Consider Shelter Options, Singlewall in the PNW?

Did trip with my Duplex in PNW. Had to wipe nearly the entire inside with towel 3-4 times per night while raining. What’s also a pain is making sure not to touch the surface with anything. Not sure anything else can be done with super humid/wet conditions for single wall tents-and for weight savings it’s king.

I wiped mine down with microfiber towel, wrung out the best I could, then wiped what was left with spare shirt-it never was completely dry. After the trip I hung it up in brothers garage to air dry.

Yeah, condensation happens, but yours sounds rather bad. Did you have the tent closed up against the rain? That would do it for sure.

We find that good ventilation, even in fairly still conditions, works very well at limiting any condensation. It lets the warm(er) air from our bodies escape, taking much of the water vapour with it.

Cheers

Thanks Brad thats definitely more than I’d be willing to deal with. With the Deschutes I never think about it because I’m always able to pack the inner dry. Perhaps it’s just time to plunk down for the DCF version though based on a couple of recent videos I’ve seen I am concerned SMD may have altered the design slightly as the vestibule beak seems to be higher now… Could just be poor setup.

I know site selection if often cited as the fix for condensation or ventilation but:

1. I backpack or bikepack regularly and generally on backpacking trails you get what you get and you don’t make a fuss from a site selection point of view (gravel bikepacking can allow more options but its still can be challenging to find the perfect site).
2. Ventilation is really up to the manufacturer and so far I haven’t seen or read any tent review (single wall or double)that claimed that the reviewed design nailed the ventilation problem any better than any other…

Thanks for the feedback!