I know, I think I may have read that as well but there are more articles and You Tube 'testers' who would suggest the opposite. I can see from all of these evaluations that a user would have to be careful not to abuse their tent and not just take it for granted. I know that I fit that category, I am a careful tenter, but for perhaps a quarter of the price I think it might be a risk worth taking. Take the Taga 1 and 2 for example, for up to about £100 I could get a copy of the Tarptent Rainbow, a tent that I really fancy. If I bought the Tarptent version I would have to pay a LOT more, more than double I think and then would have to seal the seams myself! If I bought the Taga, the seams are already sealed! By my reckoning, even if the Targa was not so robust, I could buy anothyer and it would still be cheaper than buying the USA version.
I haven't made a final decision yet but the Targa at the moment is top of my list!