Dear All,
Just wondered if anyone could give their opinions and offer advice.
Recently my partner and I purchased an Outwell Oregon 5. We wanted to upgrade from a small Vango to give us something with space for table and chairs inside. We spent quite a bit of time and energy researching the best size tent for is in the budget we'd allocated and came up with the Oregon 5.
Our first outing with it was on the Bracelands Campsite in Forest of Dean last Bank Holiday. The weather threw most of what it could at us and overall the tent held up pretty well.
My concern is this, we noticed that there was a large number of water droplets gathering on the top of the tent inner and over time this would certainly get worse especially if there was no good weather to allow if to dry out. At first I wasn't sure if this was a result of leaking or condensation. Last night I re-pitched the tent and gave it a hose test to check for leaks, a good 10-15 minute soaking has not shown any leaks, however a check this morning has again shown alot of water on the inner flysheet and again many droplets on the tent inner, I can only assume this is condensation. In time this level of condensation could build to really soak the inner and items within.
Is this level of condensation the norm? Have others experienced similar problems with the Oregon 5 or Outwell in generall? I've found quite mixed reports on here. Can anyone recommend a tent similar to the Oregon 5 that they've been happy with? We are quite dissapointed as the size and layout of the Oregon 5 are just what we needed.
All advice gatefully received - thanks.
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Topic: Outwell - Oregon 5 Condensation - Advice
