Our Vango Nevis - which we've only had a few years - has been ruined by mice (or possibly larger rodents...). I didn't know mice ate plastic and nylon, but they do - or at least they chew it to bits - possibly in order to convert the crumbs into a mouse bed or mouse house.
We've had to go out and buy a new tent.
This time we've gone for a smaller tent - an Outwell Birdland 3.
We kept our camping kit in a weather proof outbuilding, which we thought would be a safe place, but we were so wrong. Mice also gnawed the gas hose for our stove, our airbed, and air pillow. The sleeping bags were untouched because they were in a plastic box with a well-fitting lid.
Some pictures of the devastation
We've now learnt (the hard way) about the 4th Happy Camper guideline:
4/ Store your camping kit in the house or else in plastic boxes with good lids.
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