CRUA Duo Maxx 3 Person Hiking Tent Instruction Manual

: June 4, 2024
: CRUA

Table of Contents

CRUA Duo Maxx 3-Person Hiking Tent
PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN
FOR YOUR SAFETY
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
SET-UP
FIRE, VENTILATION & GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY
TAKE DOWN
References
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CRUA Duo Maxx 3-Person Hiking Tent

PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN

DO NOT leave children unattended inside or around a tent.
DO NOT allow children to set-up or take down a tent.
DO NOT allow children to enter or exit a tent except through the door.
DO NOT allow children to remain in a closed-up tent on hot days.
DO NOT allow children to play with any plastic bags or other packaging material as there is a risk of suffocation. Your failure to followthis warning will cause death, serious injury or permanent disability to your children.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

Before using this product, read and fully understand:

Attached Warning Labels.
This instruction manual and all accompanying documentation.

KEEP ALL EXITS CLEAR

VENTILATION

Any tent must be properly ventilated in all weather conditions to allow sufficient airflow into and out of the tent. Please familiarize yourself with all vents and openings in your tent to ensure you can maintain adequate ventilation. There are three main reasons we promote ventilation within a tent, as in the same way we would in any dwelling like a house or apartment. These are Airflow, Air quality, and Condensation Reduction.

AIRFLOW: Without airflow or fresh air into the tent, your environment will become stale and stuffy. It is important to promote good quality airflow throughout the tent.
AIR QUALITY: A buildup of any harmful gasses (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and others) is possible in an enclosed space. For this reason, you must always have adequate ventilation in your tent to ensure a good flow of air from outside.
CONDENSATION REDUCTION: Leaving the vents open, supplemented by partially opening windows and doors at night to provide cross ventilation is a good way to reduce condensation.
Given the importance of proper ventilation, for airflow, air quality and condensation reduction, we use high and low venting in most of our tents. This allows cooler air in through the low vents and warmer, moist air up and out through the high vents. Opening both the high and low vents is important as this allows for this cross ventilation. If your tent has vents in the porch / vestibule, then it is important to also keep those vents open. Failure to vent your tent properly, may result in serious injury, permanent disability, or death to you or to others.

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

Make sure you know the fire precaution arrangements on the site.
Consider the possibility of falling rocks or tree limbs, lightning, flash floods, avalanches, strong winds, and other potential hazards.
Make sure you anchor your tent at all times.
Please be mindful of guylines, bathtub floors, straps, and other parts of tents as they can be a potential trip hazard.

IMPORTANT
We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of our information. We do, however, have a policy of continuous improvement and we therefore reserve the right to change or amend designs and specifications without prior notice. Please refer to www.cruaoutdoors.com/pages/instructions for the most up-to-date safety setup and instructions.

SET-UP

IMPORTANT: WE ADVISE YOU TO ASSEMBLE THE TENT ONCE BEFORE GOING CAMPING TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE ASSEMBLY OF THE TENT.
Take out and organize all the contents from the carry bags. Set-up of your tent may take longer in windy conditions due to the extra caution needed.

Tent Body
Unroll the tent onto the ground. Temporarily, stake down the four corners of the tent.
Tent Poles
Assemble all three poles and spread out the tent. Note: there are two longer poles and one shorter Pole (Porch Pole).
Insert a long pole through one pole sleeve located on top of the tent. Repeat this process with the remaining long pole and sleeve. Poles will cross each other at the centre.
After sliding poles through the sleeves, place one end of the pole into the eyelet in the webbing at the bottom corner of the tent body. Flex poles into an arch and insert the other end of the pole into the corresponding eyelet.
Insert shorter pole (Porch Pole) into sleeve located on the front of the flysheet. Place one end of the pole into the eyelet in the webbing, then flex the pole into an arch and insert the other end of the pole into the corresponding eyelet.
Caution: Ensure the pole sleeve fabric is distributed evenly along pole and doesn’t catch at the pole joints. Failure to do so could put undue stress on the poles causing breaks or it could tear the fabric.
Securing The Tent
Find plastic hooks on tent and clip them onto tent poles.
Properly Stake down (4) corners of the tent going through pole connectors, at a 45 degree angle using stakes provided.
Floor of tent should be taut when staked properly
Locate guylines attached to the flysheet.
Stake out each guyline at a 45 degree angle.
Tighten guylines as needed by adjusting the slider up the cord.
Ventilation
Stake out all three lower vents.
Open the two upper braced vents and ensure the brace is secured with the velcro in the open position.
If your Duo/Duo Maxx has covers on 2 of the inside lower vents, they can be unzipped and rolled away to open them. At least 2 upper and 2 lower vents should be open when using the tent.
E. Insulated Inner Tent/Culla (formerly “Cocoon”)
Using the Culla/Culla Maxx is optional. Please refer to the instructions for specifics on how to use the Culla.
NOTE: If using the Culla/Culla Maxx inside the Duo/Duo Maxx, then at least two upper and 2 lower vents on both the Duo and the Culla must be open at all times to ensure proper airflow.

FIRE, VENTILATION & GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY

Do not use gas or other combustion appliances anywhere in, or near your tent.
Do not place hot appliances near the walls, roof or curtains.
Always observe the safety instructions for these appliances.
Never allow children to play near hot appliances.
Make sure all ventilation openings on inner and outer tents as well as any Reflective Flysheets are open all the time to avoid possible suffocation.

FLAMMABILITY

Keep all flame and heat sources away from this tent fabric. Any tent, even ones treated with flame-resistant chemicals, are not fireproof. The fabric will burn if left in continuous contact with any flame source and could result in serious injury, permanent disability, or death to you or to others.
THIS TENT IS NOT FIREPROOF, for these reasons:

DO NOT spray the tent with insecticide.
DO NOT use other than Crua Outdoors ® recommended water repellent compounds on your tent.
DO NOT use matches, lighters, stoves, heaters, grills, lanterns, candles, cooking equipment or any other fuel-burning devices, in or near the tent.
DO NOT build fires in or near a tent.
DO NOT leave campfires unattended.

CARBON MONOXIDE GAS WILL KILL YOU

Stoves, heaters, grills, lanterns, candles, and any other fuel burning devices that burn propane, natural gas, charcoal, kerosene, coal, or other fuel, produce a toxic gas called Carbon Monoxide. Carbon Monoxide is an invisible, odorless and colorless gas. A dangerous level can accumulate in a tent that cannot be detected by sight, smell or taste. When breathed in, even in small quantities, Carbon Monoxide is absorbed into the bloodstream, replacing, and reducing the oxygen in the bloodstream and causing Carbon Monoxide poisoning and suffocation which will cause serious injury, permanent disability, or death to you or to others.
For these reasons:

DO NOT use matches, lighters, stoves, heaters, grills, lanterns, candles, cooking equipment or any other fuel-burning devices, in or near the tent.
DO NOT build fires in or near a tent.
DO exercise care when using electricity and lighting in and near your tent

SEVERE WEATHER

In some climatic conditions (for example, severe storms, high winds, heavy snow) stakes and guy lines may not be sufficient to anchor a tent securely, which could result in the tent being picked up or blown away, which could cause serious injury, permanent disability, or death to you or to others.
Under such conditions:

DO use supplemental means to anchor the tent.
DO seek appropriate shelter, for example, in a house, cabin building or a secure structure other than a tent.

SUFFOCATION HAZARD

Any tent must be properly ventilated in all weather conditions to allow sufficient airflow into and out of the tent. If airflow into and out of the tent is obstructed (for example, heavy snow or bedding/pillows covering vents) you and other persons will suffer from a lack of oxygen and suffocate resulting in serious injury, permanent disability, or death to you or to others.
For these reasons:

DO clear snow or other materials away from any external vents frequently.
DO ensure that bedding, pillows, backpacks, etc. are kept away from any internal vents.
DO NOT use matches, lighters, stoves, heaters, grills, lanterns, candles, cooking equipment or any other fuel-burning devices, in or near the tent. (SEE CARBON MONOXIDE WARNING).

TAKE DOWN

Guylines
Remove the stakes from the guylines and store in stake bag.
Remove flysheet hooks from poles.
Remove porch pole above the door on the tent, then slide out of flysheet.
Poles
Remove the tent poles by carefully pushing them through the sleeves away from the end from which you are standing. Disassemble all the poles and place them in the pole bag.
Rolling up
Fold both sides to meet in the middle and then fold one more time together. Roll tightly to fit in the bag.
Always roll towards the door of the tent. This will help push out the air that may be trapped in the tent.

CARE INSTRUCTIONS
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TENT SET UP IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT LONGER THAN NECESSARY. THE SUN’S ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT DEGRADES ALMOST EVERY FABRIC AND MATERIAL. IF LEFT IN SUNLIGHT FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME, FABRIC WILL FADE AND WEAKEN. DO NOT STORE TENT ON CONCRETE FLOOR. DO NOT SPRAY THE TENT WITH INSECTICIDE. EXERCISE CARE WHEN USING ELECTRIC DEVICES IN AND NEAR TENTS.
Although our tents are constructed to rigid specifications, periods of wind or rain soaking the ground may loosen the stakes and cause the uprights to sink into the ground. This will weaken the rigidity of the overall structure. Water pockets may also form in the roof if the unit is not assembled taut, possibly causing broken frames and torn fabric. Regularly check that your tent is anchored tautly and securely.
Ensure that the tent is fully dry when packing away. If this is not possible when leaving the campsite, take the tent out of its bag as soon as possible and allow it to dry.
Never store a tent when wet, as this can seriously degrade the product.

WARRANTY INFORMATION
ALL CRUA OUTDOORS® PRODUCTS CARRY A LIMITED TWO-YEAR WARRANTY REFER TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT WWW.CRUAOUTDOORS.COM.
EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTY EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE GOODS, INCLUDING ANY

WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY;
WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;
WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE OR OTHERWISE.