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I have a Coleman Columbia (3 pod with SIG) .

On the last outing - even after 5 days of rain the inner/SIG (due to good site drainage) was dry - with only the outer being wet.

Unfortnately - as I removed the outer a 5 minute shower decided to soak my inner :

On returning home - I had to then hang both the outer and inner in the garage which requires 2 people.

Last weekend - I managed to pop up the tent and thankfully - no issues !

Quote: Originally posted by Isitoz on 22/5/2007

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We have a Diablo and it got a good soaking during its first use the weekend before last, all I did was pitch it in the garden when we got home it took nearly a week to dry! Because it kept on raining, however I thought it was better for it to carry on getting wet rather than sit rotting in its bag.

Mind we are lucky and have a big garden without which I don’t know, as it is defiantly to big to dry indoors.

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My thoughts as well. I have a Khyam ridgidome that would have to be erected to dry off, so it would have to sit int he garden until it stopped raining. As for the canvas off my frame tent, then its best to have it pegged out properly to avoid shrinkage. 

There is no problem with just putting the tent up in your garden (or nice friends/neighbours) and waiting for it to stop raining. We have had a few whole 2 weeks holidays with hardly any let up in rain, so a week or so in the garden waiting for a dry spell wont hurt, if drying inside is too much hassell.

We hang ours in the carport on two lines one on each side so we can put the car under but if it's really muddy we hose it down while it's hung up and let it drip dry We have iron gates so the wind rushes through  and being synthetic it drys fast We modernised our tent by being able to un hook the guyropes from the tent and putting them in a plastic box,these can be washed in the sink when we get back home

Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 23/5/2007

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We hang ours in the carport on two lines one on each side so we can put the car under but if it's really muddy we hose it down while it's hung up and let it drip dry We have iron gates so the wind rushes through  and being synthetic it drys fast We modernised our tent by being able to un hook the guyropes from the tent and putting them in a plastic box,these can be washed in the sink when we get back home

 

 

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Could be cheaper than replacing the tent Liddenham

We had a Tahoma last year and an Ontario now, both Sig, and we've never ahd an issue- we just hang them from the bannisters if its wet outside, never seemed to have an issue with dust (but then a canvas will retain a lot more dirt than synthetic anyway).  Couldn't pitch either in our garden, so we lay out as best we can and never had an issue yet.

we dont pack up wet we carefully l;ay the wet ent over (waterproof) lugagge, loosely folded, for the journey home.

Its amazing how quickly they dry out as well. I will never forget our very first trip away with our canvas tent and on the day we were moving on for the next stage of the holiday the heavens opend. We just packed up in the torrential rain. I have never seen our canvas fold up so small, the water helped compact it and weigh it down. It had water running off it as we put it in our boot. We had no choice it was raining stair rods. Was a job lifting it intot he car mind.  We drove with fear of a wet night to our next base. We erected the tent in dull  weather and by the time we had finished pegging it was almost dry again. 

As long as you dont leave it folded up for more than 24 hours, it wont come to any harm.  We have often been blighted by rain on pack up day and leave erecting the tent until the next day once we get home. Never had any mould or mildew. I would never leave it any longer though.