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Topic: Mojave 5

sunners1

09/5/2014 at 8:48am
Location: Hull
Outfit: Hi Gear Mojave 5

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We bought a Mojave 5 off ebay it had only been used once and once erected you could tell.
We went to Whitby two weeks ago and for around 20 hours we had constant heavy rain, the only day of the easter break we chose to go, typical.
When taking the tent down there was a few little puddles of water at the back, nothing major and it was wiped up with a few pieces of kitchen roll but will i need to have the tent waterproofed on the seams or is this just due to the amount of rainfall, i have camped for years and the rain was the worst ive camped in haha.

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stewey

09/5/2014 at 12:15pm
Location: WARRINGTON
Outfit: KARMA CANVAS 4MTR BELL TENT.MAJOVE 5

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Hi sunners...the best test I would do is put it up dry...hose it down..leave it for hours then check inside it for puddles or droplets on floor...if u feel a bit unsure you could still give it a good waterproofingso it will ve ok on your next camp

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Ian C White

09/5/2014 at 9:55pm
Location: Slough berkshire
Outfit: Hi Gear Mojave 5

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We have the same tent never had a problem like this could it have been condensation ?

Just an idea

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sunners1

09/5/2014 at 10:59pm
Location: Hull
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Cheers guys,
I thought it was condensation but it was just a little worry and wanted to see if this was an issue anyone else had found, we're away in the Peak District in two weeks so I'll try again!

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Sunners

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west1871

10/5/2014 at 8:59am
Location: Dorset
Outfit: Royal Atlanta 6

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Definately sounds like condensation, we have water in the corners especially when we cant ventilate the tent as much as we would like due to rain

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sunners1

10/5/2014 at 9:50am
Location: Hull
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Great stuff, thank you everyone

LaylaG

15/5/2014 at 11:16pm
Location: None Entered
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We have the same tent and the same issue. It wasn't a lot of water and we put it down to condensation as there was three of us, including wet coats & clothes and 2 wet German Shepherds on a weekend it rained non stop for 18 hours.

We have bought the porch for it now so I am hoping we can prevent this by keeping wet items in there and not the tent.

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sunners1

15/5/2014 at 11:41pm
Location: Hull
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I quite fancied the porch I think it's a bit too big for just two of us, I have looked for an alternative but yet to come across something in my price range (cheap) haha hope it works though to ventilate your small crowd x

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