PH wrote:[
It's also possible you've just been unlucky, sometimes I'll get loads of condensation one day and hardly any the next without really noticing much difference between them.
Some days you're going to get condensation whatever you do or whatever tent you use, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth seeing if you can minimise it. I changed from a Coleman to a Terra Nova, the big difference was the Coleman had a large gap under the fly and on the TN it goes right down to the ground, this is a common difference between US and Euro designs. When there's some air movement, I'll lift the fly in a couple of places (Pannier pocking out does it well) unless the weather makes it a bad idea, I'm sure it helps.
The thing is that this is a consistent problem with this tent in comparison to my old one. in all seasons.
As regards to the fly down to the ground.... this one is designed to have the fly down to the ground....on one side, leaving a gap on the other. I've been told that this is to reduce the problem of condensation.
Like I said, I hardly ever had a problem with condensation in the Coleman. It's not a 4 season tent, yet holds up incredibly well on winter trips. Very wet winter trips!
Unless it was incredibly wet I could wipe down the fly, collapse the tent and fold/roll it in such a way that there was minimal transfer from the outer to the inner. Set it up the next evening and any dampness was quickly dissipated. The floor was so thick that condensation was never a problem.
With the new one, I can remove the moisture on the outside of the fly but can't access the inside of the fly without removing the inner. If I don't remove the inner then the water on the fly will soak the inner, such is the volume of water. Oh, and as pointed out above, trying to wipe down the inside of the fly is a wet job!
It's just very frustrating! I spent months researching what I thought was the perfect tent for me. The only bright point is that apparently I'm hotter than I thought
Thanks fro the input.
Frank