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hi,

just returned from an incredible week in the lakes, the best weather i have ever had at this time of year, one problem we had was condensation in the mornings when the sun rose, anyone any ideas how to lessen this problem, didnt spoil the week just moved things away from the vent seams.

has anyone else experienced this or do i need to reseal the seams.

ps: corado 6 tent with montana 6 porch.

thanks

yakky

Condensation always occurs in polyester tents,the only thing you can do is make sure all vents are open,get plenty of airflow through...failing that...get a canvas

Welcome to the forum and glad you had a good time!

hi zeelees,

thanks for the speedy response, poly cotton slightly out of the price range yet, hopefully working up to one soon.

Poly cotton out of our range too,we have canvas,love them.

I recently spent three identical nights in a polyester tent. On the middle night there was no condensation.

Ventilation is also not always the answer either. I was surprised to find my beach shelter that I use a a small wind break, that is completely open on the front, had very bad condensation on both mornings last week.

Ever since we started to use EHU and fan heater condensation problem almost gone in our Oakland as air is circulating vents are open too.

It is best to leave all vents open all the time, even when the weather is cold. The only vent I sometimes close on my tent is the large rear one, but only on rare occasions at night when cold wind is whistling straight through into the bedroom pod. 

Lots of things cause condensation such as the natural moisture caused by the occupants themselves, gas heaters or gas stoves, boiling kettles, washing up inside the tent etc; so you need all the ventilation you can get.

As previously mentioned, if you go EHU and use an electric heater you will find this almost eradicates condensation because it is a dry heat.

Quote: Originally posted by happycampers98 on 07/4/2012

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Not in the carolina lol. We have that tent for one nighters and its akways soaking wet in the morning.

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What are you doing in it?

Mine is bone dry - lol

Vents open and if that is not enough, peg out the base of external doors. If you can improve low level ventilation, you get a better airflow - cool in low and wet warm out high.

Each adult breathes out about 1 pint of moisture a night, so the larger number of adults, the higher the condensation levels. Wet clothing won't help either.