Condensation inside the tent is not too big a problem, but it doesn't help at either.
When it is very cold overnight, say < -30C , inside the 'hot tent' there will always be some frozen condensation evident on the inside of a single-wall tent in the early morning, before the stove is lit. This condensation can be reduced in many ways:
- by good venting the evening before,
- by increasing ventilation overnight,
- by minimizing the area of uncovered snow on the tent floor, near the doorway, behind the stove, etc.
- by having enough heat in the tent for long enough the evening before to dry your gear well,
- by keeping the stove going longer into the sleep time,
- by covering all containers of liquid water,
- by not breathing.
OK, scratch that last alternative 'cause it just creates too many other problems!
Here is my question to those of you who use non-cotton tents, please:
If I am sewing up a solo tent, how important is it to use breathable cotton? Could I be happy with less breathable, un-coated poly or nylon for the walls, and a coated polyester for the ceiling? Should I make the whole tent of light cotton and then have an external fly on waterproof coated synthetic?
I would really appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks!
Undersky
When it is very cold overnight, say < -30C , inside the 'hot tent' there will always be some frozen condensation evident on the inside of a single-wall tent in the early morning, before the stove is lit. This condensation can be reduced in many ways:
- by good venting the evening before,
- by increasing ventilation overnight,
- by minimizing the area of uncovered snow on the tent floor, near the doorway, behind the stove, etc.
- by having enough heat in the tent for long enough the evening before to dry your gear well,
- by keeping the stove going longer into the sleep time,
- by covering all containers of liquid water,
- by not breathing.
OK, scratch that last alternative 'cause it just creates too many other problems!
Here is my question to those of you who use non-cotton tents, please:
If I am sewing up a solo tent, how important is it to use breathable cotton? Could I be happy with less breathable, un-coated poly or nylon for the walls, and a coated polyester for the ceiling? Should I make the whole tent of light cotton and then have an external fly on waterproof coated synthetic?
I would really appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks!
Undersky
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