Originally Posted by
john m flores
My partner is originally from the West Coast and was surprised to see me having to replace a stretched shock cord.. Said that she never had that problem out west and hypothesized that East Coast humidity may be a contributing factor.
I am three miles from the Pacific Coast, and it is much drier here than there. What both of these tents had in common is a rather elaborate pole assembly, not just four (or whatever) linear poles. I think they are harder to disassemble and repack without stretching the cord (something I noticed while re-packing the poles for the tent I just fixed).