The New Tent Arrived

My new Light Dome tent arrived yesterday. My husband helped me set it up in the driveway last night just in time for a quick but ferocious rain storm. Luckily, we did not have any of the fabric attached beofre the storm. Afterwards, we finished putting it all together.

I have to admit that I was disheartened by it all. It's a lot more work than the EzUp was, but I expected that. In addition, my custom display panels will not work with their set up. They (the manufacturer) have the side panels attach to the tent frame with straps and snaps. My display panels attach to the frame with zippers. I've decided to remedy this by asking my friend who made the panels to attach another zipper to the top of each panel so that I can zip the tent sides to my panels. That should work but I'm spending more money, again.

A real problem that the manufacturer has created for me (and I suppose other Light Dome users) is that if you have the front & rear awnings up, you have to remove their support poles (thereby lowering the awnings) before you can lower the sides or front & back. This is a bad design idea on their part. I used to frequently lower my tent sides during show hours because of rain, wind and sun conditions. Again, this can be remedied by spending more money. My friend will make holes in the front & back tent sides where the awning support poles attach to the frame.

Living and learning the hard way...again.

I'll post photos next time I get it set up.