Tent footprint for worn out floor?

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stevage
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Tent footprint for worn out floor?

Tue 26 Jun, 2012 11:45 am

I have a fairly cheap 2 man 3 season tent with lots of happy memories and a worn out floor. Even without rain, condensation from grass comes up through the floor and gets stuff damp. The thought suddenly occurred that getting a footprint/groundsheet (tyvek, perhaps) might avoid this problem and extend the tent's life a bit.

So, questions:

1) Does this work? Is it a bad idea?
2) How do you obtain a footprint of the right size?

The tent is an older, but pretty much identical, version of this: http://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/MCR ... t-2-person

It's not my main tent anymore, but for car camping and such, I'd rather be using this than my more expensive one.
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Re: Tent footprint for worn out floor?

Tue 26 Jun, 2012 6:54 pm

McNett TentSure might just do the trick
http://www.mcnett.com/Tent-Sure-Tent-Fl ... -P169.aspx
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Re: Tent footprint for worn out floor?

Tue 26 Jun, 2012 7:14 pm

Since its only for car camping, just put a cheap tarp under it.
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Re: Tent footprint for worn out floor?

Wed 27 Jun, 2012 5:49 pm

Hmm, good thoughts both!
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Re: Tent footprint for worn out floor?

Wed 27 Jun, 2012 5:54 pm

Hi stevage - I just cut a Tyvek footprint for my lightweight Aarn Pacer tent, and tried it out in wet and cold condition in Tassie. It was more precaution than because the floor leaked (it's a new tent, but the floor is light & thin). Anyway it worked very well, and was less than 1/4 the price of any commercial footprints I could find.

cheers

Peter
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