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Quote: Originally posted by Scoobz on 07/7/2012

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Had a kampa 200 leaked like a sieve. Had a hell of a battle but eventually got a refund. My advise would be take as many photographs as possible and ask for your money back. They may come out with some garbage as this is what happens until awning shrinks, but I have been told that nylon or polyester don't shrink. I read on one forum that the dealer told the consumer these sort of awnings aren't meant to be put up in the rain. Laughable . Hope this helps

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We have just bought the Kampa 330 club, which is the same material as yours I think.  First used it for Jubilee Monsoon Week and had no drips at all.

Before that we had an OR Compactalite, we had the occasional drip with that but nothing major.  There have been a couple of posts lately about leaky Kampas, I wonder if there is a faulty batch?

An awning you can't keep anything in overnight is clearly useless! I'd be taking it back.

We have both the 260 and a 390, no problems with leaks whatsoever, but in heavy rain and overnight it is possible for drips of condensation to form especially if we dont put the groundsheet down for any reason.

I would not try spraying it yourself, to do so would possibly invalidate any warantee.

Julia  

When we first bought our Kampa Rallye 390 first time it rained we had a couple of small drips when first wet. A chap on our site said awnings often do this first time when wet and said it shouldnt happen thereafter.

True he was we have used our Rallye in storm and heavy and light rainfalls since and no leaks, best porch awning I have ever bought.  

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the comments. We spoke to the dealer who gave us the go ahead to use some fabsil spray and said he would then take it back if that didn't fix it. Fingers crossed it looks like it has cured the problem but we are going to invest in the some monsoon poles.......I think they should be included as they are a must in my view. Other than the drips we love the design of this and hopefully can stick with it as its so easy to put up when compared to our old full size awning!