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In the last 3 years I have returned:
A Vango Nitro 200 plus because the inner tent attachment points started to rip after a weeks touring.
Its replacement (Nitro Lite 200+) was returned without even using it as the seams were not finished and there were many loose threads.
A Lightwave G20 Trek - Leaky, impossible to pitch right and flysheet seams separating after a 3 week tour.
A Wild Country Zephyros 1 - inner tent attachment points started to rip after about 6 or 7 uses.
Its replacement was returned for the same reason (it started to rip after one use) plus one of the pole ends did not thread completely into the pole.
Have I just been unlucky or are tents a bit shit nowadays? All of the shops concerned replaced or refunded them without quibble.
I've now got a Hilleberg Nallo 2. Fingers crossed.
I pitched my hilleberg staika 120 times in 5 months. Not a single issue. So hopefully you should be good
Buy a better tent.
Ah I see you did. That one will be grand.
Buy a better tent.
Sounds like he already has.
That one will be grand.
It almost was.
Buy a better tent.
The thing is that some of the ones I had to return were RRP £300 or more and from reputable manufacturers. That should but you a better tent.
Good choice for a new tent should not fail you and if it does you can try a Helsport tent.
I pitched my hilleberg staika 120 times in 5 months. Not a single issue. So hopefully you should be good
Some one on here said they are too heavy to count as a light weight tent
Ours will be in the use this summer. I bought it for a round the world trip in 1994
But to the OPs question. I think its a market where we have seen huge pressure on prices. I suspect another product has started to be sold on features not durability. As the masses do some occasional camping
I suspect another product has started to be sold on features not durability
Or weight.
No. They used to be canvas and weigh 14 tons.
This is the summer of our discount tent?