Jim Moss writes...
Using a dining fly sort of eliminates the problems pack covers create. Pack covers work perfectly when you are hiking or the pack is sitting unopened on the ground. If you are digging into your pack to get your tent out, everything in the pack is going to get wet.
Thus the dining fly.
Comment...
I'd go a slightly different direction than Jim here - it seems to me that having the pack leaning against trees in the Bearmuda Triangle with pack covers on allows each member of the crew easy access to their packs and protects them from the rain. If you need to dig through your pack when it is raining, THEN move it under the dining fly to protect the contents from getting wet if necessary. And with everything in ziplock bags, limited rooting through the pack in a light or even moderate rain usually is not a problem with the contents getting wet.
Echoing others - always setup the tarp and use it to store the crew gear.
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