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08/1/2024 at 12:54pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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When I was a tenter, I would keep my gear in the leisure trailer in the shed, tent included if it was thoroughly dried.
The trailer was not air tight as such as I did not seal it to be air and water tight.
The shed had a heater that would come on automatically when the temperature dropped below a certain level; however, there were gaps in the doors and rodents did manage to get in as I discovered when the shed was being dismantled to make way for the van. Luckily, they did not manage to get into the trailer to cause any damage to the camping gear and the tent!
If this storage area is dry then it should in theory be OK. Items with fabrics may smell a bit stuffy after prolonged storage with minimum air changes, however, that much is true with any storage IMHO.
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08/1/2024 at 1:29pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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My gear is in the loft, so can't really comment in too much detail, but certainly know of friends who store their gear in unheated garages and outbuildings, they don't seem to suffer any problems. I would expect a storage facility to be a bit warmer than most private outbuildings, certainly no colder.
Biggest risk seems to be damp, it has to be put away ABSOLUTELY dry, and not get damp in storage.
Have heard of rodent damage to gear stored in outbuildings, so I guess a bit of rodent prevention/control is wise precaution! As to a storage facility, would have thought that would be fine, with the proviso that you haven't got a clue what other users in the facility are storing, so again, there may be a risk of rodents if the facility doesn't take it's own precautions.
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16/1/2024 at 11:40pm
Location: North Herts
Outfit: Monterey4 Cabanon E
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Going back to the OP... it rather depends on the equaation or cost/benefit of renting space v the quantity of kit v ease of access v the type of kit/material v the amount of home space available...
We have a garage attached to the house which is dry but cold and, there has been evidence of mouse attack (they like to eat PVC grounsheets - I have a nice pattern of nibbles throught the folds of a Blue Diamod quality PVC groundsheet - I've mended with patches...).
Pre-empting this, I keep canvas/fly sheets either under the bed (Esther the Estorial Cabanon) or in the house loft (polysester tents). The poles remain in the garage as mice can't eat metal. Yes, the bags could be nibbled but they can be mennded (I fixed the hessian Cabanaon bag which had been the centdre of a mouse festival wit ghe fabarib from an old windbreak).
Chairs and the garden umbrellas have gone up in the loft but not every year - it depends on the value and ease of replacement and cost of the model. The Helinox chairs stay in a bedroom, howeever. 
Tables, stools and other metallic or rigid kit, like the cooker, stay in the shed. The groundsheets, since Nibblegate, go up there too and the carpet. However, I'm not sure rodents are completely against climbing up and finding the stash above the house: it feels a false sense of security! Ditto consider the potential for damage by damp...
Mabye there's s market for specific tent camping storage faciliies - not caravans or motorhomes.
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