[at-l] Wet Foot of down bags

[askowronek@mindspring.com (Amy)]

rick boudrie wrote:

>> having a singled walled tent, many times I'd notice a dampness at the 
>> >foot of the bag due to condensation on the tent walls.  Nothing really
> 
> 
> I have the same problem in a fly'd tent. Especially in winter, but often 
> during other times of the year.
> 
> I am thinking that it is because my feet end up touching the inside of 
> the tent. I am still somewhat puzzled, since the foot of the bag can get 
> rather wet even when the inside walls of the tent are dry.  It gets wet 
> from ther very end up to about 18" from the bottom.  From time to time I 
> stick the bottom of my bag in a tash bag before going to sleep and that 
> seems to work.  Keeping the tent windows half unzipped does not make any 
> difference, it seems.


Are you sure it's the tent's fault?  Are you using a full length pad?
If it's only the bottom 18", is that the part that sticks off your pad?



-amy