Ameristep Doghouse Blinds?

[Spirithawk]

My son bought him and I a couple Ameristep Doghouse Blinds, the Bone Collecter editions, and I was wondering if anyone knows if they are waterproof?

[PowPow]

If its made out of the same stuff in the same was as their one man chair blind, the material is water-proof but it might leak around the seams and zippers. I sat out a deluge in my 1-m cb and stayed mostly dry.

[Lloyd Smale]

maybe for the first year. Ive got a few of them that are 3 or 4 years old and they all leak now. I think just being folded up over and over cracks the coating on them.

[BBF]

Yep, waterproof for a while anyway, they are not as wind resistant as I like that built in metal frame can be overloaded and all are made in China.

[Ranger99]

just in case you don't already know,
throw those teeny rods they give you
as an excuse for stakes away, and get
some real 12-15" tent stakes.
i think you'll be a lot happier if you do.
voice of experience here.


good luck to yall

[Land_Owner]

There are different waterproofing sprays that will work.  I wonder what the military uses on their rip-stop nylon ponchos?  You can dissolve Paraffin wax in solvent that isn't detrimental to the fabric for soaking it in.  The solvent scent goes away eventually (about a month) and the waterproofing/wax remains for many seasons.  I used to soak blind materials this way, but it wasn't really necessary so I ceased.

[jhm]

     We have a few of them for guests to use here on the place and we usually set them up in the barn and spray them with silicon B-4 the season starts usually 3 wks in advance and they seem to stay dry, now nothing is going to remain waterproof for ever, it just takes a little TLC just like any other outdoor items used.   Jim

[Ranger99]

don't have any problems with water leaks
as far as rain.
mine stay out from sept to jan


i get some fading, main thing is to nail
'em down good, and if i won't be there
for a while, i take the roof poles out.


only leak problem i ever had was when i
first used one and those "stakes" let my
blind come loose and made a tear in the
roof fabric. a little duct tape put it right.

[Spirithawk]

Thanks guys.