SafetyThird
Section Hiker
OK, so I have my knotstar and I'm figuring out how to sort stuff inside. I've picked up some polycro as a groundsheet but how to protect the sleeping bag or quilt etc. When it's raining, rain's going to get under the tarp unless you're on a perfectly flat area that's well drained. I can lay out polycro over a fairly large area but, without a bathtub floor, what do you use to keep your gear dry when sleeping?
I use an Xtherm wide pad and I'm moving over to a quilt for sleeping, when it eventually arrives, and don't want it lying on wet ground or having water run over the polycro. l guess a dwr bivi is an option but they're expensive. I could probably get a chinese inner for it but then it's up to about a kilo in weight and my scarp is only 500g heavier for some serious weather protection and a cosy inner.
Without additional protection, I'm wondering how much weather gets under a trailstar and how seriously I need to protect against water running over the ground in a storm.
Perhaps I'm overthinking this and it isn't really a problem but figured I'd ask folks here as the trailstar's so popular, this must have been well sorted by now so why try and reinvent the wheel
I use an Xtherm wide pad and I'm moving over to a quilt for sleeping, when it eventually arrives, and don't want it lying on wet ground or having water run over the polycro. l guess a dwr bivi is an option but they're expensive. I could probably get a chinese inner for it but then it's up to about a kilo in weight and my scarp is only 500g heavier for some serious weather protection and a cosy inner.
Without additional protection, I'm wondering how much weather gets under a trailstar and how seriously I need to protect against water running over the ground in a storm.
Perhaps I'm overthinking this and it isn't really a problem but figured I'd ask folks here as the trailstar's so popular, this must have been well sorted by now so why try and reinvent the wheel