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Cotton canvas or synthetic tent?

I'll presume if you say condensation then you must mean a synthetic tent. Yes, you can touch the inside...I keep a clean microfibre cloth handy to wipe up any excess drips.

However with cotton canvas if it's raining and you touch the inside of the tent with a finger  then water will start coming through the canvas by capillary action and the canvas will start leaking. It will continue to leak till the rain stops and the canvas dries out fully, but the fabric won't be damaged.

So you're both right...it just depends on which type of tent you're talking about.

Quote: Originally posted by sunvalleysue on 24/8/2010

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I'm just wondering what category polycotton falls into.Touch or don't touch.

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Quote: Originally posted by seanandamanda on 24/8/2010

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synthetic..outwell monty 6...I AM RIGHT....but eventually i will be wrong..this she will remember! thanks folks.....nice weekend coming?

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But she's right too....if you were in a cotton tent. So don't crow too much about it!