Originally Posted by
aggro_jo
I can only speak from personal experience and I have been caught in two giant downpours in my BA tent. One had literally an inch deep stream flowing around the tent and another had wind gusts up to 40 mph. In both instances I was dry as a bone.
That is good to hear.. i've have 1" streams flowing around my sleeping-mat in some tents(older ones admittedly)!
Originally Posted by
benajah
Thats what vestibules are for.
It also depends on what kind of cooking. Making coffee and ramen wont draw yummy scents into the fabric so much. making up bacon and eggs is a different story.
Well, i wouldn't.
In bear country i even keep toothpaste and anything smelly outside of the tent, that includes coffee. Call me paranoid, but so far the only issues have been clever raccoons. Cooking in the vestibule is a bit safer from the CO perspective since the real danger with that is the water-proof bath-tub in the tent collects all the CO(heavier than air) and as soon as you lie down it's nighty nite.