>>2418767>morning dewInevitable. We live on a very high humidity island. Moisture management is the biggest challenge here as it's rarely cold enough for water to freeze but it's always damp. How do you deal with it?
>wet tent flythe answer is always to get maximum ventilation on your tent. Especially in winter, where condensation will degrade your sleeping insulation over several nights with little/no sun to dry.
ironically, at a certain point opening the vents and doors on your tent will make you warmer as the breeze will loft up the down of your sleeping bag and carry away moisture that degrades the feathers' insulation. For some reason normies are obsessed with double wall, fully enclosed coffin tents, but on a temperate rainforest island like ours you want to carry away all the moisture you can through vents and open doors.
>wet shoes from dewDeal with it. Wear trainers all year round that drain quickly, and accept they'll get wet. Waterproof socks in winter (shell-type ones last longer and dry faster than woven, fabric-y ones like sealskinz), thin quickdry socks or sandals in summer and regular sock changes in shoulder seasons.
>soaking tentWipe the condensation from the inside and outside with a J-cloth or any thin synthetic kitchen cloth (lighter, dries faster and less stanky than a microfibre towel). Wring it out and repeat. Pack your tent fly in a stretchy pocket on the outside of your pack, or alternatively attach a mesh bag to the outside as a "drying bag" to aerate your wet gear while you walk
>dripping on your bag's foot areadrape your raincoat and attach the inner/mesh net to the fly better to avoid touching any walls of the tent with your insulation.
>dampness in your bagIt's your own moisture from your body condensing in the bag. This is a problem in cold weather, but it can fuck you up on a long trip as each night your bag gets wetter and wetter. Remove wet items from tent. Use a synthetic overbag to catch condensated vapour.
