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When I asked the assistant at GO about the ratings, he explained about the metres of water , ie 2000 was 2 m but when I asked about what this meant in reality he wasn't sure how many hours of rain it would tolerate (just made it sound like an hour of heavy rain would be pushing it to stay dry with a 1500 rating) but said if I treated it with this stuff then it would increase its waterproofing...so that's what I did. I thought it might be condensation to start with but was looking at where the drops were coming from and could see the water drop trail on the outside of the tent at the apex come through the fabric to the inside. Around the vent area it seemed to come through just above the seams. The porch on this one is quite long and again I could see the water beading on the outside and pop through to the inside. Does proofing a new tent in fact do more harm than good? (many thanks for your replies BTW, very helpful)

many thanks for your replies - I took the tent back to GO today and they agreed I should not have been told to use the weather proofing stuff on a new tent and exchanged it for another one (the same as I liked the design). Will see how we get on next time with it: may just have been bad luck. My OH who knows more about camping and tents than me said it was definitely a leak not condensation so maybe we were just unlucky. Brilliant forum BTW !

many thanks for your replies - I took the tent back to GO today and they agreed I should not have been told to use the weather proofing stuff on a new tent and exchanged it for another one (the same as I liked the design). Will see how we get on next time with it: may just have been bad luck. My OH who knows more about camping and tents than me said it was definitely a leak not condensation so maybe we were just unlucky. Brilliant forum BTW !