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Re: Condensation under mattress
SDcampowneroperator wrote: Moisture condensing any where in a camper or at home is never good. Assuming you had good heat, you may have too much humidity. It is imperitive to vent moisture from cooking and showers to keep interior humidity below condensation levels in thin walled rvs. Hope that bed warms up for you! vent all cooking and washing moisture! Heat is secondary. High humidity WILL condense in your walls, rot , them ,ruin insulatation Cooking we had all windows open in the trailer. Shower we had at least the bathroom vent open and fan running and a couple of windows open. We were at the beach and it was raining. At night with the heat on we had one window open, and both bunk ends vented and the vent open in the bathroom. No moisture in the trailer at all that we could see. We have had issues in the past with rain and the heater on. Proper venting this go around seemed the answer to our problems(no sweating from the canvas on the bunk ends etc).655Views0likes0CommentsRe: Condensation under mattress
coolmom42 wrote: There is some stuff called Hy-Vent that boaters use to prevent that problem. It's a thick mesh that allows air circulation under the mattress. It's not cheap, but I don't know of a good alternative. The condensation is from your body's moisture that gets trapped against the cooler wall or solid platform underneath the mattress. Thank you!656Views0likes0CommentsCondensation under mattress
We camped this last week in cooler weather. We had an electric heater at night and we did a good job at keeping vented and we had no condensation issues. When we went to leave(after spending the week camping) the bunk ends and the mattress's were damp/wet. It was not soaking wet but pretty damp. Any solutions to fix/prevent this? We had no other condensation in the camper at all.4.5KViews0likes12CommentsRe: Considering a HTT- Family of 4-Please Share your Pros/Cons
bikendan wrote: Pucka1378 wrote: We struggle a bit in the colder weather with the condensation. We have not been able to perfect this yet. Are you using Popup Gizmos and Reflectix? Are you allowing for air movement? If not, that's why you are struggling with condensation. Yes we have popup gizmos. We do allow for air movement. I seem to be able to regulate it the best when the husband is not camping with us...hahaha I have gotten it right before just this last time it was pretty bad. It was raining and that might have been more of the issue this time.532Views0likes0CommentsRe: Considering a HTT- Family of 4-Please Share your Pros/Cons
I have 2 sons ages 16 and 14 years old. We opted for them to share a bed vs a 3 bed model. Mainly for the storage space. We have the Dutchmen Aerolite 204ES it fits our needs really well. Lots of storage, a shower that fits my aprox 6feet boys and husband. My biggest con is that if you are moving frequently on a trip the bunk ends get a little tiring of taking up and putting down. If we have 3 plus days in between no big deal. But, going and setting up for one night and then moving along is irritating. We struggle a bit in the colder weather with the condensation. We have not been able to perfect this yet. We live in CA and go to the beach and the mountains mainly to camp and we love our little trailer and it is a great size for us. Even on rainy days it does not feel cramped inside the trailer.509Views0likes0CommentsRe: Downsizing from TT to Hybrid
We just purchased our very first trailer and we opted for a HTT because we got the most bang for our buck with it. It is 24' with two pop out beds. We have 2 teen boys and 1 large dog. On our first trip out it poured. We were very comfortable in our trailer. On this trip we had an extra dog with us. Between the 2 beds, couch and dinette we did not feel cramped at all. I was impressed!561Views0likes0Comments
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