won't fit inside. Hang the tent outside your backpack? It seems like a good way to save space, but in fact, it's not. This guy can easily cause you trouble outside,
The tent is very heavy and hanging vertically outside the backpack is not easy to tie firmly, unless it is like wrapping in brown; Horizontally, if you need to drill through the forest on the route, it is easy to get caught by the branches. If you accidentally get scratched by the branches again, you will be in dire straits. What should we do then? The best way is to give up the constraints brought by the manufacturer's design - discard the outer bag of the tent and use a large sleeping bag cover instead.
There's no need to bother stacking it when collecting it, just stuff it into the sleeping bag cover like collecting a sleeping bag. If you want to save volume, add a sleeping bag compression bag outside to compress the volume to a smaller size. (Does it look barbaric?!) In this way, the collected sleeping bag transforms from its original long tube into a ball, which can be easily placed in the backpack for better positioning.
Another advantage of doing this is that the randomly folded positions are random, and if it is only for the sake of aesthetics that it can be folded neatly to receive the original tent bag, then the folded positions are fixed, and over time, this part is prone to aging first. After the tent is resolved, the remaining tent poles are much easier to say. It is easy to store them vertically in the backpack or hang them outside the backpack.
A rough tent bottom can scratch hands when stuffed inside. It's better to fold the inner tent a few times and place a flat cushion on the sleeping bag in the backpack, which is not too big; When the tent pole is placed against the backpack system in the bag, it is not easy to fold or damage; The outer tent can be placed lightly on the surface of the items inside the backpack, which is waterproof. It can be quickly pulled out as a raincoat when it rains. If it is 225, the tent pole can also be pulled out to serve as a rain shelter or a cooking hall; The tent bag can be used as a moisture-proof mat cover. You can stuff the moisture-proof mat and aluminum foil together inside and hang it outside the backpack, which is much more reassuring and saves a little money.