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Quote: Originally posted by Andy Pandy 666 on 30/5/2007

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can you imagine the extra time and money it would take to pitch and check each tent individually, to sort out all these little things.

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i think the wicking tabs is a bit of a design fault.  Like minis that used to stop when it rained (which i am old enough to remember  )

perhaps the manufacturers of tents think that campers don't mind a bit of diy

ironically the khyams are probably bought mostly by people like me who want an easy life.

i don't like flatpack either. Factories are for making things in.. not my front room

but i still  my khyam

Quote: Originally posted by sonja.p on 01/6/2007

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...I don't like flatpack either. Factories are for making things in.. not my front room...


   Can't disagree with that Sonja!... I've spent half my life making aircraft parts in factories. Now I develop and draw them at home!...

   I sort of agree with you over the 'wicking' thing too, I'm sure it wouldn't take much to find/use a material that doesn't absorb water... Oh well, until then I guess we'll have to use the old seam sealant!...   

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Quote: Originally posted by Andy Pandy 666 on 01/6/2007

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   Can't disagree with that Sonja!... I've spent half my life making aircraft parts in factories. Now I develop and draw them at home!...

   I sort of agree with you over the 'wicking' thing too, I'm sure it wouldn't take much to find/use a material that doesn't absorb water...

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obviously andy, you are just the person to tell khyam what they need to do.:)

i good design.

Quote: Originally posted by Mike_w on 02/6/2007

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I noticed that my tent seemed to be missing some tape on the seams - the demo tents had tape inbetween the various layers - ours only had tape on the inside of the tent. This would explain why it leaked and has restored my confidence that a replacement won't leak.

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double dammned. A dodgy design and, by the look of it, some dodgy tents :(

oh dear.

and difficult for new tent owners to know which it is.

i did actually read all the destructions.. and andy's advice .. and watched the video .. before i went camping . I just didn't fancy being let loose on an unwieldy bundle of expensive polyester with what looks like a tube of glue.. so i didn't.

Quote: Originally posted by Andy Pandy 666 on 30/5/2007

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It's easier to 'dribble' the seam sealant around the inside join, than it is to try and clamber around outside your tent, 

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we got the tent back up yesterday, after our scary decamp, and it seems fine. I had a look at the seams and i am really hoping the front tabs will be ok under the annexe because they are on a whole long strip and i am still non the wiser about where to 'dab' it :(  

or worse, 'dribble' it on the inside, when the tent is up 

 the back tabs are not very accessible for creaky people but we will give them a go... hopefully.

My hysband is quite tall and could probably reach the outside of the back tabs quite easily.

Is there any point in sealing from the outside (see sealing thread) ??

Having read quite a lot recently about all these high priced well known branded tents with high HH ratings which usually come highly recommended when newbies ask about which tent to get, and how they now, it appears, all seem to leak like sieves, I am rather pleased I bought an eighty quid (special offer) Eurohike Coniston 1500mm HH from Millets which has never leaked once (although I did seal the joins) and has withstood one or two gales without any problems whatsoever.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not gloating (well only a bit) but it just goes to prove that these big brand expensive tents are no better, and in many cases worse, than a Tescos or Millets special.

I was thinking of buying a Kyham quick erect tent actually...won't bother now. 

Quote: Originally posted by Andy Pandy 666 on 08/7/2007

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 The middle front ones (on the wide band) were just 'painted' with a line of sealant where they join the band.

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but .. looking at the pictures i took last year when we had the leak problem ... the drip wasn't actually from the hanging tab but from the end of the long strip :(

i think this is the spare hanging loop.

I have just got my quechua back from my son and if all else fails i sleep in that, in the annexe!

Our old (7 years) Khyam Rigidome did wick from a few of it's hanging points - just painted a small amount of sealant at the top of each loop where it joined the main tent and this did the trick. Our new Rigipod came with the same recommendation, but it has put up with the current summer with no problems, so looks like it will be OK.

As has been said before, it is a simple 5 minute job.

Hi

We were having this wicking problem when I started this thread. Thanks everyone for your advice. Applying the sealant as suggested seems to have solved the problem as we are now drip free!!! We are camping in Weymouth in a couple of weeks and I can't wait!!

Have fun :)

I supppose all tents have their probs, we have a 4 year old XXXL. Like the ultimate but without the big porch and never had any leaking and we've been in torrential rain on mountain campsites and in the UK. Glad to have read this thread because know what to do now if we get any probs.

Quote: Originally posted by B Chrystie on 15/7/2007

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 just painted a small amount of sealant at the top of each loop where it joined the main tent

As has been said before, it is a simple 5 minute job.

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so you say!

i don't know about other ridgidomes but the tabs don't join to the tent on our classic.. they join to a long strip, which joins the tent, which was what was wicking...

see above with pictures.

anyway the problem seems to have been solved (as i hoped) with the annexe keeping the rain off the main dome, so all was well.

a good job too as there was no way we would have messed about with sealant with the winds we had in dorset on friday!