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topdog

05/11/2006 at 8:46pm
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hello when we camped with our sunnvalley 8 we had some rain. we had the front porch open and sat just inside the porch area.what we found was water began to collect ontop of the porch which began to sag and water began to pour through the porch window which was obviously facing upward. the problem is that the bottom of the window is not sealed in any way all it has is a velcro tab.has anyone been able to overcome this problem. would one of those front canopy's solve the problem or would water just run between the canopy and the tent making it pointless in the rain. any help would be greatly appreciated.

HAGGY

06/11/2006 at 8:19am
Location: NORTHUMBERLAND
Outfit: OUTWELL MONTANA 12 s

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we have the universal canopy for our monty it's great the water runs down the side of the tent on to the ground without any water pooling or causing us any probs

phat_ninja

06/11/2006 at 12:38pm
Location: cardiff
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we have the same tent (only had one weekend in it so far, but roll on spring) and whilst away on the Gower, another SV8 owner had the outwell side canopy over the front of her tent. it looked mighty fine and i will be getting one early next year.

Phil

Shirlz

06/11/2006 at 6:24pm
Location: St.Annes Lancashire
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Does the SV* have a side entrance. If so you could use the Coleman awning. We use one on our Vango Oregon and it made a huge difference. It was only £20 ish

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TheGatekeeper

07/11/2006 at 4:36pm
Location: Hampshire
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The canopy off the Monty 6 fits on the SV8.

See my pic on this thread:

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=3&TopicID=63759&get=last#991616

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phat_ninja

07/11/2006 at 5:33pm
Location: cardiff
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but the side canopy has, wel, sides

which means you have extended your tent, great for cooking or just relaxing under

spideygirl

18/2/2007 at 6:33pm
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How do you put the side canopy over the front of the tent? Do you put a guy rope over the entire tent?

steve2009

18/5/2009 at 1:53pm
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Does anyone know where you can get the "Universal canopy" mentioned above & will it fit the SV8?

thanks

Steve

beefysmum

18/5/2009 at 2:15pm
Location: swansea
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universal side canopy.

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sunvalleysue

18/5/2009 at 6:14pm
Location: The Love Shack
Outfit: BearLake 6 and a hot water bottle.

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The only problem with the universal side canopy is that you are left with a big gap at the sides.
The newer SV side extension has solved this problem.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong

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greenhill

18/5/2009 at 6:21pm
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We have the monty 6 canopy on the front of ours which is great for wet weather. Have a look at the photo on our profile.

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sunvalleysue

18/5/2009 at 6:26pm
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Hi greenhill,

that looks good on the front of the SV,just the job when its raining.
The thing I don't like about the SV's pre 2008 is closing the front zips,you have to reach down along way to pull them to the bottom(am I nit picking here)lol

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hlk01

18/5/2009 at 6:29pm
Location: Scotland
Outfit: Nevada3 Evo 600DL Andorra Elzas

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hi .. I just posted this on the other sv8 thread........

Just to let you know, we've used the Universal side canopy from Outwell on the front and side of our SV8, also use it on the Sunncamp EVO 600 DL.. not that difficult really it would fit most tunnel shaped tents - and even our weird shaped Evo. I'm pretty sure I swppped the bad 2 guys to 4 metres ones though and just take it down the side. i think it hooks into the pin near the side door entrance.

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dadsbeaniemad

18/5/2009 at 8:37pm
Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
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Quote: Originally posted by sunvalleysue on 18/5/2009
The only problem with the universal side canopy is that you are left with a big gap at the sides.
The newer SV side extension has solved this problem.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong

WE have the side canopy for our SV8 but haven't taken it with us yet - can't see why we should need it to be honest as there is plenty of room for the 4 of us. It came with the tent so wasn't an expensive waste.

What year SV8 is the OP referring to as the 2008 version doesn't have the windows as described (I don't think- been sat here trying to picture what was meant)

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beefysmum

18/5/2009 at 10:23pm
Location: swansea
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The earlier version of the sv, pre 2008 model has the closed in porch. You can pole the front door up and out to make a canopy . This is what the OP was referring to.

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