Well Sooz I would tend to agree....... but Dandy's apparently have been designed with exceptional resistance and I notice that the new units are guareenteed for 5 years against damage from mildrew and damp! The point is with canvas I would getting agitated after about 24 hours and to last a month without ill effect is pretty impressive! You only have to miss the tiniest bit of damp with canvas to end up with a ruined tent....
As I say when I first heard about them I thought people were mad to design something in PVC ... forget it I thought but reading up about them it is the tenting world's answer to cavity wall insulation. Very clever. I am going to see them on a rally so I will find out.
The awnings I believe have unweildy and something am concerned about. I understand, and heavy but I notice that they are advertising new lightweight awnings..... which may/maynot address this problem.
There are huge profit margins involved in conventional folders, in my opinion, there are problems for companies marketing a product that lasts for 20+ years. It is simply not in their interests to push the product.
Post last edited on 03/10/2005 08:18:57
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Topic: Packing away a damp/wet folding camper.
Like julian says the awnings are the only things that let them down. They are swines to put up & have thier own "eco climate" when erected properly !!! The new accrylic lightwheight awnings have addressed this problem tho 
Going to get one when I upgrade to a Destiny. I did have a little mould once on my old Dandy4/5 which I suspected was due to a damaged trailer cover. However a warm soapy sponge wiped it clean off. Unlike canvas any mould won,t impregnate PVC so in the rare occurance of finding any it simply wipes clean. All in all they are tough, reliable,and easy to live with. A credit to British enginering
