Questions About Recently Acquired Gear

If the tarp is silnylon, then some sort of silicone sealant is preferred. (Most any sort.)

> What is the best way to pack up wet gear?
Bundle it up and put it on the outside of your pack. Don't have it inside leaking water on the rest of your gear. It won't come to any harm being packed away wet for a day.

But when you get home, hang it out to dry within a day, so it does not get mouldy. If dirty, either brush down or hose down. Only store it when it is dry.

Me, I go over all my gear and clean and dry it after every trip. And do any repairs needed.

cheers

I'd leave the Haven in the separate sacks, it often packs better and you can stuff the wet fly in the outside pocket of your ULA pack. If the net-tent is dry, put it inside.

When you get home, hang all to dry. I remember a 10 day trip where it rained every day. All my gear was perpetually wet and eventually started getting the mildew smell.

Thoroughly washed everything when I got home and hung up to dry and air out.

I also use that water treatment system for the same reason, gets rid of a lot of the gunk in the water and tastes better.
The pre-filters can get plugged up pretty easy when filtering brown water so pouring through coffee filter before treatment helps.

Stephen, when using the haven, how did you combat all the splatter on the head of the net tent? When it would rain, the water would run down, splatter on the ground and hit me in the head. Is there a way to pitch it lower so this does not happen?

"how did you combat all the splatter on the head of the net tent?"

One way is to place your pack at that end of the tent to stop the splatter from getting on you. of course, this may mean you end up sleeping further towards the foot of the tent where the splatter could wet the foot of your bag. You could also use a raincoat or stuff sack to minimise splatter. Me, I always carry a bivy bag for such situations…

I haven't seen enough splatter to make it past the bathtub/mesh on mine.

Maybe I'll finally get to test it in the Wind River area in a couple weeks.

I have seen it in other shelters, but never let it bother me.

But if it is really soaking heavy into your bag/quilt, something needs to be done.