Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 15:03
The 'waterproof factor' was 100%. Never, ever leaked a drop.
A little anecdote.
We were fairly 'green' as far as camping in Australia went, having only been in the country a short time. First night out we found a nice looking flat area & put the
tent up for the very first time. It rained for much of the night & we awoke in the morning to what felt like a water bed beneath us. Turned out we had camped in a dry creek bed which was no longer dry. The heavy vinyl floor, which extended 4 or 6 inches up the walls didn't let a drop in, even when I unzipped the door & stepped out into water running over my feet. :)
Not sure what model it was - they have changed a little. Ours had a rectangular base so was a little bigger than the square based models. It had two short poles & ropes to hold up the 'extension' area. Later models used an external frame for the extension. On one occasion we had 6 adults sleeping inside it, but alcohol was involved on that occasion!
When I advertised it for sale at $500 when it was 20 years old I had a lot of interest & could have sold it several times over. We had originally paid $1200 for it, which was a great deal of money in the late 80's, but they had the reputation of being the best touring tents money could buy even back then. I later found the original awning we had bought with it, when moving house. We still have this, cut down to size, as a sail track awning on the side of our patrol.
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