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15/9/2014 at 9:35am
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I just bought a Coleman Mackenzie Cabin 6L in the end of season sale to replace my ancient Vango Colorado. Was delighted with how quick and easy it was to pitch, but following a whole morning of persistent drizzle, I found water on the inside.
2 drip points from top of roof(not seams), drips beneath the opening window, and small puddles on the floor of the 2 left hand side corners near the bedroom anchoring points.
The Vango was hellish for condensation when camping in the UK, but the Coleman has much better built in ventilation and was pitched unoccupied in my back garden for best part of a week, so no humans adding moisture to the air during the night.
I assumed water inside was caused by ingress, but on re-testing (with an hour's worth of 'artificial' rain, as I couldn't get the real thing!), it seemed watertight. I would like to retest with several hours worth of rain, but weather not obliging...
Can anyone with a Mackenzie or other cabin shape advise if condensation tends to fall from top of roof? I never had a cabin tent before, but in the dome it always ran down the walls to the floor. Drips beneath the window certainly could be condensation, as there was misting on the plastic window, but more worrying are the actual pools of water in the 2 corners. However, the tent was up for a week unoccupied before it rained and the weather was pretty warm during the day, much cooler at night. I didn't open it up at all (it has permanent mesh vents) on the 4 days before while I waited for the rain, so can't say categorically that the water was not there before it rained, and with hindsight, I should have opened up to air and checked it daily.
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