I always pack my tent in a drybag. The inner is connected to the outer and I don't want the inner wet. Don't want to separate them as that's adds loads of hassle to an otherwise straight forward & very quick pitch. And I can pitch in the rain without worry.
I even use one for waterproofs as I don't want the inside wet, this includes hat & glove.
In the UK, 8 mornings out of 10, your flysheet will be wet from either rain or condensation, even if the inner has no condensation on it. Packing the two together will guarantee a wet inner as well. How do you get around this?
A drybag for waterproofs? How does this prevent the inside getting wet? If it's raining, you will be wearing them and if it's not, they won't get wet anyway. Agree on the hat and gloves - that's why I have a small drybag to keep spare day clothes dry.
Tent outer goes (rolled so outer surface is outside and open ends of folds point downwards otherwise you end up carying rainwater) in one wand pocket, poles in the other. Look also at Fold drybags - inexpensive, light and they really work. Available in different sizes/colours for organisation. A medium-sized one, stuffed with some clothes and with some air puffed in, is a lovely pillow and doesn't feel plasticky against my face. An ordinary stuffsac used the same way compresses to the lumps of the clothes inside.
The other advantage of drybags over carrier / bin bags is that you can use a drybag as a pillow. I usually empty mine out, leave some air in it and seal it up. I turn my Buffalo windshirt inside out and slide the drybag / pillow into it. This way I end up with a large comfy pillow that stays underneath my head.
Of course, you'll need a decent drybag - I use an Ortlieb that I've had for over 20 years and it's still watertight : )
I've never packed my tent in a drybag though. My pack ended up in a river once and everything (save for my sleeping bag / clothes in the drybag) got soaked. I put the tent up and because the tent was tightly wrapped there wasn't all that much moisture inside. The outer of a tent is waterproof so if you roll your tent up with the waterproof side outermost, why bother carrying redundant kit? I'd rather save the weight of another drybag and wrap my tent in a footprint (a thin plastic sheet, slightly smaller than the base of the tent, that helps to protect the base of the tent). My tent is very lightweight and the base is as thin as you like....
Have only ever used good quality plastic bags of different sizes, not flimsy types like bin liners. Every item of clothing and equipment would have its own bag folded and sealed with electrical tape, because the bags were good quality these could be opened, emptied and reused without being damaged. Would sometimes group smaller items into a larger bag and seal, then rucksack would have its own plastic bag, somewhat larger than the rucksack, the opening of which would be folded multiple times but not sealed in any way. Have never carried a tent, but only used a sleeping bag, mat, bivvy bag and poncho/fly sheet. Only the sleeping bag was protected with a plastic bag, other equipment was stored externally from main rucksack compartment.
Never had any problems with protected equipment getting wet even when using rucksack as a floating aid to cross deep water.
