SkeeterPee
11-17-2017, 15:06
Mostly I figure this was a user mistake / lack of motivation to get soaked,
But recently I was backpacking and got to camp to get my Solong 6 set up just before it started raining. It was a light rain at first and I was able to get water, cook my dinner and just I was finishing up it started raining hard.
So I jumped in the tent and stayed inside all night. It was a windy night with 50 mph gusts, but it might have been more in the mountain as it rushed up a valley. Though the trees around, but not overhead might have offset some the wind, but it was noisy and rained a lot.
Problem was the tent sagged a lot. First I think I should have tightened it down before jumping in because I think I ready sil nylon stretches a little when dry, and much more when wetted. I was able to adjust the poles and vestibule tie down from inside. I probably should have tightened the 4 corners at some point.
I am thinking that was the main issue. Would you agree? However, I read something about using elastic of some sort on those ties so they do not need adjusting. Does that work? Any recommendations on what kind of elastic band to use?
There was also a lot of condensation inside. I probably wiped it down with my camp towel about once an hour throughout the night. It rained a lot the day before so I brought in a lot of moisture with clothing, backpack, shoes.
Overall the tent still did great. My down bag stayed dry, no visible water in the bathtub floor, most of the dampness was on underside of tent. Dry things stayed mostly dry.
Other nights I like to keep one vestibule cover open and have not had condensation issues at all.
But recently I was backpacking and got to camp to get my Solong 6 set up just before it started raining. It was a light rain at first and I was able to get water, cook my dinner and just I was finishing up it started raining hard.
So I jumped in the tent and stayed inside all night. It was a windy night with 50 mph gusts, but it might have been more in the mountain as it rushed up a valley. Though the trees around, but not overhead might have offset some the wind, but it was noisy and rained a lot.
Problem was the tent sagged a lot. First I think I should have tightened it down before jumping in because I think I ready sil nylon stretches a little when dry, and much more when wetted. I was able to adjust the poles and vestibule tie down from inside. I probably should have tightened the 4 corners at some point.
I am thinking that was the main issue. Would you agree? However, I read something about using elastic of some sort on those ties so they do not need adjusting. Does that work? Any recommendations on what kind of elastic band to use?
There was also a lot of condensation inside. I probably wiped it down with my camp towel about once an hour throughout the night. It rained a lot the day before so I brought in a lot of moisture with clothing, backpack, shoes.
Overall the tent still did great. My down bag stayed dry, no visible water in the bathtub floor, most of the dampness was on underside of tent. Dry things stayed mostly dry.
Other nights I like to keep one vestibule cover open and have not had condensation issues at all.