In the last week the third final beam also leaked when I was testing my superglue repair to the other beams. On closer inspection I could see that both valves were leaking, either from the nylon screw thread, or where the valve is joined to the plastic bladder. Near the end of our first week one of the two main Airbeam poles started deflating, kept this pumped up but the second time we used the awning the smaller beam that keeps the main Airbeams apart also deflated. Just returned from our eagerly awaited 4 week tour of Spain and want to warn of my experience with our Vango Kela awning bought 4 years ago and only used around a dozen times. How them words have come back to haunt me! Wife said before we bought it, dont you think itl pop, me, No, theyre pretty bomb proof nowadays. if the inner zip isnt zipped DO NOT INFLATE.ĭefinately worth a look next time you use.ĭid i like it the three times ive used it - yes Why is it that nothing works as it should do and when it doesnt its a pain to get it sorted!īefore you next use your vango airbeam, check to see that the airbeam is correctly zipped in, undo the tent zip and look at the inner zip. My intention was to just suffer the cost and buy a new airbeam inner and cover, rather than getting involved with the expense and hastle (and i know it will be hastle!) but as i have the old model, they dont carry spares and i have to go back to Vango. I did get in touch with a company in penzance who are a service centre, they were very good. eventualy, sent an email, auto email reply, i have to wait for 10 to even get a reply. Why do people never answer thier phones anymore!!. Originaly bought it off Oli from BMVS but it was about 18 months ago, so outside of the 12 months garuantee. Long story short, tried to fix, couldnt, inflated a bit to try and get the awning up to some degree, bladder was knacked and went down. I dont know how this happened, wether it was unzipped or not. I unzipped the tent outer cover, the bladder cover was unzipped to mid way of the beam, hence the bladder was not 'retained' by the cover allowing it to inflate without being retained. The bladder had somehow escaped from its cover then somehow started to inflate like a balloon outside of the tent zip. It appeared to me that the airbeam bladder is in a cover, this assembly is then zipped into the tent. Obviuosly, stopped inflation and took the valve out.ĭidnt really know what to expect construction wise, having never unzipped the airbeam. It appeared that the inner tube had breached its cover and was ballooning out from below the zip up outer! I wasnt being over eager with the inflation, dont think i was even in the green zone at the time but i stoped and pocked my head in. Your order will be split into separate orders for each delivery.Last weekend we went to put up the awning (for the 3rd time in 18 months) and was happily inflating.įirst thing i noticed that was odd was i saw what looked like a football in the tent!. If you choose to have your items delivered as quickly as possible, you will pay for each separate delivery and this will be calculated and charged in the basket. If some items in your order are out of stock, you can choose to split your order on the delivery page so that items are delivered as quickly as possible. Products shipped via Royal Mail may take longer to reach you. NOTE - selecting these options does not guarantee next day delivery. If you select a courier option such as DPD or TNT, your order will usually be sent out using a next working day delivery service after we receive your product into our warehouse. We advertise an estimated despatch date on the product page, basket and checkout page to give you an indication when we expect the product to be ready to leave our warehouse. When you place your order with us for products that are not in stock, we take payment upfront to secure your products with our suppliers. Product Availability and Delivery Estimates
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