Glad this popped up on my feed. I also have one of these tents and i am looking forward to seeing what modifications you come up with for it. Thanks for posting 👍
I very much appreciated finding your video here. It popped up in my feed and was of immediate interest to me as I purchased a Dutch Army Tent from Thunderhead Outfitters here in the states earlier this year. It arrived in incredible condition; almost appeared unused except for a bit of sand on the floor and wear to the carrying bag. Canvas fabric, guy lines, tensioners, pegs etc. we’re all pristine. Have seen multiple posts about water ingress through the corners and zips, so I did as much study as I could about proofing the fabric, as I didn’t want to sleep in a complete sieve during a heavy rain. I know many in the UK use Fabsil. Here in the states we have something called “303” which is a canvas specific water repellent treatment that sheds water without clogging the weave of the canvas. But after all my study I arrived at precisely what you have presented here; wet, air dry, wet, air dry and allow the canvas to be canvas. (Which is inherently water repellent.) I am very interested to see how you address the gap issues at the corners and zip unions. After weeks of tinkering, trial and error I did come up with a cheap, fast and effective fix for mine to keep insects and wind blown rain out. Will be fun to see where your ingenuity takes you in addressing the same problem. Looking very forward to that! Best to you from central Indiana, USA.
Thanks for your opinions and ideas, I hope to get back to doing alterations to the tent soon and for the UK/Ireland spring season, I intend to add a flyscreen maybe attached with Velcro.
Good info, thank-you Worzel. I'll also be interested to see how you approach the zip-weeping on the tent. I think your idea of zip-on porch/vestibule is probably the best and most advantageous option, but sourcing matching zips might be fun... if you find a match then please share which/where from. It'd be good to know how heavy the whole standard setup is both dry AND fully wet, lugging 7+kgs in dry, but lugging it back out wet..?
Thanks and I never thought of weighing the tent when wet. That will be something I must attend to when I get a chance. Of course, when I get the zips and they work, I will add as much detail as possible so that others like yourself can source.
Glad this popped up on my feed. I also have one of these tents and i am looking forward to seeing what modifications you come up with for it. Thanks for posting 👍
Thanks, David, I am so looking forward to using this tent soon and into the far future.
I very much appreciated finding your video here. It popped up in my feed and was of immediate interest to me as I purchased a Dutch Army Tent from Thunderhead Outfitters here in the states earlier this year. It arrived in incredible condition; almost appeared unused except for a bit of sand on the floor and wear to the carrying bag. Canvas fabric, guy lines, tensioners, pegs etc. we’re all pristine.
Have seen multiple posts about water ingress through the corners and zips, so I did as much study as I could about proofing the fabric, as I didn’t want to sleep in a complete sieve during a heavy rain. I know many in the UK use Fabsil. Here in the states we have something called “303” which is a canvas specific water repellent treatment that sheds water without clogging the weave of the canvas. But after all my study I arrived at precisely what you have presented here; wet, air dry, wet, air dry and allow the canvas to be canvas. (Which is inherently water repellent.)
I am very interested to see how you address the gap issues at the corners and zip unions. After weeks of tinkering, trial and error I did come up with a cheap, fast and effective fix for mine to keep insects and wind blown rain out. Will be fun to see where your ingenuity takes you in addressing the same problem. Looking very forward to that!
Best to you from central Indiana, USA.
Thanks for your opinions and ideas, I hope to get back to doing alterations to the tent soon and for the UK/Ireland spring season, I intend to add a flyscreen maybe attached with Velcro.
Good info, thank-you Worzel.
I'll also be interested to see how you approach the zip-weeping on the tent. I think your idea of zip-on porch/vestibule is probably the best and most advantageous option, but sourcing matching zips might be fun... if you find a match then please share which/where from. It'd be good to know how heavy the whole standard setup is both dry AND fully wet, lugging 7+kgs in dry, but lugging it back out wet..?
Thanks and I never thought of weighing the tent when wet. That will be something I must attend to when I get a chance. Of course, when I get the zips and they work, I will add as much detail as possible so that others like yourself can source.