I bought a footprint groundsheet to go under my Vango Tigris 800 in the hope that when it rained I wouldn't get my feet wet. How wrong was I? It rained considerably last week (Forest of Dean) and although we pitched on relatively dry ground the rain eventually must have gone through the soil under the tent and did come back through the groundsheet. This happened mainly where there was a pressure point, ie under the chair legs and feet. We kept on drying the areas with a towel and placed a waterproof picnic mat over it, this became completely wet underneath but at least our feet stayed dry. Has anybody else suffered like this? Bearing in mind the Tigris has a SIG AND we had the footprint, should we still expect to get wet?? Any advice out there? Thanks.
We have the footpring and carpet, not had a problem yet, but haven't really camped in very bad weather!! For the name and price I will not expect to get wet!!!
------------- Dawnie
May: Hurley Riverside
June: Northam Farm
and Bank Farm!!
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Sorry to ask what may sound like an obvious question but did you spend more time than usual in the tent?. I ask because we has a similar problem with our Vango Yukon last week. We have used it before in truly awful weather but never had a problem before. The yukon is very similar to the tigris (and we also used our footprint). Anyway, because we didnt have a break in the rain from pitching for about 24 hours the tent started to look a bit soggy ...and the kids spent more time in the tent than we usually do and we had a lot of condensation ...never had this problem before either! The tent did start to drip inside after 3 days. Luckily it wasnt so bad that we got wet gear but when it came to taking down the tent at the end of the week water had puddled under the bedrooms. I dont think any water came threw the floor but from above iyswi mean.
I am going to reproof the tent before we use it again!
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Topic: Footprint Groundsheet (Vango Tigris 800)
