How do you pack to keep your inner tent dry with wet rainfly.

I don’t worry about it. A wipe down if possible before packing. But more often just a good shaking.

Tent soon dries when pitched again. Even if inner gets wet. Floor might need a wipe down.  I sometimes pitch tent toato dry at lunch stop if time/inclined.

I mostly use Tarptent models, so they pitch in 2 minutes.

I pack my inner inside my trash compactor bag pack liner and my fly (if wet) outside my trash compactor liner.  If both are dry I just pack them together.

I keep them separated.  The inner tent goes inside the pack; the fly goes into an outer pocket after a good shake.   Sooner or later the sun will come out and I’ll take a few minutes to dry the fly in the sun. If I’m hiking above treeline and a stiff breeze comes up, I’ll just hang onto one end of the fly and let the wind air-dry it.

I agree with Mole. I don’t separate the inner from the fly since it never gives me any problems if I don’t, even for long trips when it cold and rain every day. I just give it some minimal effort when folding to avoid the inner becoming more wet than can be easily avoided.

For those of use with single-wall tents, it’s not an issue. Even with wiping, everything gets wet. And wiped down again when you set it up. And thoroughly dried when you get home.

Cotton bandanas are too wimpy. Cut-down synthetic pack towels work much better with frequent wringing.

I pack my tent in an outside pocket so it doesn’t soak other stuff. Switched to a silpoly tent because silnylon soaks up water like a sponge. In my experience.

— Rex

Switched to a silpoly tent because silnylon soaks up water like a sponge. In my experience.

Mine too.

+2 on the sil/poly.   I generally leave inner and outer together.  Good wipe down when packing and it gets pretty dry after being set back up.   Last thing in my pack so it’s the first thing out.

“Switched to a silpoly tent because silnylon soaks up water like a sponge”

Agree, and another issue for me is the increased  carry weight when silnylon is wet.  So will build with silpoly except for a smaller, rectangular sil/PU coated nylon fly that does not cover the vestibules.   The fly will be easily replaceable, so if the water absorption is still a problem, will make a new fly of something else.  Perhaps a lighter sil/poly will come out.

Or maybe the whole analysis will change if heat and drought continue to increase.

Great thread. It got me thinking about issues I’d overlooked.