Timeline for The physics behind the condensation in tents?
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| Nov 13, 2020 at 21:35 | comment | added | Tullochgorum | It's true that inners do little to prevent condensation on the fly in terms of the basic physics. But solid inners do shelter the user from draught. This means that in a well-vented tent design it will often be possible to allow a stronger through-draught through the gap between the inner and the outer which should help control condensation somewhat. That's about as far as it goes. | |
| Feb 19, 2020 at 23:40 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | The second issue is that the condensation can escape via crossflow. The gap between the fly and the breathable layer has a lot of air circulation. On better tents, this can be adjusted to suit conditions. | |
| Feb 19, 2020 at 19:09 | vote | accept | greenoldman | ||
| Feb 19, 2020 at 18:21 | comment | added | greenoldman | Thank you very much +1, I was "afraid" that this is explanation. The reason for my feeling is -- (1) inner tent is still my gear, if it gets wets, my gear gets wet (2) as in the my question, double tent does not get bigger, you have exactly the same distance from your foot/head, so if you touch outer layer with your foot in the first example you will touch it in the second example as well. In other words, there is no physics-magic there, it is more of a hiding problem or pretending the inner tent is not your "core" gear. | |
| Feb 19, 2020 at 18:13 | history | answered | 410 gone | CC BY-SA 4.0 |