[pct-l] condensation on inside of homemade tarptent

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

Forget spraying the tarptent. It won't help. The moisture is from the inside 
and not the outside.

As others have said, moisture will condense regardless of what you do. Best 
bet is to be in a breezy place (as if you could order that), not in a meadow 
or next to a stream, and don't close the mosquito net.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Drury" <kdrury@indwes.edu>
To: "Craig Smith" <csmith.atmos@gmail.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] condensation on inside of homemade tarptent


>
> I second what has already been said regarding condensation:
> 1) Grassy meadows are a GREAT place to camp (until the next morning!) So I
> eat supper there then move on to the next ridge.
> 2) Side-pull-outs can keep the condensation away from my bag.
> 3) On closed-end tarps (e.g. Go-lite cave) I raise the closed end 6" to 
> get
> air moving in and out.
> 4) but generally I just pack everything up damp or wet in the morning and
> dry it out at lunch.
>
> Second Wind
>
> ______________________
> 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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