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Posted by alan on February 19, 2007 at 2:00:19 pm EST
In reply to Re: Tent Stakes posted by whiteshirtbrian on February 19, 2007 at 1:01:38 pm EST

I generally camp in forested areas and I stake down my tents, even those that are self supporting. One good gust can do a number on a tent.

That aside, many tents have guyouts on rain flys (and those that do not have guyouts on rain flys should have them). I think tents perform better when the fly is guyed out away from the tent body. The ventilation is better and the fly is less likely to collapse against the side of the tent body when wet. Where the two pieces of material meet there will always be condensation which always manages to get the end of a sleeping bag damp. Guying the perimeter of a tent fly away from the tent body will largely prevent that.

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