I have a 2 person backpacking tent.  When using the rain fly and after a full night's sleep, the inside of the tent is completly damp.  Is this from normal tranpiration of the people inside?  How do I reduce the amount of moisture or completly stop it?  Is it just the tent that I have?
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1. Is your tent waterproof???( Did you spray it?)\n\n2.Was it on a ground cloth?\n\n3.Transpiration of the people inside will cause moisture on the inside walls of your tent, but it shouldn't cause so much dampness that should worry anyone.\n\nAlso if to were camping while temperatures where below freezing during the night, this could have caused alot of your problem.\n\nWhen camping you have to leave the door open a bit in the winter type months to prevent suffocation.\n\nMight have been your problem.
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I generally didn't camp right next to the water when my children where young.  For example a 4 year old is old enough and Mobile enough to unzip a tent and go out early in the morning and get to close to the water while your still asleep.  So if you are at a camp ground actually pick a site where the water is not directly in site and you have to walk a ways to get to it.\n\nIf you are going to be right next to the water be very, very aware at all times where the child is. It's amazingly easy to loose track for just a few minutes while getting dinner out of the cooler, or grabbing something from the Tent or RV.\n\nBeyond that what you need can greatly depend on what kind of camping and how long.  Our family does primitive/tent camping.  And we have learn, especial with young children along to pack the following (Started camping with them since first born was 3 month old, so far nothing really bad has even come close to happening.):\n\nExtra blankets, it seems you almost never can have to many of these.\n\nActually don't have to buy child expensive air mate. But a cheap swimming air mat will support a child very well and dry faster if it gets wet, like rain leaking in tent or people trialling water into tent.  Even if you don't use any kind of mate, it's good for the child because their internal thermostat is not as well developed as an adult.  So laying on the cold ground can rob them of body heat very easy.  And they can actually get hypothermia.  An air mate  or yoga or camping Mat help prevent this.\nAlso if the night temps cools make sure the child wears some form of shoe while walking about.  I have actually seen full grown adults develop hypothermia while camping because the nights cooled down so much and they where walking around long term bare foot. (Really an ambulance came and took them away.)  It's not going to happen on a quick run to the bathroom but if their up making smores (Best treat ever Chocolate, gramcracker, and toasted marshmellow) with the adults or something it could plus good shoes are always a good idea.\n\n!!!!!! extra socks!!!!! its' another thing you can't have to many of.  In fact I have at least one pair of wool socks for each person camping with us.  Wool will keep you warm even if it gets wet (thremo's socks from artifial fibers don't always).  But because people can be sinitive to wool I'd put on 1 thin sock and then the wool over that. If the nights is on the colder side it's a good idea to have the child sleep in the sock combo.  though don't over bundle the rest of the body.  You don't want them to sweat in their sleep. Generally is you can keep the Head and feet warm lighter cloths are all you need for the rest of the body in a sleeping bag.\n\nI usually go to the dollar store before any camping trip and buy little cheap coloring books, games and toys for the kid to play with.  Kites and bubble always go over well.  Kit's are especially a favorite on the beach even with adults. \n\nThink in terms of rain.  Yeah when it's nice and sunny there is plenty you can do with a child but nothing is worse then getting stuck in a tent on a rainy day with nothing for a small child to do.\n\nFinger and snack foods. Actually fresh vegs like carrots, apples and the like work better then alot of prepacked junk food.  They don't crush, or get stale or soggy and you have less trash to worry about.  My kids where often running here and there and didn't really want to sit around alot, so giving them a carrot stick they could take with them to do what ever worked well.\n\nAlso we tend to cook a good breakfast and a good dinner but made lunch light.  Actually found sliced meat and cheese worked great.  lay out meat put on cheese and rolled it up.  No plates, no silverware or other trash and quick prep time.  Didn't even bother with bread (again smashes and soggy and takes up alot of packing space.) plus the kid would only eat half of the
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well is there someway to get a cloth inside? ... if not ... could you make a rack to put in the oven to let it air out with heat? make sure the oven is at a low temp ... and see if that works ... if that doesnt work you could always go the hairdryer method ... and if you dont want to do that ... SUN LIGHT! ... have fun ...
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Ew.  Damp and musty sounds like the foam top got damp or something.  Damp and musty isn't a good thing for anyone with asthma.  Is it at all possible for you to return that mattress for a new one?  Breathing in mold spores for 8 hours while you sleep isn't going to be good for you.
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Only the Electric Power Company can answer this.\n\nAssuming your inforrmation is correct, and this involves RAIN only, not high wind, it is possible there is an Underground Line that shorts out.\n\nWhatever it is, it sounds like something that can be fixed, but this will only happen if you organize the members of the community and invite the Power Company representative to meet with them and explain why this happens.\n\nMake sure the TV News crews are there.
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Basically you dehydrated your cells in your skin. The h20 your skin has decreased too rapidly. That water helps to keep you from buring. Place two metal objects in the sun and then add water ontop of one. within a few minutes the dry one will become much hotter. When the water evaporates off the other one it too will becomoe the same temp. Your skin is the same way if you stay in the sun for too long you dried out your skin. The itch is from the sensor receptors getting fried as well as from pealing. The pealing occurs because of of the damaged dryed out skin and the new skin is forming underneath.
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my son is there now.......pack as light as possible, but;\n1.  Take bottles to carry plenty of water, you are at altitude and it is dry and you must stay hydrated.\n2.  Rain suit, not just poncho, violent thunderstorms are not uncommon.\n3.  Water filter, they will give you disinfectant tablets but you will still want to filter the water for "chunks".\n4.  Sunscreen, bug juice.\n5.  Layers - it can be 90 in the day and 30 at night.\n6.  Your troop should have plenty of guidelines available.  You also should have gotten the field manual.  READ IT AND FOLLOW IT.  This is not kid's stuff...you are in the outback for a week or more.
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If your central heat is electric it really can dry the air a lot. Central heat that uses natural gas will add moisture to the air. But if you are uncomfortable, try simmering water on your stove while you are home to add moisture to the air. You can add sliced oranges or lemons, cloves, and cinnamon sticks to the pot for added comfort. Just be sure to keep an eye on the pot and add water as needed to keep the potpourri from burning. If you think it makes a difference then you might want to consider buying a humidifier.
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There is no way to answer this without knowing what the dewpoint and RH is.  Humidity is not necessarily a function of temperature even though it might seem as such when one thinks about the tropics.  You have to have more than what you've got here in order to answer.
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You need to contact the manufacturer. Do you still have the box? the instuction booklet, anything with contact information on it? If not, can you go to the store where you bought it and get them to let you open a box and copy this information?\n\nNext time you buy a tent, go to REI (www.rei.com). Everything you buy will then have an unconditional life-time guarantee and THEY will help you with maintenance, parts, repairs, and advice. In fact, even if you never buy anything, they will still help you with advice, so try asking them too. They have live chat.
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isn't liquid suppose to get in the thing?\n\nit sounds like an air dry outside will help if anything will
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Hi! If the sweating is really intense then you suffer from Hyperhydrosis (I do too, I know aaaall about it)\nYou need a stronger antiperspirant.  The regular ones will not do much to your problem, try at the pharmacy, and ask for Drysol.  This is a strong antiperspirant that you put at night and you will not sweat a drop during the day!!  I use it and works like a charm, no more dripping with embarrassing sweat and awful sweat stains.  Try it!
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Maybe you're wearing some kind of fabric that isn't breathable, you should try natural fibers, like cotton or any other breathable fabric that allows air in and body moisture out in order to keep your body cool and dry.
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l would advise you to sleep with neither.\nNatural cross ventilation is best,even in hot climates.Sleepwear should be light and please use mosquito netting for your doors and windows.\nWhile the other answerer is right about dehumidification,certain fungi and micro-orgasnisms thrive in conditioned air,especially in large hotels,like Legionnaire's disease.-this is caused by a bacterium called Legionella  pnuemophilia which thrives in air -conditioning vents.\nFans cause a lot of dust mites  to swirl about,especially in an enclosed space,causing allergic reactions and increased susceptibility to infections.\nSo stay natural -open windows,natural night breezes.
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Hand wash it with a brush in the sink with liquid soap/detergent, rinse it, spray starch on the inside and out and stuff plastic trash bags in it so you don't lose form.  Leave it sitting somewhere to dry.  Do not use heat to dry it.  The starch will help sweat from soaking in but will not totally prevent it.  I would repeat this process every 2 weeks or as needed.
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no. usually when this happens, you have been in a physical position which does not allow adequete air flow around an area of your skin.  You may be contact with a non porous fabric or other material.  Polyester fabric can restrict air flow and normal evaportion of moisture from your skin
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room temperature..and put the little sticker back over the print heads.. keeps it from drying out