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21/2/2014 at 11:13pm
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Cheers lidds0 
And just to add my two penn'orth for the OP, as it's her post 
*Polyester, all other things being equal, will be lighter
*Ditto, cheaper
*Might better suit a new camper starting out, in case it's not for them
*Has a shorter life span as eventually the coating fails
*Is noisier, and reacts more quickly to temperature
*35% cotton/65% polyester will be a bit heavier, pricier, cooler in the heat, warmer in the cold, and with care, last longer
*65% cotton/35% polyester, all the above, plus a bit more
*100% cotton, very heavy, very pricey, with good care will last a lifetime.
We started with an old school canvas frame tent 20 years ago. It took two of us to lift the tent bag, then again with the steel pole bag. No alloy poles then. It cost £800. And no groundsheet, sewn or otherwise.
We part-exed it for a folding camper, then went back to tenting 4 years ago with a polyester 6 berth Vango. That tent had more living space in it than either of the previous two units, and cost £160. That's the effect of modern materials, and modern factory construction for you. Plenty bang for the bucks, but not a tent for life.
Many keen tent campers will have a mix of units, some better suited to the quick week-end getaway, or touring, some more suited to the conventional 2 weeks in one place.
The airbeams are changing the possibilities, due to their speed of pitching, but for the OP's "forever" tent, a cotton or high cotton mix tent would seem to be the way to go.
Good luck Moll. Let us know what you end up with.
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02/3/2014 at 8:37pm
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Well, I never!!
Sat in my tent, (Kampa Frinton 4 classic) doing absolutely naff all, as dark kicked in on Friday evening, when LO! Quite by pure coincidence, I spotted something I hadn't noticed before...
Sewn into the stitching to the side of the side door, just inside the tent, was a label....
I can only presume that is outer fly, inner bed pods, then SIG, in that order.
Don't know why, but I always presumed it was 65/35 in favour of the cotton, but I suppose this goes some way to explaining why these Kampa Classics are seen by some as a little more VFM than than say, a similar sized Outwell Polycotton.
I certainly won't look upon our tents in a lesser light. (I presume our Filey is the same 35/65, as it seems identical). I've always been delighted with the material, and have no reason to think any differently now I've found this. Surprised none of us haven't noticed/mentioned this previously, though.
If the OP is still looking at that Outwell Kensington, I certainly wouldn't let the 35/65 (as opposed to a 65/35) sway your decision in any negative way!
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and realising I may suffer from the trauma caused by said outburst in later life, or in my case much later life, I feel I must state some facts about the Outwell Regency tents again in a non alpha male way 
We've often surprised how windy it is when we step out of it.
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