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Personjodo2017
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I was camping with my new Corvette 7AC this weekend and it rained a little bit on Saturday morning.
When I checked the tent, I noticed that the tent leaked in around the beams. I find this unacceptable, the tent is supposed to be waterproof! I see that someone has had similar experience on this site: http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tents/p/Outwell-Corvette-7AC/3605

I think the water leaks in through the velcro stitches on the ground sheet that hold the beams in place.
Apart from contacting the dealer, is there anything I could do? Has anyone else had the same misfortune?


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Personcheckley1973
14/5/2018 at 7:22am
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May not be leaking. You will always get some condensation on the beams particularly in the morning and evening as the temp changes. It takes longer for the air in the beams to adjust and this causes condensation which will usually run down to the base of each beam.


Personjodo2017
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I hoped so as well, but there was a small pool of water around the beam.


Personcheckley1973
14/5/2018 at 9:29am
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Sounds like condensation to me and is normal for air beam tents. It will drip down and create small pools of water then the evening temp is significantly different from day temp


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Personjodo2017
15/5/2018 at 4:19am
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I'm pretty sure it's not condensation.
The rest of the inside of the tent is completely dry and the water is working it's way up the beam.
If I lift the beam I can feel that the velcro is soaking wet.


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This Cross Camping Video may be of interest to you.

Your tent could be leaking but I would suggest it is condensation especially at this time of the year when we are having pretty hot days a chilly nights.

The video shows tents with their doors open so that may attract more condensation than normal but you can see the amount of water that condensation can cause and it is often confused with leaking.

If you feel water is coming in through stitching you could try using a seam sealant. It comes in a little tube usually and looks like glue but it dries and forms a flexible seal on seams.

Your photo just shows a bit of dampness around the base of the tube. If the tent was leaking I would expect to see quite a large puddle of water on the groundsheet. I appreciate photos don't pick out water very well but judging by what I can see I wouldn't worry about it. All tents suffer with some condensation and the inside of the flysheet will always feel damp if the conditions are right for it and the more warm, breathing bodies inside the tent the more condensation you are likely to get.

Make sure all vents are open regardless of the weather.

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Personduffs54
15/5/2018 at 10:01am
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Our Kampa Croyde airbeam let in water, they need weatherproofing, ours is polycotton, unsure what fabric yours is, once its wet the fabric should knit together.

the reason it gathers around the beams is because that is the lowest point as they push down.

We left ours out for 3 days in torrential rain before we used it and had pools of water around one of the beams. None since inside the tent all dry.

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at Bob61
If it's condensation, shouldn't all the beams be wet at the bottom? In this case only a few of them were.
And when I look at the video I see that there is condensation in all places inside the tent, our was completely dry everywhere except at the bottom of three beams.
All vents were open and the picture might not be showing it, but there were pools of water around the beams

at duffs54 the groundsheet is 10,000mm double coated polyethylene


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15/5/2018 at 11:44am
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Must be leaking then...send it back.


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Quote: Originally posted by jodo2017 on 15/5/2018
at Bob61
If it's condensation, shouldn't all the beams be wet at the bottom? In this case only a few of them were.
And when I look at the video I see that there is condensation in all places inside the tent, our was completely dry everywhere except at the bottom of three beams.
All vents were open and the picture might not be showing it, but there were pools of water around the beams

at duffs54 the groundsheet is 10,000mm double coated polyethylene



If it’s just one beam then I would agree with you. I had a Vermont 7SA last year with one beam letting in water. At first I thought it was condensation but then it rained hard and it was pretty obvious. We did have sizeable pools of water inside the tent when we came to pack up. We got a replacement tent in the end.

However I would point out that a polycotton tent (which I believe the Corvette is) needs to be weathered, the initial rain will serve to make the stitching swell and seal permanently. Was this the first time the tent got wet?


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15/5/2018 at 1:50pm
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Quote: Originally posted by jodo2017 on 15/5/2018

at duffs54 the groundsheet is 10,000mm double coated polyethylene



Our water came in from the top of the tent and pooled around the beam as that was the lowest point, you could see the trail of the water.

Never leaked there since, and we've been camped in horrendous conditions.


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PersonDeborahTurner
15/5/2018 at 7:09pm
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If it's condensation then it will happen when it hasn't rained, too.

A poly tent shouldn't need weatherproofing!


PersonMack84
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Like broadside said if its the first time the tent been wet it probably just needs weathering. Read some where that this can happen as when you blow it up the first time it would strecht a little where the beams are, so I sprayed mine around the beams the first time it went up and never had a problem with mine


Personjohn#mel#3kids!
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Give it a soaking in the garden,see what happens.
It's a well known fact within the camping industry that Outwell are not up to the vango standards right now.



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