As long as you are not wet in. I think wet on outside is just unavoidable to a point. If in the woods, sun drying and other maintenance would be the order of the day.Originally Posted by OneClick
I was warm, not wet inside but I could feel a big hit in loft. I dried it by the stove and went back to bed since it was early...I'll let you finish that
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Wow what a read, read through the whole thread.
Ive read somewhere that most people exhale a full cup of water a night sleeping. That said some people sweat a lot more than others. So I wonder if you just exhale a whole lot more during your sleep? Like maybe from a equipment/setup perspective you’re doing everything right, its just some odd issue with you physically?
I think so. Strange it seemed to start one day out of the blue after years of hanging. And it's not just a cup but up to a liter of exhaled moisture per night. That's about FOUR cups. Crazy but believable.
Coming back to this. Recently I started to use 0F warbonnet diamondback topquilt with the 20D ripstop nylon fabric outside. From day 1 I can see significant moisture/dew condensation on the fabric in winter conditions. I always prepare the hammock right after coming to the spot. And this occurs while I am not in the hammock yet. So I can discard body heat or anything related to myself. Under the tarp or not, the same. On my recent trip, I had to cover my topquilt with UQP. The amount of water was significant. What was really strange, was that it was -3Celsius, everything around was frozen to ice. But the condensation on my topquilt was not !
This never happened to me with my previous cumulus topquilt that has pertex endurance /pro/ fabric. My lynx with 20D polyester fabric was covered in ice, but easy to sweep and clean. No water. My buddy next to me had the topquilt covered with ice too /not water, Pertex endurance/.
Just to keep this alive
these were the conditions:
Wow! Beautiful video, crazy conditions! Absolutely everything covered with ice!
Maybe you are bringing that moisture from wherever you are storing your quilts at home out into the woods with you.
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Loved the video! So beautiful and especially how you gingerly walk to avoid the hanging branches avalanche! They always seem to dump the snow right down the back of your shirt!
Watched it twice. I think there is a place for videos where the author allows nature to do the talking. Well done.
Last edited by Tpatter; 12-11-2020 at 16:16.
Interesting thread. I didn't read through the whole thread.
I had my only experience with a mylar emergency blanket in the Sierra Nevada at subzero temperatures. The mornings before I used the E-blanket, I had wetness on my quilt. The morning after I used it, folded around me taco style, I had a completely dry quilt, while my hiking buddies had wetness on their bags/quilts. All of us were sleeping under tarps or single wall tents. Very mild breezes overnight.
The e-blanket was instantly warm, extending the temperature range of the quilt into "comfortable." I also instantly felt a massive increase in humidity with clammy, but warm hands all night. With long underwear and socks, pulling my spare socks over my hands kept them from sticking to each other.
;Probably doesn't mean a thing.
Cheers.
I haven't tried an emergency blanket but that was sort of the idea with my fleece blanket. Maybe I'll try that next time, or some kind of material other than fleece.
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