1. lay out the tent on the ground ensuring the external surface is upwards and if windy, peg down one or two on the side the win dis coming from to stop it blowing away
2. have centre hub oriented the correct way so the hollow in the middle is facing upwards and the clip insert is downwards
3. attach the centre clip of the top of the tent to the centre hub then attach the 1st set of clips only to the centre hub poles
4. attach the long poles to each of the centre hub poles
5. follow the line of the color codes (alternating blacks and greys) and insert each of the the long poles fully into the bottom sleeve ensuring it goes past the final 1/5th thicker segment
6. attach the clips to the poles, including the centre pole clips
7. adjust position of tent and peg it out securely on all 8 peg points
8. attach the fly
if using a wood stove, ensure the stove jack is positioned over your desired inner tent ceiling window, otherwise the TPU windows of the fly should be positioned over these windows
buckle in one side of the fly so you can throw the fly over the top and finish buckling them in
9. guy out the tent - at least 3 guy outs, 5 if it is going to be up to 30kph winds and perhaps all 8 in stronger winds
once you have set it up once it is actually quite a fast tent to set up and take down and not very complicated - takes me under 10 minutes to set up or take down (excluding guy ropes - although I use my own carabiner clip on guy ropes and this adds only an extra minute or so)