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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1353889" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Mike,</p><p>A "floor-less" tent should still have a ground cloth, say Tyvek for snow and plastic painter's cloth for 3 season use.</p><p>The LL Bean -20 F. bag, like a few other -20 F. down bags with DWR treated down (& I mean <em>few</em>) would do well if you've taken the time to spray the exterior with a good DWR like Granger's or REVIVEX. This helps prevent the outer fabric from picking up condensation off the tent walls, either directly in the form of water or from touching the frost on the walls and melting it. Or you can take a GTX lined bivy cover and skip the ground cloth.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p><p></p><p>** P.S. Mike, to save my bag's foot from getting wet from melting frost on the tent wall I always put my zipped up GTX or eVent parka over<em> both</em> the foot of my bag and mattress. Putting it over the mattress bottom keeps it in place all night as opposed to just putting it over the bag only. Cinch down the parka's hood too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1353889, member: 54178"] Mike, A "floor-less" tent should still have a ground cloth, say Tyvek for snow and plastic painter's cloth for 3 season use. The LL Bean -20 F. bag, like a few other -20 F. down bags with DWR treated down (& I mean [I]few[/I]) would do well if you've taken the time to spray the exterior with a good DWR like Granger's or REVIVEX. This helps prevent the outer fabric from picking up condensation off the tent walls, either directly in the form of water or from touching the frost on the walls and melting it. Or you can take a GTX lined bivy cover and skip the ground cloth. Eric B. ** P.S. Mike, to save my bag's foot from getting wet from melting frost on the tent wall I always put my zipped up GTX or eVent parka over[I] both[/I] the foot of my bag and mattress. Putting it over the mattress bottom keeps it in place all night as opposed to just putting it over the bag only. Cinch down the parka's hood too. [/QUOTE]
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