OSH Sleeping

If water is dripping inside your tent, it is from you most likely...

Only the cheapest tents allow condensation to build up on the inner walls
and drip back down. That's the whole point of a rain fly on a good tent --
to let condensation out (through the breathable ceiling), but not to let
rain IN.

If you have a good quality tent, you will be neither too hot at night, nor
wet when it rains. Add a good quality air bed (the kind that put you up on
10" of air), and I will put the quality of sleep at Oshkosh up against any
night's sleep you've ever had.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
If water is dripping inside your tent, it is from you most likely...

Only the cheapest tents allow condensation to build up on the inner
walls and drip back down. That's the whole point of a rain fly on a
good tent -- to let condensation out (through the breathable ceiling),
but not to let rain IN.

If you have a good quality tent, you will be neither too hot at night,
nor wet when it rains. Add a good quality air bed (the kind that put
you up on 10" of air), and I will put the quality of sleep at Oshkosh up
against any night's sleep you've ever had.

A good air mattress is a great thing. Went camping at an airport once
and went through a major storm during the middle of the night. The
double wide air mattress was in a nice little dome tent. Woke up in the
morning and noticed the top of the tent looked pretty close and found
that I was floating in 8" of water. Me and my date were high and dry.

On Jul 13, 4:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

If you have a good quality tent, you will be neither too hot at night, nor
wet when it rains. * Add a good quality air bed (the kind that put you up on
10" of air), and I will put the quality of sleep at Oshkosh up against any
night's sleep you've ever had.

I disagree with that. The best pads are about 1" deep. The higher you
sit and the more air in the pad the more heat transfer you're going to
lose. I would recommend spending the $120 at REI on a good terma-rest
pad. I've camped sub-zero many times without problems. The tent isn't
going to keep you warn because its too much mass. Keeping warm is 75%
about the pad and 25% about the bag.

-Robert

If you have a good quality tent, you will be neither too hot at night, nor
wet when it rains. Add a good quality air bed (the kind that put you up on
10" of air), and I will put the quality of sleep at Oshkosh up against any
night's sleep you've ever had.

I disagree with that. The best pads are about 1" deep. The higher you
sit and the more air in the pad the more heat transfer you're going to
lose. I would recommend spending the $120 at REI on a good terma-rest
pad. I've camped sub-zero many times without problems. The tent isn't
going to keep you warn because its too much mass. Keeping warm is 75%
about the pad and 25% about the bag.

Trust me -- the last thing you care about at OSH are "heat transfer"
problems. The 10" air bed is the single most important improvement in OSH
camping we've experienced.

In 25 years, I've been "cold" at OSH precisely once -- and that was during
the day. I actually bought a sweatshirt that year.

Most years, if it gets below 70 at night, count your blessings. The cool
night air feels good on the fresh sunburn...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I used the dorm a few years ago and thought they were great. Dorm
cafeteria right across the street with very good breakfast and
dinners; city bus service right to the gate of the event. But it
might be too late for that.
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beheadings! And call off Christmas!
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