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in that situation the problem is with your tent, it should never be letting water in.
and if it does really rain every minute for three days straight or more, just find somewhere to dry your kit off for an hour or two inside.
platypus-
in that situation the problem is with your tent, it should never be letting water in.
The tent was fine, the problem was that I had to put it away wet every morning because it rained overnight every day. So the fly sheet soaked through and the wet groundsheet made the inner wet as well.
and if it does really rain every minute for three days straight or more, just find somewhere to dry your kit off for an hour or two inside.
Yeah, I could have done that... but it only would have stayed dry until the next morning!
Despite my complaining and the rain it was amazing, everyone should go (the beach is Huishnish, other photo is the Quiraing on Skye but it was the same trip)
frankenbike
The last tour I did in the Outer Hebrides I just barely managed to keep my sleeping bag dry-ish. But my tent was permanently wet, my clothes were permanently wet, I was permanently wet, my rollmat was permanently wet... I am convinced that in that situation a down bag is worse; whilst it might weigh less initially it will accumulate water and eventually begin to approach the same weight as a synthetic bag, and obviously is much worse at insulating you when it is wet. So any advantage that down has is lost. I was glad of my years-old cheapo Mountain Warehouse synthetic bag even though it did weigh a kilo.