How to close the IKEA SOMMARVIND beach tent in less than 60 seconds

Easy step by step demonstration, practice makes perfect!

[jendefiebre]

Seriously, this was exactly what I needed. I read the instructions and tried twenty different ways to make it work. This was easy-peasy!

[StephenBlacktampa]

Life saver!!!! 3 years never folded until today

[Bandicootthehedgehog]

God bless you for this. I don’t even want to share how many times I had to watch your vid to get this tent closed 😂 by no fault of yours! Very clear and concise directions, this is a me problem lol

[KristinSheppardATX]

OMG, thank you! I almost resigned myself to never getting this put away. I pictured future cocktail parties and dinner with the boss, "Oh, don't mind the giant blue beach tent in the corner."

[Punkin_spice]

I just spent 1hr trying to close this for the first time from 3 different videos made by men. One 0:59sec video from you and I got it! Women rule!!!

[TiffanyAlaniz]

I wish YouTube had a tip jar! This video is perfect!

[BBH]

Omg. Thanks. I almost started pulling my hair out. My scalp is thanking you right now.

[jocelyn]

I sure put on a show for beach goers yesterday! Everyone was dying laughing (including me). Thanks for this. Those ikea directions are ridiculous! This is so simple! Thanks!!!

[fionabrown]

Best instructions on ikea tent folding! 🏆🏆🏆

[penguinp]

Thank you, after almost a year, it is back in the bag!

[wagnerribeiro]

I had tried to do that with a physician and two engineers w/o success.
The pics in the manual weren’t good!
You nailed it in way less than 60 secs.
Thank you!!!

[BigDeeZiy]

I fought for hours on the beach wrestling sweating and dehydrating to get this thing closed, thanks maam from Texas!

[NatalieWarren]

Thank you so much! We struggled with this for 15 mins at the beach, then gave up and 15 mins at home. Got it folded in less than 30 seconds with this video. Thanks! :)

[missmaggie]

This is the first time in two yrs that I was able to do this!! Thank

[ynlmone]

So helpful!!!! No lie, I had this thing halfway folded up against a wall andfor weeks because I couldn't follow the Ikea instructions and got inpatient after 2 tries. I knew someone else must've struggled with those silly directions so I searched YouTube... Voila!! Thank you so much! I closed it properly in 1 minute flat😃

[annasmith]

We fought this tent and eventually just threw it in our trunk. Thank you so much!!

[LeFloof]

Just pulled this video up after looking like a clown for 10 minutes. I’m glad that not only was the video easy to find, but easy to follow too. Thank you!

[LilianaCardona-uz]

Thank you this tent was in my garage for 3 weeks and we finally fold it you’re awesome, ikea should hire you!

[shroomsedits.]

thank you so much. you’re such a life saver!! anytime I go to the beach I struggle so much to put this back in its case. :)

[raphaellieberman]

Yes kudos to you, many thanks! Most fold-together items with this kind of coiled clastic cable sort of fall in on themselves but not the IKEA tent. I too read instructions several times but the way you explicitly instructed to fold down and tuck under did the trick!