Question about blankets and condensation

[Kristenamber]

I was wondering what sort of blankets you all use in your camper?  We started out using normal comforters but they would always feel a bit dampish at night.  Now we use cotton comforters on the bottom and a wool blanket on top and it helps a lot!  OUr blankets don't feel damp anymore.

     I guess running the heater would've taken the dampness out of the air, but for us less is more.
     Has anyone else ever noticed this?  What do you use?

[CajunCamper]

We use sleeping bags in the winter, we never run a heater at night in the winter and we use sheets and maybe a fleece blanket in the summer.
Sometimes we experience a little dampness depending on the humidity.

CajunCamper

[xjcrawler]

I also wondered the same thing. Has anybody ever used a dehumidifier with good results for this problem?

[butterflyfish]

We use a comforter and sheets and I have noticed they get damp sometimes.  I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but, I keep a container of DampRid in the camper when it is closed and this last trip decded to take it with us.  The camper didn't seem to get as damp as it usually does and it was humid outsde.  
 
BTW, we were only gone for the weekend and I didn't notice the DampRid get any more full than it had been when we left...  I had been thinking dehumidifier, too, but if I mention one more thing to bring with us, DH will kill me!

[flyfisherman]

We've made some fishing trips, seems more in the early spring, where we encountered rainy and damp weather most of the trip and that just seems to permeate the dampness onto and into everything within the camper. About the only remedy is when the sun finally comes out is to drag the bedding items outside and let them hang and air out in the sun shining breeze! ALWAYS carry a good length of parachute cord to stretch between two trees for the sole purpose of a clothes line. Nylon type materials seem to fair the best for drying out quickly while the cotton kind is the worse.




Fly

[PattieAM]

During summer months we use the air conditioner in our PUP, so there's no problems with condensation.  If the weather is conducive, and windows are open, we either use an oscellating fan, bunk end fans or the fan setting on the AC to circulate the air within the PUP to eliminate any condensation.

Winter camping, we use heated mattress pads, regular sheets and a lightweight comforter.  Summer, still have the mattress pads, but they are unplugged, sheets and the lightweight comforter.

We also use the Damp Rid when the PUP is not in use.

[Shredder]

This may sound too good to be true,  but we have never had condensation in our 2005 Jayco 1006. My old camper ,a 1970's model, got wet just from breath, with or without the furnace on, a friend I sometimes camp and fish with, his palamino pu (no furnace) gets real wet, but our Jayco does not seem to have condensation in it. We run the furnace when it gets cold, have, gizmos, but take no other measures. I believe what ever the cloth of our camper is made out of has to help. We have been in some real downpours and camp in cold damp weather (MI), but for some reason it stays dry. Can any other Jayco people confirm as well?      Shredder

[Kristenamber]

well, I don't have AC in our pup, and I'm sure that AC would help:)  But intentionally didn't have it as an option in our camper because I wanted us to make sure we stayed outside.  If we go camping we need to be outside and active until it's time to hit the sack!
Anyway, I might try some damprid in the camper while we are camping.  I have put it in the camper while not in use, but man that stuff has an irritating smell!
Maybe the gizmo's could help....I do want to get them.

[cjpoppin]

We use sheets and down blankets/comforters keeps us warm and toasty.......even when we had our pop up we used these........

[tlhdoc]

Circulate the air in the camper and let some fresh air in.  Those are the 2 basic steps to getting rid of condensation in the camper.  Pop Up Gizmo's prevent condensation from forming on the bunkend tops, but have fresh air (even if it is raining outside) and move the air around.

[CajunCamper]

well, I don't have AC in our pup, and I'm sure that AC would help:)  But intentionally didn't have it as an option in our camper because I wanted us to make sure we stayed outside.  If we go camping we need to be outside and active until it's time to hit the sack!
Anyway, I might try some damprid in the camper while we are camping.  I have put it in the camper while not in use, but man that stuff has an irritating smell!
Maybe the gizmo's could help....I do want to get them.

I'm guessing you don't live and camp in the deep south during the summer.

CajunCamper

[Kristenamber]

no, I live in PA.  It can get humid here, but nothing like the soup I breathe when I visit my family in New Orleans!  If I camped down there, I would never leave my camper with AC!

[CajunCamper]

no, I live in PA.  It can get humid here, but nothing like the soup I breathe when I visit my family in New Orleans!  If I camped down there, I would never leave my camper with AC!

LMAO, you crack me up. The secret to camping here in the deep south is plenty of water sports during the day. Kayaking, swimming, water skiing, body surfing, that sort of stuff.

CajunCamper

[McCampers]

We use only fleece blankets and the mesh thermal blanket year round.  In the winter we sandwich the thermal between two fleece blankets and we use sheets as well.  Cotton sheets in the summer and flanel in the winter.  We don't have too much dampness, but still when it is really cold we have some.  We don't use the damprid, but will now that I read about everyone eles using it.

BTW, water sports are a must in summer camping, and I believe in AC and heat.  My PUP is a 4 seasoner.  Winter camping is really cool in the South.  Very few people out and really it's very nice weather for fires and camp things.

[Kristenamber]

We use only fleece blankets and the mesh thermal blanket year round.  In the winter we sandwich the thermal between two fleece blankets and we use sheets as well.  Cotton sheets in the summer and flanel in the winter.  We don't have too much dampness, but still when it is really cold we have some.  We don't use the damprid, but will now that I read about everyone eles using it.

BTW, water sports are a must in summer camping, and I believe in AC and heat.  My PUP is a 4 seasoner.  Winter camping is really cool in the South.  Very few people out and really it's very nice weather for fires and camp things.

We are big boaters here and so we are usually found in the boat during the day, (my parents have the boat and often camp with us).  I love the water sports, but Cajuncamper, I may have been born in the south, but me and souther water critters do not get along.  I don't think you could pay me enough to get in the water, lol!