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"I dunno if you could have one side of it open during rain or not. I would guess if the rain was coming the right direction, or you had some shelter overhead like trees, you could."


I've used the awning feature a number of times on mine. Certainly if you have wind-blown rain you would want it in normal (not awning) configuration. But if wind isn't much of a factor or just light rain and dewfall are the issue, it can be nice to leave the awning up.

One really nice feature of this tent in particular is that you can completely roll up one or both sides of the fly to turn it into essentially a bug tent. Not as warm that way if that's a factor, but nice to have this capability.
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