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Posted by hadacol on April 15, 2007 at 5:51:44 pm EDT

This only applies to those of you who use a clip tent with a fly.

Last fall I replaced my beloved Fitzroy III (OK, not beloved - bomber, but heavy and smelled REALLY bad) with an SD Lightning. While trying it out in the living room, it occurred to me that since it is sleeveless, you can pitch the fly/footprint first and then put the tent up inside.

I tried it out on a 7 day trip, and overall, things stayed a lot drier and were more organized. Although I only ran into light drizzle (I envisioned the method as a way around filling a mesh top tent with rain in the time it took to get the fly over it - something I have done with a number of sleeved tents over the years) it still seemed worthwhile. Letting the fly air for a bit both in the evening (before setting up the tent proper) and in the morning (after taking out the tent) and packing the tent separate from the fly/footprint helped keep the living surfaces cleaner and drier.

There is a page here http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?doc_id=2328 that describes what I mean by pitching the tent inside the fly.

It would not surprise me if others have stumbled over this trick. Has anyone else tried it? Does it work with Big Agnes or other Sierra Design tents?

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• Re: Tent fly first? - Cryan 01:42:04 04/19/2007
• Re: Tent fly first? - alan 11:54:04 04/18/2007
• Re: Tent fly first? - Chingas22 00:43:43 04/16/2007
  • Re: Tent fly first? - tripp 11:10:08 04/18/2007

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