Tent footprint or no?

[HooKooDooKu]

The bottom of the tent is already your ground cloth, which is there to protect your sleeping pad which is there to protect you. A ground cloth/footprint adds a third layer (like a second pair of underwear or second pair of pants, take your pick).

Touche

BTW, sorry if I offended you. I'm not trying to argue. I just though my analogy of "no ground cloth = no underwear" was sort of funny too (guess I'm not very good at being funny).


I think everyone would agree that a ground cloth adds protection but also adds weight. Different types of ground cloths provide different types of protection. We each evaluate a combination of the conditions we face, the costs involved (monetary and otherwise), and our comfort levels and all come up with different solutions.

[MyName1sMud]

I would be shocked if our footprint weighed 12 oz, but then again I don't hike far enough often enough to have a problem with a little extra weight. Hell, I carry a Helinox chair on my backpacking trips!

I do love that we have the Big Agnes footprint that fits our tent, it makes it so easy to put up with the grommets built in

I bought the footprint for the Jupiters Cabin. It's the first footprint for a tent i've ever bought and on the first set up i was thrilled to see how easy it sets up with the footprint.

I also love the fact that you can combine the fly and the footprint to make a shade tent.

[wornoutboots]

no.................