Re: Four Seasons Tent
Alpvalsys@AOL.COM
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:11:56 EDT
In a message dated 99-08-10 14:06:50 EDT, Jim Fitzgerald wrote:
<< When using a regular tent in cold weather, below freezing, a lot of
moisture
builds up in the tent causing the floor to become wet along with the
occupants. >>
Are you sealing yourself in completely? If so, that's your problem. You
have
to allow some ventilation. A tent will feel warmer if the only thing it does
is keep
the wind from reaching you, but the air temperature is about as cold inside
the
tent as out; tents are not as efficient at holding heat in as is a snow
shelter so
sealing all the vents to hold in heat hardly works. If you have a zippered
flap near
the top of the tent it should be open at least a little bit. If the humidity
is high, and that can happen even in winter, you will get some condensation
on the tent walls,
but it shouldn't be anywhere near what you'd need to soak the floor.
<< The major tent makers advertise 3-season and 4-season tents. What is the
difference? >>
One of the differences is the type of poles used. You can't use
fiberglass poles
in the winter; they get brittle and snap. 4-season tents generally use
aluminum poles.
Ralph V. Balfoort, Unit Commissioner
Albany, NY
I used to be a Beaver.... (NE III-135)
In the Beaver Patrol as a Scout, too,
and now Ktemaque (Beaver) Chapter,
Haudenosaunee Lodge #19, OA
