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31/8/2011 at 9:42pm
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We loved our Kampa Bamburgh until we used it. First use was in the rain and it leaked almost like a sieve. The only section that remained dry was the bedrooms. Rain came in through the roof of middle and front sections, through five separate roof seams and up through floor seams. Puddles all round. One window also had a manufacturing fault that had left a big hole. Being generous, we put it down to a rogue tent (a bedroom elastic also broke on first put up) but didn't swap it for another Kampa.
On the plus side the tent shape/space is brilliant with masses of useable space. Loved the 'flare' in the middle, huge windows both with bug mesh, fully opening middle divider etc. Bedrooms are tight though, but fine for a family of four. We bought it because of the fully enclosed porch for storing bikes etc. However........I really struggled to weatherproof the porch overnight and generally in wind and rain. The ground sheet has a tendency to flop down and the tent doesn't come down far enough to accommodate this, nor did there seem enough pegging points to hold it up. Result - more puddles. Maybe it was my lack of ability and first use syndrome, but even so it shouldn't be that difficult and I persevered over several days, fettling to try and improve things. I was also flummoxed as to how, if you are using the front door as access at night, you can effectively secure it via the pegging points. Never encountered this before.
And to perhaps the biggest gripe. The Bamburgh is advertised as having a sewn-in groundsheet. It does, on three sides. The opening between the middle living area and the porch area is old-style groundsheet. Given that I struggled to secure the front porch, you can imagine the draft that blew through. Again, if the middle opening is secured I can't see how you could use it at night. Not a major issue but annoying.
This is all a great shame since I was super proud of our new tent and I understand Kampa has a great name. No idea what we'll replace it with.
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