Quote Originally Posted by rhizome
Believe it or not it was actually the paint on the poles that was off gassing on those huts, not the vinyl....
Don't keep the poles if that was the original problem! ^^^

That hydrohut is actually a real nice unit and I'd send the poles back for replacement if I were you. It's worth it definitely. The vinyl tent part wasn't at fault and it's actually a very high quality product.

I think it's a damn shame that no one foresaw the 'hydrohut syndrome'. It makes you think about all the OTHER items in our lives that outgas when we take them out of the packaging- computer and AV equipment, furniture, that 'new car' smell, even the racks of new clothes in department stores. And FYI you should avoid microwaving food in plastic, instead of glass or ceramic, because of the instability of the plasticizers- While high density polyethelene may be inert at room temperature, and quite stable, there ARE other chemicals added to the plastic to make it polymerize when it is first made, and these are not necessarily stable. If you have ever re-heated food in a melamine dish (cheap plastic 'outdoor' party dishes, and the same material lunch trays at elementary schools are maed from), you may have noticed that you can actually TASTE the phenol!

Anyway that's our cautionary tale for the day. I'ma go put on my tinfoil hat now! lol

:tin foil hat: