Hey guys n gals. My unissued shiney polish lavvu came today. In have buttoned it together but near the top the buttons seem to "twist" a bit. Hard to explain but the way both ponchos go together isn't a nice smooth seam from back to front. Is this right? I know the shoulder bits should be outside and the little pockets at the apex house the pole. Anyone got pics of there's buttoned up specifically the top and the storm flaps.
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Hi I have the shoulder flaps on the inside as per picture below
Hope this helps
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I have mine set up the same way as Ricky although I cut my shoulder flaps off as I could not see the point having them inside.
I tried putting it up the other way round but could not get the apex to fold over neatly. I'm not sure if it was necessary but I put a coat of Fabsil on and not a drop of rain came in over a weekend camp where it was torrential rain!
The only pain with these tents is buttoning the last couple of buttons in the doorway. I feel a Velcro mod coming on for my Lavvu?
I tried putting it up the other way round but could not get the apex to fold over neatly. I'm not sure if it was necessary but I put a coat of Fabsil on and not a drop of rain came in over a weekend camp where it was torrential rain!
The only pain with these tents is buttoning the last couple of buttons in the doorway. I feel a Velcro mod coming on for my Lavvu?
If you take a close look at my top picture you can see I've added some para cord as Dutch lacing makes it easier to do up the door and just peg out the last loop, if you need to get out in a rush pop out the peg and pull apart. I also fabsil my lavvu, not a drop of rain comes in.
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Thanks Ricky for the pics. Do you find any rain gets in the top few buttons after the Dutch lacing due to the lack of storm flap?
Ok after reading this I turned the lavvu inside out so the button flaps for the arms are outside. Sealed them shut inside with seam tape. Stitched the button holes shut on the door (by hand) :-(. Added 6 paracord loops for Dutch lacing. Added small paracord loops at the eyelets around edge to accommodate larger pegs if needed (carved etc). Painted it inside and out in fabsil. (Sheds water like a ducks back now!) and made a slight mod to the pole and a few stitches to the tip to hold it all neat. Resulted in a much better looking little tent and very water proof. Left one arm able to be opened and use a trangia in the centre with simmer ring on it to eat tent. Amazing. So warm and dry. No condensation. Love it. All for £25?? Love the canvas feeling compared to nylon tents. No poly bag sounds when wind blows.
The Lavvu along with a set of heavy duty T pegs and plastic ground sheet fits perfectly in a canvas tool bag which can be had cheap on eBay.
I went with this one 400312678120 to keep the traditional feel to the tent.
I went with this one 400312678120 to keep the traditional feel to the tent.
