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Tent Fell, Injured Me and Destroyed Crops
This tent seemed great for the price, but don't be tempted by it. This is the second vivosun tent I've owned that broke before getting a single crop. Vivosun products apparently used to be good, but ever since what I assume are manufacturing cost cuts I wouldn't say they are good enough to even be called a single use item since I can't seem to get one use out of any of my tents from them. Here's a lengthy story of how this particular tent injured me, destroyed my crops, and almost destroyed $500 in lights. I mounted a ~10lb LED light on each of the mount bars, a ~10lb carbon filter across one of the bars, and had a few clipped on fans less than 5lb on 2 of the vertical poles. After wiring and cabling, and fan ducting (the heavy inline fan wasnt even supported by the tent, it was laying on a shelf nearby and seperate from the tent to avoid stressing the poles with too much load!), it was probably supporting less than 50lbs. After a few weeks of regular use opening the door and stepping inside to reach the back of the tent, I took a step inside to reach the back to pour water. As I reached in, I was pounded in the head as the top of my tent came crashing down while I was inside. It crushed like a beer can, exactly like another recent review described. I fell down when my lights knocked me in the head and I trampled and killed all of my plants, spilling dirt, water, and blood from the gash in my head where the light hit me all over the tent. After tending to myself, I investigated the issue to find that the weld of the corner piece had broken clean apart, right at weld. The attrocious welding job left lots of holes where I assume moisture got into, and since the poles are only spray coated on the outside it probably rusted. For perspective the relative humidity inside this tent never exceeded 65%. I took a look at some of the welding work on the other corners and found that not a single one of them had a good weld, it was shoddy work at best. In summary, the materials of this tent are nothing to brag about. The welding work is pathetic, the mylar is thick and reflective but it is definitely not light proof because light leaks at almost every stitching point along the zippers, seams, duct port venting holes, tent floor, corner stitches, you name it. There is no such thing as a light proof tent in my opinion, but it shouldn't take half a roll of duct tape to cover all the light holes after unboxing. This tent also doesn't have a single 6" vent port. The viewing window is very small and way too high up, I'm 5'11" and couldn't see in even if I was on my tip toes. The welds were so bad, that it couldn't even support 50lbs on top after a month of use. There is no load capacity listed anywhere for this tent, probably because if they even bothered to load test it they would find that it crumples up like a beer can as I and another recent customer described. The flimsy construction makes me wonder if the subscribe and save advertisement for this product is any coincidence. I expected this product to last for at least a year, but couldn't even get a month out of it. It's absolutely shameful for a product with such great reviews from other people and this high of a rating. Between the money I gave to vivosun for this tent and the other which also broke, I could of probably bought a more expensive tent that wouldn't of ruined a set of crops, lacerated my head, and almost destroyed $500 in lights. If you're looking for something high quality, stay away from this tent and probably even similar brands, and if you're looking for something cheaper and more disposable then I sincerely hope that this takes you through to one harvest and that your experience with it or whatever you end up choosing is better than mine was.
May 2020 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase
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