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08/1/2024 at 11:55am
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As soon as you stop paying your storage unit rental they'll auction your stuff.
Calculate the value of your camping gear against the cost of a new shed and how long that value will keep you in a storage unit.
A lot of people end up paying to store rubbish that they can't throw away.
You decision has to be in terms of hard cash, how much is your convenience worth?
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08/1/2024 at 1:29pm
Location: London
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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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10/1/2024 at 9:19am
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I keep my tents indoors in the spare room as when I stored my previous Caranex in the shed it was a bit mouldy next time I wanted to use it. I was sure I'd packed it away completely dry, however I'm not sure the shed is completely waterproof, and certainly extremely cold (at the moment, certainly!) as there is no heating in it. So since then I've stored both canvas and nylon tents indoors. Yes, even the poles, as I don't want to risk having rodents chewing holes in the bags! I think I would find it too much of a struggle to get this stuff up in the loft. Most of the other camping gear is stored in plastic boxes in the shed.
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16/1/2024 at 11:40pm
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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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