Although tents are treated with fire retardant treatments that doesn't mean you can relax your guard regarding fire safety. Having a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket to smother flames is sensible.

Although it's tempting to cook inside the tent in bad weather, avoid the temptation. As well as the danger of fire, there is the invisible risk of carbon monoxide poisoning with all doors zipped up. Plus, of course, the steam from cooking will run down the tent walls as condensation. Using doorways, awnings and wind shields as shelter all help to make camp cooking safer.

Tent guylines have a knack of entangling even the most careful of people, so tying on strips of bright fabric is an easy way to mark them. Making sure that pegs are flush with the ground removes the risk of tripping over or falling onto them. Adding fabric loops to tent zips makes it easier for little fingers to open and close doors, avoiding the feeling of being trapped in or locked out.

Keeping inner tent mesh doors closed all day stops biting or scary insects sneaking inside and if you leave the main door open with the mesh one closed, it provides great ventilation for the inner tent areas on a hot day. Happily, thefts on campsites are still rare but caution in leaving valuables lying around is sensible as is zipping your tent closed when leaving it for any significant time.




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