Flourish mesh panels and Lightdome Tent

I started out with an EZ-up and switched to Light Dome after a couple of years. i have poles for the flourish panels that I set up as a separate system inside the tent. I did it this way so that I could use my panels at indoor and outdoor shows, with or without the tent. It is monstously time consuming! But it makes the Light Dome more stable. I bungee the flourish inner pole system to the tent. Best of both worlds except for the time factor. I think these inner poles are slimmer than the Trimline tent poles, but I think maybe some of them are the same as the trimline set-up. I have been trying to figure that out for years. You could ask Flourish.

Anyways, for one-day shows I decided to try the flourish panels that attach directly to a Light Dome. They are different panels because the poles are different. My Light Dome Poles sagged, so then they told me I had to get these vertical support bars. You maybe only need these if your work is heavy. So I got that. If my taller husband is helping me, it can save time, but by myself I don't think it saves that much time. You have to remember to put the connecting piece for the vertical support pole on when you are assembling the tent, or you will have a problem. Then you have to get the 10 foot long panel slid onto the top or bottom pole of the tent (you also need the bottom horizontal stability bars to do this). Then you have to get the slack out of the buckles, which sometimes requires they be twisted up. So it really is a pain in the butt any way you do it with a Light Dome. I don't have room in my van for propanels, and I prefer to hang on white, not black or grey, and I prefer the air flow that flourish mesh affords. But most reasonable people just use propanels. Also I have seen one person win an award who had flourish, but thats the exception. I think generally you will never even be considered for an award, or even get into a higher end show, unless you have propanels.

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Christina M Plichta January 19, 2024 at 10:50am

I started out with an EZ-up and switched to Light Dome after a couple of years. i have poles for the flourish panels that I set up as a separate system inside the tent. I did it this way so that I could use my panels at indoor and outdoor shows, with or without the tent. It is monstously time consuming! But it makes the Light Dome more stable. I bungee the flourish inner pole system to the tent. Best of both worlds except for the time factor. I think these inner poles are slimmer than the Trimline tent poles, but I think maybe some of them are the same as the trimline set-up. I have been trying to figure that out for years. You could ask Flourish.

Anyways, for one-day shows I decided to try the flourish panels that attach directly to a Light Dome. They are different panels because the poles are different. My Light Dome Poles sagged, so then they told me I had to get these vertical support bars. You maybe only need these if your work is heavy. So I got that. If my taller husband is helping me, it can save time, but by myself I don't think it saves that much time. You have to remember to put the connecting piece for the vertical support pole on when you are assembling the tent, or you will have a problem. Then you have to get the 10 foot long panel slid onto the top or bottom pole of the tent (you also need the bottom horizontal stability bars to do this). Then you have to get the slack out of the buckles, which sometimes requires they be twisted up. So it really is a pain in the butt any way you do it with a Light Dome. I don't have room in my van for propanels, and I prefer to hang on white, not black or grey, and I prefer the air flow that flourish mesh affords. But most reasonable people just use propanels. Also I have seen one person win an award who had flourish, but thats the exception. I think generally you will never even be considered for an award, or even get into a higher end show, unless you have propanels.
Esther Barr January 17, 2024 at 8:57pm

I'm curious about this too.

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