How to Setup the Zpacks Duplex | + Tips & Tricks

hey what's up guys it's kodak today i want to  show you how to set up the z-packs duplex in   six simple steps i think this is one of the best  tent that's ever been made it's been copied a lot   and we've been using this one in particular for  the last year and a half we first carried it on   the pct last year and now starting next week we'll  be carrying it on the great divide trail in canada   so step number one is going to be check your  ground make sure there's nothing like sharp or   pointy that can puncture the tent and then  go ahead and lay it out number two is stake   out the four corners leave them somewhat  loose we'll tighten them in a future step   step number three is to set up the  trekking pole and stake out the sides step number four is to go around and tension  and tighten all your lines right now we have a   decent pitch but it's still a little bit loose  and now we'll just go through start with the   ridge lines so just tighten one side and then  the other and now we'll tighten our four corners all right at the end of the video we'll go  through and show some like common problems   and if it's like a little bit off and we'll talk  about yeah just like some solutions for how to fix   like a wonky tent but for now we'll keep moving on  to step number five we're just going to pull out   the guy lines over our head and our feet there's  a few ways to go about this one you can just   stake it directly into the ground like that  and you can see that's going to pull it out   a little bit and help just secure the tent  in the event of like strong winds or storms   my favorite way to do it is either to tie this  up to a tree if you have a tree that's close   to really pull that out or you can use a trekking  pole or a stick if you have a nice wide stick you   can just put it through the y and stake it out if  you're using something like a trekking pole you'll   tie what's called a it is a clove hitch it's just  two half hitches one on each side of the line coming back in on itself and then you can just   put your tent stake whatever it is through  there your truck and pull and then tighten it up there we have a clove hitch and just stake it out and you can see using the trekking pole how  much extra headroom that's going to give you   especially if you just adjust  this slightly you could loosen up   these corner stakes and that gives you a ton of  room in there and just go back through do the same   thing to your feet end and then you don't have  to worry about your feet or your head touching   and getting like condensation or anything on you  you don't want to go too much or you'll start to   get this like weird sagging effect here now  to lock the doors they just clip right onto   the little clip here one for each side  and it adjusts with this little line lock   to clip that clip this side and now you can  pull on this cord to actually tension it   now we'll go through and talk about some like  tips tricks tent stakes and what to do if like   the tent's set up just like slightly wonky how  to notice it and how to fix it from there so the   first thing we'll talk about is if the tent is  a little bit off let me just undo this quickly   so what we can see happening now is like one  common problem if some of the lines are tighter   than the others and you'll notice you'll get  these lines these ridges that run through it   and all of that means is the line that that points  to is a little bit too tight and the other side is   too loose so you can see by either tightening the  loose side and we can still see some lines in here   so that means we'll need to loosen this side  just a little bit more and then tighten this   and that'll fix it now we're getting  some lines going the other way   so we'll just tighten this side you'll also want  to use a rock whenever possible this will help   prevent bending stakes if you use your foot this  is by far the easiest way to bend and ruin stakes   so always try to use a rock one of the best  parts about the duplex is how adjustable it is   so in the event of a storm we're going to want  to pitch this closer to the ground you can see   now how high it is off the ground and that's  because of the height of our trekking poles   and the distance of our corner stakes so we just  want to lower that down and make sure you're   not getting rain splatter and wind coming  into the tent so we'll just open the doors we'll take our trekking poles which  are set to around 120 centimeters now   zpax recommends 122 but for a storm pitch you  can come down to 110 or maybe even lower and   you can see that just brought us down a bunch so  now we'll just tighten this guy line a little bit   redo our doors tighten our doors you can  see how much lower that even brought us   now if we go ahead and do the same to the other  side or we could technically even bring this lower   and we could bring yeah if it was really storm and  then we'd want to bring this in basically as tight   as you can for the doors so if it's storming lower  the trekking poles and bring your guy lines on the   corners here as close in as you can bring it nice  and tight to the ground all right now we'll show   you how to take the tent down roll it up and get  it into its stuff sack first thing you want to   make sure that the doors are first zipped up and  then undo your storm flaps come through under   your tent start pulling stakes pull out your  trekking poles do your guy lines on the ends now cuban tents and most tents in general  do best when they're rolled either folded or   rolled don't just stuff them door flaps in guy  lines to the middle mosquito net tucked under now we like to float it in thirds first wind a little more complicated when it's  windy just tuck that back in there so we're folding thirds and  then pull it into the middle squish the air out again make sure that  everything is like tucked inside it'll   be nice and protected sandwiched in the  middle especially if you're camped on   dirt and pine needles it'll tend to stick to  the bottom of this when it gets a little damp   and then we'll just fold it in half one more time and now we just roll guy lines in  the middle keep them out of the way it doesn't have to be perfect there you go and now just  slip it inside your stuff sack   put it in your pack and you're good to roll all right thanks for watching  the video i hope this helps   you guys set up the z packs duplex happy trails

Channel: Ryan Kodak Brown

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Length: 9min 8sec (548 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 27 2022