[pct-l] Lunar Solo tent - condensation

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

Thanks for the explanation.

I used the Europa II this summer in Colorado. My wife used the Tarptent in 
the Sierras. We both had some condensation at times. Some things we learned:

1) No tent is perfect under all conditions. You will get condensation some 
time. Having sleeping bags with a water resistant shell is a good idea.

2) Don't camp in a meadow or next to a stream unless you are high and have 
lots of wind. Otherwise, you will be sure to have lots of condensation.

3) Don't stay in a frozen tent waiting for the sun to defrost it. It will 
and the huge amount of moisture will drip onto you.

4) When a large amount of moisture does start to roll down the top and hits 
the mesh in the Europa II, it does drip straight down onto whatever is 
below - and that was me.

5) Don't pitch your tent in a lake (or a place that will become a lake). 
Water can force its way in from the bottom.

6) Keep the tent open as much as possible - that normally means don't use a 
vestibule closed up.

7) Every tent will have moisture problems if there isn't enough breeze. 
Double wall tents will normally never drip into the living space; single 
wall tents could depending on the design. If the tent is wet when taken 
down, everything will probably get wet.

8) Silnylon tents dry amazingly fast. In 10 minutes my tent was normally 
dry.

I never needed to use the tent in day after day of wet weather. I always had 
time to dry the tent daily. I would be hesitant to use a single wall tent if 
I knew I would have many back to back days of rain. But, I'm a wimp - I 
would probably bail in those conditions.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
To: <metam01@earthlink.net>; "pct-l" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lunar Solo tent


> Actually, my choice of words wasn't the best. Guttering could also imply 
> an evacuation of water from the tent's interior, but my concern was that 
> the mesh intersecting with the canopy could create a drip-line as moisture 
> rolls down the interior of the canopy, causing that water to land on the 
> tent's floor. Ron says it shouldn't be a real concern, given the tent's 
> overall shape and the orientation of the sleep area.
>
> - blisterfree
>
>>
>> Now I can learn something.  What is a guttering effect?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Warner Springs Monty
>>
>
>
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