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Help please! New (expensive) tent has small mesh hole

Posted by theresse (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 5, 10 at 23:03

Should I return it, or is it no big deal?

When you look at the mesh when the tent isn't up, the hole looks too small to be a problem. But when the tent's up, the mesh is stretched out more and the hole looks bigger and I'm not convinced it won't grow larger as the tent continues to stretch out (or should someone just tug at it a bit).

I can still return it but...is this fairly normal? Being a Northface tent and a very expensive tent for us ($440.00 for the Northface Mountain Manor 8), I don't want to end up w/ a problem and know I could have taken care of it earlier.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Small hole in tent mesh... Is it likely to grow bigger?


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RE: Help please! New (expensive) tent has small mesh hole

Sigh... Am I being trite?


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RE: Help please! New (expensive) tent has small mesh hole

If it were me, and I paid 440 dollars for it, I'd take the tent back and exchange it. As you said, as the tent stretches through normal use, or other means, the hole will just get larger. You can buy patch kits for tent screens and fix it, but, since you just bought it new, I'd go the exchange route.

David


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RE: Help please! New (expensive) tent has small mesh hole

I own several pieces of gear from TNF. I would not hesitate to return it. It WILL get bigger with use. Years ago I tried to fix a similar problem with needle and thread. The patch held but the mesh tore around it. You have simply purchased a tent that wasnt inspected well enough. (probably made first thing on Monday or the last tent of the work week:/) Send it back. They'll take it,no questions asked.


 
 

 

 


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