Although I will be doing a review shortly I thought I would let Tentipi owners be aware of what I feel is a 'safety' issue for the Tentipi. I will be letting Tentipi know too.
Camping in conditions that resulted in Force 6-7 with regular gusts to Force 8 for three days/nights saw the peg rings attached to the tension straps fail one by one over the three days. Whilst I understand that the rings MIGHT be designed to fail to prevent fabric tear (although I doubt this) have the these rather poorly cast (rather than properly forged) rings fail in the middle of the night in a gale can put undue strain on the other storm cords and tensioners resulting a a chain of failure. I did find myself standing in torrential rain, high winds and in total darkness wrestling with trying to re-secure the tent which was acting like a massive sail in the wind. The next available day I went and spent £30 on proper forged d-rings (for each of the 8 corners) from a yacht chandler that secures the mainstay of yacht masts.
Picture of one of the rings below and a replacement.
Camping in conditions that resulted in Force 6-7 with regular gusts to Force 8 for three days/nights saw the peg rings attached to the tension straps fail one by one over the three days. Whilst I understand that the rings MIGHT be designed to fail to prevent fabric tear (although I doubt this) have the these rather poorly cast (rather than properly forged) rings fail in the middle of the night in a gale can put undue strain on the other storm cords and tensioners resulting a a chain of failure. I did find myself standing in torrential rain, high winds and in total darkness wrestling with trying to re-secure the tent which was acting like a massive sail in the wind. The next available day I went and spent £30 on proper forged d-rings (for each of the 8 corners) from a yacht chandler that secures the mainstay of yacht masts.
Picture of one of the rings below and a replacement.