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dk168

22/5/2015 at 9:33am
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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I too prefer to have mesh door/panel on doors, windows and vents to minimise the issue of small flying insects from entering the tent.

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RichJean+Ellie

22/5/2015 at 12:51pm
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Quote: Originally posted by misscjane on 22/5/2015

Quote: Originally posted by Mamasher on 21/5/2015We have just downsized from an Outwell Montana 6 (mesh on all doors) to a Kampa Hayling 4. We spent ages choosing and the Kampa came out tops for us. The only con for me was no mesh on the main door. I detest bugs but decided I could compromise on this one issue as the tent has everything else we wanted, but like you i dont understand why there is no mesh on the front door. However it arrived today from the family tent shop, brilliant deal and service and we can't wait for our 1st camp in it.

Did you go for the Air version of the Hayling? How did you find the quality of the Kampa compared to the Outwell? Some people on here mention poor quality seams etc..

Our first tent was a Eurohike without a sewn in ground sheet and we noticed all sorts of creepy crawlies coming in! Safe to say that tent only lasted for 1 trip!

Must admit our Kampa Croyde 6 did have a seam that leaked but it was easily fixed with a bit of seam sealant and Kampa were excellent in the way their customer service treated us! I understand Outwell customer service leaves a bit to be desired at times!

All manufacturers have problems occasionally, I think Outwell had a bit of a torrid time with leaking seams not so long a ago. Even the best companies cannot check every single tent, it's the way they deal with customers and the problems afterwards that counts.

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misscjane

22/5/2015 at 1:17pm
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Quote: Originally posted by RichJean+Ellie on 22/5/2015

Must admit our Kampa Croyde 6 did have a seam that leaked but it was easily fixed with a bit of seam sealant and Kampa were excellent in the way their customer service treated us! I understand Outwell customer service leaves a bit to be desired at times!

All manufacturers have problems occasionally, I think Outwell had a bit of a torrid time with leaking seams not so long a ago. Even the best companies cannot check every single tent, it's the way they deal with customers and the problems afterwards that counts.

I agree, (touch wood) we haven't had any problems with our Coleman so far, but all tents may eventually have issues. It's not the issue that become annoying it's the companies customers service or lack of which becomes a problem.

I think we will go for the Kampa Hayling 4 and I'll just have to prepare myself for the odd fly/moth!

Mamasher

22/5/2015 at 11:32pm
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Quote: Originally posted by misscjane on 22/5/2015
Quote: Originally posted by Mamasher on 21/5/2015We have just downsized from an Outwell Montana 6 (mesh on all doors) to a Kampa Hayling 4. We spent ages choosing and the Kampa came out tops for us. The only con for me was no mesh on the main door. I detest bugs but decided I could compromise on this one issue as the tent has everything else we wanted, but like you i dont understand why there is no mesh on the front door. However it arrived today from the family tent shop, brilliant deal and service and we can't wait for our 1st camp in it.

Did you go for the Air version of the Hayling? How did you find the quality of the Kampa compared to the Outwell? Some people on here mention poor quality seams etc..

Our first tent was a Eurohike without a sewn in ground sheet and we noticed all sorts of creepy crawlies coming in! Safe to say that tent only lasted for 1 trip!

It only arrived yesterday so not had a chance to pitch as yet. Hopefully there are no problems with the seams. We saw Kampa's a few years ago and they looked great quality. Unfortunately there are no camping shops or shows that have tents pitched anywhere near us so we can never see any in the flesh and just have to make judgement from websites and reviews.

We didn't go for the air, not sure I totally like them.

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Glamper Wendy

13/6/2015 at 12:05pm
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The airbeam we have just bought has mesh on both side and front doors..one of the main reasons we chose it..nothing worse than flys buzzing round your head..the thought of a tent with no mesh on front door is a definate put off for us..keeps out those long legged monsters too...the ones with wings I mean..

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tentadventurer

13/6/2015 at 3:54pm
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Just a thought, but wouldn't it be cheap and easy enough to knock together a mesh door using self adhesive magnetic strip and net fabric?

micbrook

14/6/2015 at 4:55pm
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my Outwell tent has a seperate mesh door behind the main front door. means you can tie back the main door and have a large mesh screen. or roll the mesh screen back out of the way and never use it…. decisions decisions! campsite I've just been on didn't give reason to use the mesh, but who knows what the next site will bring. better to have and not use than need and not have.

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