Bushwalk Australia

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.

McNett TentSure might just do the trick
http://www.mcnett.com/Tent-Sure-Tent-Fl ... -P169.aspx
Franco

Since its only for car camping, just put a cheap tarp under it.

Hmm, good thoughts both!

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