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Subject Topic: Montana 6 Leaking Ebay Faulty Post Reply Post New Topic
Personshelleyloliver
01/9/2011 at 6:39pm
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Hello

This is on Ebay, it seems a bargain, would it be easy to fix?  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Outwell-Montana-6-Tent-Faulty-G255-/170689322340?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN&hash=item27bde05d64



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PersonJimb0b
01/9/2011 at 9:55pm
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You pays your money you takes your chance i guess with that."Needs reproofing" is pretty vague to say the least.


Personsunvalleysue
02/9/2011 at 11:32am
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It doesn't say how old the tent is (does It?)remember a polyester has only an average lifespan of the equivalent of about 6 months of usage before the material starts to de laminate and the waterproofness breaks down.

Tbh a polyester tent should not need reproofing in its life time,apart from the odd seam.

I would be very wary

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PersonMairiJ
02/9/2011 at 12:12pm
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In the description it says that all faults are minor and the items can still be used - to me a leaking tent is not fit for purpose! Personally I wouldn't risk it, you might get lucky, the person who returned it could have had really bad condensation and just assumed it was leaking, but on the other hand it might be similar to another post on here where one whole side of the tent had not been proofed - no fun at all and at the price it's sitting at, not much of a bargain!

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Personbeejay_ben
02/9/2011 at 1:47pm
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I've seen this company selling lots of tents at the moment. They all appear to be returns or have some form of defects ranging from missing guy ropes (!!) to more severe problems such as rips in windows.

As others have said you take a chance with the proofing, but it isn't a bad deal if it does just need reproofing!

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Personmantrachant
02/9/2011 at 3:23pm
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They are based in Sheffield and are selling loads and loads of 'returned' tents.
There's a chance that you could land a bargain but after my experience with the Gelert Clearance Shop on eBay I wouldn't be tempted


Personshelleyloliver
04/9/2011 at 8:14am
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Thanks all, I think I'll give it a miss


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campingworld1
04/9/2011 at 9:27am
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Bit of seam sealer and some waterproof spray and for half an hours work you've got a good tent


PersonValk_scot
04/9/2011 at 10:11am
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Quote: Originally posted by campingworld1 on 04/9/2011

Bit of seam sealer and some waterproof spray and for half an hours work you've got a good tent

Unless it's something like an ex-display tent that's been up all summer and has started to delaminate due to UV exposure, of course. TBH that's the only reason I can think of to reproof a good quality tent like an Outwell. It shouldn't need reproofed under normal conditions.



campingworld1
04/9/2011 at 11:43am
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Definitely true, but I assumed it had been one that a customer sent back because it's 'leaking'. In which case I would go on to assume there's probably nothing worng with it that an experienced camper couldn't fix (pitching/venting etc)...

POint taken though, an Outwell that is actually leaking through the fabirc is something like a petrol engined supercar with 250k miles on the clock... might look good but best avoided


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Person3madboyz
04/9/2011 at 11:53am
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I've got a feeling that this seller is selling on Go outdoors' returns, if you look at the other items there is a lot of "higear" tents too..... Feedback score ain't too bad though and look at the amount of faulty tents they have sold....

As others have said, I think it's a risk but the chance you take with a returned item... I know of someone on here that lost sleep over buying a tent recently from the Ebay clearance shop of one of the big camping brands, worrying about what they were going to get when the package arrived, only for it to arrive in brand new condition with just a zip needing to be re-attached.... the tent is now as good as new and they are well chuffed!


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