OG DramaLlama
Epic Rokslider
Got out last week for the deer opener. Ran into some pretty heavy snow.
The flurries started coming down right as I got to my predestined place to set up.....and it came down for the next day and a half.
Really wet and heavy snow....outside temps were fairly consistent. Daytime 30-31 and 25-28 at night. Took readings inside tent, with no ventilation the temps in the tent were about 15 degrees higher. Consistent readings day and night were above 40-45.
In my hurry to set up in snow, I failed to put out guy lines and properly stake the fly. The tent still shedded the snow fairly good. However, the slack in the fly allowed some buildup. This pushed the fly up against the inner tent (In particular, around head and feet) and created extra condensation. In order to control, I was having to really make sure to be diligent on ventilation.
Here is shot midway through first day. After, I fixed setup.....
Here is some shots of the worst of the condensation build up after the 4th night.
The fifth day brought some plus 40+ daytime temps. It was a full on rainstorm over the tent with the addition of large swathes of the snow falling out of trees at a pretty good clip. Was able to keep in tent modestly dry keeping fly half way in tact during portions of take down.
Nonetheless, it got wet. Since I had 5 miles to truck and multiple trips in front of me I elected to lay tent out while I started pack-out. In direct sun, about 3 hours, 45-50 temps the tent was completely dry.
Found myself at the halfway point if pack-out on Day 6. It was the coldest night for sure. Left both doors slightly unzipped and had less condensation than prior nights, but temps in tent were considerably colder.
Not a bad view!
My conclusion:
1: For size to weight to cost this is incredible value. However, I was limited on spots to put the tent and the ended up settling for a terrible place.
2: Condensation is gonna happen. Plenty of options to help control. Just be mindful of it.
3: I did about everything I could to make this setup not work through my mistakes. This tent provided reasonable accommodations and kept me going for 5 days in poor conditions.
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The flurries started coming down right as I got to my predestined place to set up.....and it came down for the next day and a half.
Really wet and heavy snow....outside temps were fairly consistent. Daytime 30-31 and 25-28 at night. Took readings inside tent, with no ventilation the temps in the tent were about 15 degrees higher. Consistent readings day and night were above 40-45.
In my hurry to set up in snow, I failed to put out guy lines and properly stake the fly. The tent still shedded the snow fairly good. However, the slack in the fly allowed some buildup. This pushed the fly up against the inner tent (In particular, around head and feet) and created extra condensation. In order to control, I was having to really make sure to be diligent on ventilation.
Here is shot midway through first day. After, I fixed setup.....
Here is some shots of the worst of the condensation build up after the 4th night.
The fifth day brought some plus 40+ daytime temps. It was a full on rainstorm over the tent with the addition of large swathes of the snow falling out of trees at a pretty good clip. Was able to keep in tent modestly dry keeping fly half way in tact during portions of take down.
Nonetheless, it got wet. Since I had 5 miles to truck and multiple trips in front of me I elected to lay tent out while I started pack-out. In direct sun, about 3 hours, 45-50 temps the tent was completely dry.
Found myself at the halfway point if pack-out on Day 6. It was the coldest night for sure. Left both doors slightly unzipped and had less condensation than prior nights, but temps in tent were considerably colder.
Not a bad view!
My conclusion:
1: For size to weight to cost this is incredible value. However, I was limited on spots to put the tent and the ended up settling for a terrible place.
2: Condensation is gonna happen. Plenty of options to help control. Just be mindful of it.
3: I did about everything I could to make this setup not work through my mistakes. This tent provided reasonable accommodations and kept me going for 5 days in poor conditions.
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