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Tim I fully respect what you are saying and i am sure that your 30 year old tents are all still going stong, but 30 years ago tents were made of good quality material and were made to last 

sadly the same cannot be said for most of the stuff on sale today, poor quality material made in china, and a lot of them are absolute rubbish

I looked at retailer last week that was selling a so called four berth family tent for £70.00, would it last six months i doubt it would it last a week, maybe if you were lucky, it was shocking quality and looking at the stictcing and seam sealing it was going to leak straight out of the bag

I bought a tent four years ago used it once and it has never been out of the bag since, it is a middle of the road brand and the fabric over the dome is that thin it looks like it has got holes in it, the only thing that would stop it leaking is the very thin waterproof membrane applied to the back of the fabric and looking at that it woulsd soon fail and let in water