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Tipi,

I'm not arguing that all tents suffer condensation at some point in the right conditions, of course they do.

You zone in on whatever thing you see is potentially worse than the tents you...

It's a struggle to form any consistent opinion from your posts.
I'm pretty sure you've got stuff to say that's well worth listening/reading, but you seem to be so stuck on one brand of tents that it...

Bit of consistency in your opinions would be helpful, unless of course you think Hilleberg's are not "good double wall tents" ;)

I used to use water bottles but left the cap off one time and the contents spilled out ;-)

I've been hiking for well over 30 years, it is NOT a regularly used hiking term, even if it was it's still dangerous talk and physiologically impossible.

No idea who Francis is, but when it comes...

Please stop using phrases like "cameling up" as if it's a genuine method of hydration, human beings CANNOT "cameling up", we are not camels

Camels have a very specific trait that they have adapted...

2 litres still weighs exactly the same in or out of the body though.

As most of us carry our water in either water bladders literally mm's from our back, or by using water bottle either on our...

Complete and utter rubbish

If you drank 4 litres of water in one sitting you'd have a LOT more to worry about than weight distribution, but even ignoring that, do you really believe that it would...

You do understand that 4.15L of water weighs the same no matter if you've drunk it or its in your pack right?

My advice for fellow members is if you come across a post from someone that advocating the idea to "camel up" don't bother reading the rest of the post, just skip to the next post as IMO the poster...

.74oz

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Had a 74oz duplex, chose 1oz for its replacement

Is this really the sort of people that frequent this forum, people that make jokes on a thread about a dead hiker.
Absolutely disgusting how some people have zero respect

It's just as foolish to carry something you have absolutely no way to use, it really depends on where, when and how you hike.

As an example, good luck trying to find something to burn on this hike...

If it's not raining and you're wearing synthetic clothing with synthetic insulation i think you'd be surprised just how quickly it dries.

I've not non synthetic clothing that's spent the night on...

Should clarify my position here.
I was taking the "fell into a river" scenario, in this case i would keep on hiking rather than borrow into my sleeping bag.

As i tend to wear synthetic clothing...

Have you ever had to light a fire to save your life?



Struggling to see the point here.
He didn't have access to modern materials, he did the best with what he had, just like we do our best...

Have to say that i find it odd that your first reaction would be to light a fire.

In your unlikely scenario how do you know 100% there would be enough fuel for a fire large enough to warm someone...

Been hiking/backpacking for 30+ years, not lit a single fire in that time.
Never fallen into a river either.

Have had my clothing drenched from constant non stop rain for days on end, no fire...

I don't see how you can have no ventilation
Even if you found some way of vacuum sealing your tent to the ground, most tents have vents built in.

Then there are the doors.
Personally i prefer to...

Sorry but i completely disagree, where does this warmer air come from?
How can a thin silnylon type material insulated this warmth?

Condensation forms because the outer surface of the fabric is...

Agreed, but that is not always possible though



To be honest Tipi i have never measured it.
I have a synthetic baselayer made by a company called craft that i was wearing last year when i took...

This would usually be my SOP as well.
In this case though it was raining that hard, in the time from finishing wringing it out to getting my WP jacket back on and zipped up the top would have been...

rafe,

Absolutely, ventilation makes a massive difference.
I'm failing to see how double wall tents have more ventilation than single wall though :confused:

Moisture does collect on the outer...

Tipi i find you post very "odd"

I've stated my opinion, given the reasoning and experiences behind it, given details of a simple test for members to try out at home, yet you come back at me...