Hello.
I`m an owner of a dangerbird with topcover. havent used the topcover yet. it do not have the vent. how well do the vent actual work for condensation?
Hello.
I`m an owner of a dangerbird with topcover. havent used the topcover yet. it do not have the vent. how well do the vent actual work for condensation?
Worked great on my ThunderBird, no complaints. The vent on my T.Bird took care of the condensation. However we are all different and we Hang in different conditions. You might get the same effect by simply unzipping your topcover a bit to keep air circulating.
Venting helps however you can manage it.
I had a 3 season North Face 2 person tent. With the fly off, the top was entirely netting, with the fly on, it had a top vent, but the vent didn't work at all and would condensate the inside if I didn't guy out the fly at the bottom too, to let air in.
Propper venting is an art in itself (that I haven't entirely mastered), that changes as conditions change, though in certain conditions, there's nothing you can really do without heating the space to push the dew point to the outside of the space.
If snow or ice is stuck to the outside, you'll have condensation on the inside surface no matter what. If you're in the middle of a bank of fog, the outsides of everything will be wet, even inside your cover. Where the air goes, so also goes the humidity
Yes you can unzip to vent... But HOW MUCH is the question... You won't know if you unzipped too little until enough moisture collects for you to notice. Depending on conditions, you might not know until the morning, when you get up to pee and realize that the inside is dripping.
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In winter, it doesn't help much at all. I slept out last year at -12° F, and I woke up around 3 AM because nature called and unzipping the side of my Sparrow w/ vented overcover unleashed an avalanche of snow. Maybe in conditions less extreme it wouldn't be so bad, but I don't really need an overcover until it's well below freezing.
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I know the condensation can freese inside, it did that on my spindrift. But the spindrift does not have any vent beside zippers. So i hoped if i made a vent in the cover for my diy i redused condensaton.
Last edited by Kevinslotten; 10-29-2016 at 18:21.
You can easily adjust the amount of venting on your DangerBird by how far you zip the overcover on. The mistake many folks make is thinking they must zip the overcover on completely without providing any airflow inside the hammock. This will build up excess moisture inside the hammock and create a warm, but sweaty environment. Different folks seem to produce different amounts of moisture inside the hammock and one of the tricky things is to monitor the venting you personally need. I will reach up during the night after I've been in the hammock a little while and feel for excess moisture on the inside of the overcover.Originally Posted by Kevinslotten
I'm a pretty cold sleeper and often zip the overcover on just up to my shoulders, leaving a very large opening at head end of the hammock. This does a great job for me of blocking wind gusts and slightly restricting airflow across my body.
Hope this helps.
Randy
I am also considering of buying a DH with topcover but i am not certain what to take: with or without ventilation...isn't it so that when you take it with ventilation that the durability gets a little less?
I really dont think with or without vent effects the durability at all, but you really dont need the vent as you can just not zip it all the way shut, leave as much or as little open as you find what amount of an opening works best for you.This can change anyway depending on how cold it is and other weather facters.
I have a Thunderbird and find about a foot or so of an opening works best for me, so far i have not had any condensation issues at all.
Good luck with your decision, You really cant go wrong with a DH, imo!!!
Exactly my opinion to...
you can leave the hammock open and ventilatie that way but i do think that the durability is less...1: you have the stitched part between mesh and the fabric.
2: mesh is less strong than fabric, isn't it?
That's what I do, it's an experiment each time with wind and tarp height above ridge line, but it's been workable.
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