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Hi,

We used our Nile 800 in Cornwall for the first two weeks of the school holidays. Now, the first week was reasonable weather just windy and so we didn't see any problems with the tent - lovely size, reasonably easy to put up (but heavy) and stable. It does take up a lot of room in the three packs it comes in.

Then the rain came. The tent started leaking through the horizontal sections of the zips on the side pods and was especially bad where strain was being put on the bedroom side. There were also several leaks through seams and toggles which I would have fixed with sealant if the major leak through the zip wasn't present. We returned the tent when we got home and got a different tent as a replacement (Hartford XXL).

Maybe we were unlucky as Vango are supposed to be a good make.

Hi,

We too have a nile 800, and have had a few problems with it leaking through the pod zip sections (pods were unattached). Also, since the front door opening is so big ie across the width of the tent, this is a weak point and all of our pegging points have come away from the tent with relatively little wind. Other minor leaks were also noted.

I am in the process of trying to return the tent to Vango for inspection, bought the tent from Outdoorgear4u.

I will arrange to get the tent picked up this week hopefully.