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smokeyjoe

20/8/2006 at 9:31pm
Location: leicester
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we have just returned from our second camping trip, but unfortunately this time we had horrendous rain and thunderstorms. we found that there was a lot of condensation i think ( if you rubbed your hand on the inside of the flysheet it would get wet) on the inside of the flysheet and it came through to the inner tent as well even though they were not touching. i was wondering if this was quite normal with tents or is it just a problem with our specific tent. any comments would be appreciated

CaddyClan

20/8/2006 at 9:43pm
Location: Mid-Wales UK
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It's quite normal with most tents. We take a small fan heater (the little Challenge one from Argos which costs under £10) and even in the height of summer, we put it on for half an hour and all the condensation disappears. When we use our tent in the cooler months and have the fan heater on low throughout the night, we have no condensation at all.

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smokeyjoe

21/8/2006 at 9:54am
Location: leicester
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thanks for that, but we don't have electric hook up. any other solutions?

troutpout

21/8/2006 at 9:58am
Location: cheshire
Outfit: Outwell montana 6 Terra Nova halo 43

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Did you have your flaps open?

We had storms and rain on last outing with the Monty and had no condensation which i put down to the fab flaps and good ventilation in general. Mmmmm maybe i was wrong

minxie

21/8/2006 at 10:03am
Location: Wirral
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We had terrible rain and wind on our first outing in our Monty but we didn't have any condensation. We did have a gas heater going before bed though so maybe that helped. We have a heater that runs from small cans of butane (like a small camping calor gas fire). It was great, it kept us nice and warm and doubles up as a patio heater if your sat outside at night.

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smokeyjoe

21/8/2006 at 10:07am
Location: leicester
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Yes we had all the flaps open during the day and some of them open at night.

Maybe next time we will leave them all open at night and see if that makes any difference.

smokeyjoe

21/8/2006 at 10:18am
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Hi Minxie

where did you get it from as i haven't seen any in the camping store i go to and are they expensive and how long will the gas last? thanks

minxie

21/8/2006 at 11:11am
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We paid £15 for ours which is a bargain, it is the same as the one below but not a Gelert. We got it from B & M and it has been brilliant. The Gas lasts about 3.5 hours on full. B & M also had the cannisters for 4 for £5 which is cheap.

http://www.greatoutdoorsdirect.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=567

Not sure if they have B & M in your area but you may be able to get them on ebay. The make of ours is Maxim Outdoors.

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PamJ

21/8/2006 at 1:25pm
Location: East Lancashire
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Thought gas heaters were supposed to cause condensation. PamJ

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