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 our lichfield doesnt have a vents, maybe thats the prob the tent isnt getting enough air? another question i must ask is how taught should the flysheet go in the sun, last year we noticed that when the sun was out the material went so taught it was like it was streched over a drum, then as soon as the sun went in it went so loose and saggy it was unbelievable, i used the tent for many years and had no probs like this. i know the flysheet taughtens in the sun, and loosen's in the shade but is what i described normal?

We have SIG, and have never had this problem.  Doesn't even happen when it's been raining (heavily), and we don't really air the tent out either.  We have the Coleman Weathermaster (about 4 years old, so not most up to date model), and haven't really had any problems with it.

D

No SIG as such but Venture has that groundsheet under which you tuck mudflaps.  Never had damp problem (condensation has occured but soon clears with ventilation)

Mike J

The old Litchfields did suffer quite badly with condensation. I had a 12-berth Litchfield Catalan 1200 (?) and it could be dripping inside in the morning. The Vango Colorado 1200dlx we replaced it with has no such problems, despite having a higher HH and being of a very similar design. The main difference is the Vango has lots of vents in the flysheet and one permenantly open one in each bedroom area. You can open the back and front doors and all the side window vents and the tent airs out in no time. If I recall correctly the Litchfield only had a vent in the top of the dome. Not really enough.

We don`t use the seperate groundsheet in the Vango any more than we did in the Litchfield, so I doubt it has anything to do with the condensation differences in the two tents. Airflow...that`s the difference.

That damp feeling?

I put it down to my age....

Steve

What about the Peakland Stanedge, or the Outwell Hartford's...   Both with SIG's and only heard good things...

http://www.yeomansoutdoors.co.uk/search.asp?searchtext=stanedge

http://www.yeomansoutdoors.co.uk/search.asp?searchtext=hartford