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nigel16

18/10/2009 at 3:15pm
Location: Hayle Cornwall
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I think there must be a problem with the fly, as you say the canopy is fine and I have had Vangos that have lasted me 5+ years and they get some real use. All I can say is has the material quality changed and you have perehaps a coating fault on yours that has affected the nylon?. I too would always sing the praise of Vango, they generally make qulity well designed tents and when there are issues they recall them- something Outwell could learn from. Its very disappointing that Vango dont want to adress your issues and I can see it would sour your views of them.

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02/11/2009 at 2:12pm
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This is a message from Vango...

With regards to the problem you are having with the flysheet for your Diablo please contact services at amg-group.co.uk with the model, year and colour of your tent and they will hopefully be able to help you.

Sevices is a devision of AMG Group, Vango's parent company, that can help with all sorts of problems with tents of any make, not just Vango.

Hope this helps you.

Bradybunch4

02/11/2009 at 2:46pm
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I am a canvas convert, but also have a Vango Orchy and a Vango Sun canopy. We`ve used ours excessively for three years, up until this september and when we put it away last time it seemed to be in toptop condition.

I would be very unhappy if I was you and complain some more

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pally

02/11/2009 at 3:41pm
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Is it green? Don't know if this is true or not but when we were looking at tents a bloke in an independent camping shop advised us if we wanted a Vango to go for the new blue colour as they were better for UV/weathering than the green ones. They had a green one up outside and he showed us how it was getting brittle and said it hadn't been up that long.

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02/11/2009 at 8:16pm
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No it's light blue. Vango have said I should send the flysheet back to them for assessment, which I shall be doing as soon as I can organise it. Even if they agree that there is a defect and give me a new tent, as we bought the whole kit (colour matched large canopy, two windbreaks) we will be left with mis-matched kit. Doesn't bother me so much, but the Mrs will be horrified at going away with a non-colour-co-ordinated outift!! Also worth pointing out that we have had a Sunncamp Handy kitchen tent for much longer than this Diablo which is showing NO signs of UV degredation.

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Quote: Originally posted by pally on 02/11/2009
They had a green one up outside and he showed us how it was getting brittle and said it hadn't been up that long.

Sounds a bit daft unless they'd had several brittle ones & they were all green, alongside others in same conditions in other colours, which were ok. Otherwise why pick the colour as the reason ? It could be anything.

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pally

03/11/2009 at 8:28am
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They had a blue one up too, something small like a Beta or something, in blue and that seemed in better condition. The green one was a Tigris 600. As I say, I don't know if it is true, it's just what I was told. The bloke has had the shop for 30 years so I assumed he knew what he was on about.

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Blindfire

06/11/2009 at 3:50pm
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Well I've had a Force Ten for over 20yrs with the Green nylon fly, and its still waterproof and in decent nick.

And its taken some serious abuse over the years.

Mind got a Alpha 200 last year, first time out the zip decided to die on it...grrrr was not impressed

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06/11/2009 at 4:12pm
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That's the reason I decided to get a large Vango when the family came along - I too had a couple of Force Tens over the years and they lasted amazingly well, in quite dreadful conditions - not much sun though.....

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