Hello,
Just got back from my second camping trip in recent memory and I've found that the cots we used this time put some holes in the bottom of the tent floor. I'm looking for information on how to fix it and also how to prevent this from happening again.
This is the second time out in this tent and the first time out with cots. I've got two different types of cotts. One even claims that it has "tent friendly" feet and the other seems even more tent friendly. The ground was rocky, so I'm not surprized that I have a hole now, the floor having been ground between metal and stone. Still, our old tent has been through three owners and the same cotts and has no holes in the floor.
One obvious prevention would be not to use the cots, but since we've used cots in other tents with no problem, I think there's got to be more going on here. Could it be a question of quality of the tent floor? Is there something we could put down, like a carpet, to protect the floor when the ground is rocky -- should it go in the tent under it or both? We used a brand name ground cloth, and that has holes too.
Any tips on patching the floor? It was a $40 tent, so I am not overly panicked about this, but I'd like not to repeat this mistake if we decide to get a new tent or repair this one.