[pct-l] condensation on inside of homemade tarptent

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

This is a common problem with sil nylon, shaped tarps.  I use, and like, Henry Shires Virga model, which came with me on the AT and the GDT last year. Condensation is a ever present problem and one that I have not been able to solve.  It can be mitigated by choosing certain kinds of campsites (i.e, don't camp in the middle of a field), but mostly it just has to be dealth with.  My sleeping bag usually takes on some moisture on the worst days.  

Things that seem to help:

1) Putting the tarp head into the breeze, instead off assend into the breeze.
2) Camping in the forest, rather than in the open.
3)  Dry the tent each day in the sun.

Suge
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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of Craig Smith
> Reply To: 	Craig Smith
> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:19 AM
> To: 	pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: 	[pct-l] condensation on inside of homemade tarptent
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I had some condensation problems on the inside of my tarptent the
> other night.  I was wondering if anyones has come across this problem.
>  I had a nylon groundsheet set up underneath but was camped on green
> grass, and it was a very humid night where i was (down unda' in the
> blue mountains).  Anyways, i woke up in the middle of the night, and
> my homemade ghetto tarptent was dripping from the inside, so i had to
> put away my nice new down sleeping bag.  I was thinking it could be
> that the problem could be solved by 1) not camping on green grass /
> and/or 2) spraying my tarptent and groundsheet with waterproofing
> spray.  Any thoughts / suggestions ?
> 
> Cypress
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