So nobody got one of these yet??
OK, I bought one; overall I think its a good buy.
The one I received is dated as 1993 (20 years old!) but I think its got a fair bit of life in it yet. The outer face is faded a bit (fair enough for its age). It looks like the zip has been replaced a while back but the one on it now is a real heavy duty one.
There is one small patch on the canvas (about the size of a 50p coin) near one of the apex eyelets and a couple of easily missed, unrepaired pin holes that could be sorted out with a quick stitch, but theyre so small I may not bother.
I would like to reproof it but not sure what would be the best for this
cotton fly. The proofer could easily cost more than the flysheet itself !! However I have a 5L can of some vintage Wickes clone of Thompsons fluid in the shed; maybe its time to use it on this.
I already had a set of Vango Force 10 Mk5 poles and they fit the flysheet well enough. The canvas is thinner than a say, the denim in jeans but more like the cotton in a pair of combat trousers. The material is dense weave.
There are more pegging points than the Vango F10.
I would not hesitate to use this in the woods etc as it would be hard to damage it in normal use.
Its got a lot of potential. Well worth it Id say.