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Subject Topic: LEAKING TENT Post Reply Post New Topic
23/6/2012 at 9:49am
 Location: milton keynes
 Outfit: Vango Skye 600 Bail
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During the last outing with my Icarus 500 it leaked everywhere through the roof the floor. iIt was the whitsun holiday and I did go to the New Forest heavy rains and high winds and sometimes the tent was surrounded by a couple of inches of water before it drained away....

I have since erected both tent and canopy and fabsealed all over, patched some holes wear and tear on the sig and checked foot print.

Have I done enough?

Will it work?

Has anyone experienced this before ???

 



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23/6/2012 at 10:17am
 Location: South Yorkshire
 Outfit: Tent
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Are you certain it was leaking and not heavy condensation?

In my experience once a nylon/poly tent starts leaking it's time for a new tent.

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23/6/2012 at 10:38am
 Location: milton keynes
 Outfit: Vango Skye 600 Bail
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Yes it was leaking.

Its a 2011 model it was a a show tent I got last year. Cant afford a new tents so trying to do what I can.



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23/6/2012 at 11:23am
 Location: Aston Clinton
 Outfit: Kampa Holkham + Outwell Yukon River*
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The only other thing I would suggest is pitch it in the garden if you can and give it a really good soaking with the hose then check it again. The problem with ex display tents is you dont know how long they have been on show if its been outdoors for 3 months then your 1 year old tent could have had the equivalent of 6 years normal use

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23/6/2012 at 12:54pm
 Location: Nottingham
 Outfit: Outwell
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We had a new tent when in Cornwall last year and suffered 24 hours of pretty much torrential heavy rain coming off the sea.

People we were speaking with were saying tents which had previously never leaked were doing so on this day. Ours was too in a few places (Nothing major) but given the downpour, I was not surprised.


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23/6/2012 at 7:48pm
 Location: North Wiltshire
 Outfit: Elddis & 3 tents
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It sounds like you have done enough to hopefully cure the problem but you really need to pitch it in the rain or use a hose on it as arsenaldes said to be sure before your next trip.


23/6/2012 at 9:32pm
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I would steer clear of a display tent that has been outdoors for months, I looked around some today at a local dealer and they are all looking very sorry for themselves and they are normally up until September so by the time they are sold off at end of season they are worn out.


23/6/2012 at 11:14pm
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Khyam Faro 500 Mazda Bongo AFT
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Try complaining. I'm in the middle if returning a 6 month old tent from Somerset camping and they are being fab.



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