The Kampa Brean is a versatile tent designed for touring use in light to moderate weather conditions, offering a comfortable and protected outdoor living space. It is available in different sizes, such as the Brean 3 and Brean 6, to accommodate varying group sizes. The tent's primary function is to provide shelter and a temporary home during camping trips, ensuring users remain dry and comfortable.
Function Description
The Kampa Brean tent serves as a portable shelter, offering protection from the elements such as rain, wind, and sun. It features a waterproof PU coating over its entire surface and factory-taped main seams to prevent leakage, ensuring a dry interior even during wet weather. The tent includes an inner tent for sleeping, which can be suspended from colour-coded buckles, and a canopy area that can be extended with a canopy groundsheet for additional covered space. Ventilation ports are incorporated to help manage condensation and maintain airflow, contributing to a more comfortable internal environment. The design prioritizes ease of setup and stability, making it suitable for campers who require a reliable and user-friendly tent for their adventures.
Usage Features
The Kampa Brean is designed with several features to enhance its usability and comfort during camping trips.
Setup and Pitching:
- Assisted Pitching: The manual emphasizes that pitching is easier with more people, reducing stress on both the tent and the users.
- Adjustable Straps: Each ring and pin for the poles is on an adjustable strap, allowing for loosening during pole insertion and subsequent tightening to achieve maximum tautness. This is crucial for satisfactory results and overall tent stability.
- Colour-Coded Poles and Sleeves: The fibreglass poles and corresponding sleeves are colour-coded, simplifying the assembly process and ensuring correct pole placement.
- Pegging Points: The tent includes various pegging points, including intermediate ones, and pre-attached guy lines. Users are advised to readjust pegging until the tent is taut, as a well-set-up tent offers better resistance to weather.
- Door Closure during Pegging: It is recommended to fully close all doors and openings before pegging the tent to prevent undue strain on the zips.
- Canopy Pole: A dedicated canopy fibreglass pole is threaded through a tent sleeve to support the front canopy area.
- Inner Tent Suspension: The inner tent is suspended from colour-coded buckles, with rear points attached first for easier setup. Its base also attaches to corresponding buckles on the groundsheet.
- Guy Lines: Pre-attached guy lines are provided for additional stability. Users should peg them to create tension without distorting the tent's shape and adjust them using runners. Guy lines should generally be pegged in line with the seam from which they originate. Regular checking of guy line tension is advised.
- Canopy Groundsheet: A canopy groundsheet is included and can be pegged down under the canopy for extra protection and a cleaner area.
- Cross Pegging: Doorways and entrances should be cross-pegged, pulling points across each other to ensure tautness and minimize creases.
Comfort and Convenience:
- Inner Tent Pockets: The inner tent features pockets for light items and organiser pockets on the front wall, providing storage for small essentials. Users are cautioned not to overload these pockets to prevent damage.
- Ventilation Ports: The tent is equipped with various ventilation ports that can be opened to improve airflow and reduce condensation. Keeping a door open when weather permits can also help.
- Optional Accessories: Kampa offers a range of optional accessories to enhance the camping experience, including:
- Footprint: A custom-made groundsheet that goes under the tent to protect and keep the main groundsheet clean.
- Carpet: A tent and awning carpet with a polyester flannel top layer, insulated backing, and waterproof backing, designed to add luxury, warmth, and softness to the living area.
- Windbreak: A matching windbreak that provides privacy and protection from the wind.
- Other Camping Accessories: Kampa also produces a wide range of camping accessories such as coolers, camp beds, cookware, tables, chairs, field kitchens, water carriers, portable gas water heaters, mains electricity supply units, and gas stoves/ovens.
Weather Resistance:
- Waterproof Material: The tent material has a waterproof PU coating and factory-taped main seams to prevent leakage.
- Condensation Management: While condensation can occur, the tent's design with ventilation ports aims to mitigate its effects. Adequate ventilation is key to reducing condensation.
- Suitability: The tent is designed for use in light to moderate weather. In very strong winds or snowfall, it is recommended to take the tent down. It is intended for occasional touring use, not for static or commercial use.
Safety:
- Fire Precautions: Users are explicitly warned not to cook in the tent or use naked flames. An internal fire precautions label should be read and understood.
- Carbon Monoxide Warning: A clear warning is provided against using fuel-burning appliances, including warm barbecues, inside the tent or awning due to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Maintenance Features
Proper maintenance is crucial for extending the lifespan of the Kampa Brean tent.
Cleaning and Storage:
- Drying: After use, the tent should be fully aired out and completely dry before packing away to prevent mildew.
- Storage Location: Store the tent in a well-ventilated, dry place.
- Cleaning: Dirty tents can be cleaned with clean water and a soft brush. Detergents should never be used, and scrubbing should be avoided.
- Pole Care: Poles should be stored completely dry to prevent corrosion of the ferrules. Steel poles can be lightly coated with petroleum jelly for protection, which must be completely removed before use.
- Packing: Ensure all parts are clean before packing them into the carry bag.
Leakage and Seam Treatment:
- Seam Sealant: While main seams are factory-taped, users may need to treat remaining seams with a seam sealant to prevent leakage, depending on their expectations. Seam sealant should also be applied to areas where taping is damaged, peeled away, or where a leak has developed. Seam sealant is available from dealers.
- Condensation vs. Leaking: It is important to distinguish between condensation and actual leakage. Condensation is a common occurrence in synthetic tents and is not covered under warranty.
Pole and Zip Care:
- Pole Insertion: Ensure pole sections are fully inserted into adjoining poles and not over-stressed beyond their designed curve.
- Zip Handling: Zips should be treated with care, using two hands to close and open, and never forced.
Repair and Spares:
- Spares Kit: It is strongly recommended to carry a comprehensive spares kit, including silicone waterproof spray, seam sealer, tape for repairing split poles, and spare guy ropes and pegs for extreme weather.
- Replacement Parts: Replacement poles and shock cord are available from dealers or Kampa. Shock cord is considered a consumable part.
- Professional Repairs: Repairs and alterations should be made by a company recommended by Kampa or the supplying dealer. Unauthorized repairs may invalidate the warranty.
- Duration: The product comes with a twelve-month warranty against manufacturing defects from the date of purchase.
- Exclusions: The warranty does not cover slight leakage, condensation, UV degradation, storm/weather damage, improper use, improper set up, permanent use, commercial use, displays, or modification.
- Claim Procedure: Any complaints should be made to the supplying dealer with the original receipt. The tent must be dry and clean when returned for inspection; dealers may refuse to handle tents in unsuitable condition.
- UV Degradation: Prolonged exposure to sunlight can weaken tent fabrics. While normal holiday use provides long service, extended periods in strong sunlight will cause deterioration. UV degradation is not covered under the warranty, nor are tents used on permanent sites, displays, or for commercial purposes.
The Kampa Brean tent is designed to be a reliable and user-friendly option for campers, offering a balance of protection, comfort, and ease of maintenance for enjoyable outdoor experiences.
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