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Hi again everyone. we've just returned from our first trip to the C&CC site in Scarborough and overall, had a great time. We got the only 5 dry days in August I think

My other half was less than impressed with the slope of the pitch and I didn't really know what to expect so put up with it. We lost count of the number of times the kids fell off chairs, by accident,  in a comedy style. 

The biggest gripe though was the 3 y.o. waking up at 2-3 am complaining of being wet. On inspection, he'd wiggled nearly clear of the sleeping bag was lying in damp that was on the air bed.  Later on we discovered it wasn't pee, as all our air beds were damp under the sleeping bags. I can only assume this is sweat since condensation isn't going to form where damp air can't get? While I know all we sweat in our sleep, the quantity from a 3' streak of nothing, suprises me. This seemed to happen regardless of whether condensation formed on the inside of the flysheet (Montana 6).

I did find that the tent condensation improved when we stopped returning from the showers wet and also when we stored the damp towels in the tunnel extension.    I also found that fire is hot, ice is cold and water is wet.

Sorry for the long post, too many vodkas for this time of night, but any advice would be much appreciated. Regards, Andy

It is condensation ,it will always form either at the lowest point or where cold meets hot .

Cant really stop it although you need to air the tent every morning ,lifting beds and bags

Things you can do to help are making sure nothing wet is left in the tent ,including damp towels /clothes ect
Dont cook in the tent
Make sure you open al doors /windows/vents during the day

That's funny, we got damp on our airbeds for the first time this year.

We had much warmer sleeping bags than before, and a quilted mattress cover, and a fleece blanket beneath that, so we reckoned it was probably condensation. We figured if it was sweat, it would have been on top of the mattress cover and blanket, not beneath.

Our sleeping bags were nice and dry (well, except for the damp patches on top where the damp dogs had been sleeping on them, but that's another story) and we were perfectly dry and warm inside, so we didn't worry about it.

We use old (really old, they belonged to my husband's grandmother when she was married!) real wool blankets under our sleeping bags - we get no condensation.

Jackie

Hi  Everyone,

This always, always happened to me on an airbed, no matter what I put underneath or on top of the airbed.

Stopped as soon as I bought a decent self-inflating mattress (has a good layer of foam inside.)  If I don't use the tt (a bit of luxury off the ground) then I would never ever use an airbed on the ground again!!

Works for us.

Helen