Love this site its been really helpful, this my first year of camping in a tent and am trying to do plenty of research before taking the plunge - want to be as prepared as I possible can!!!
Could anyone advise the best sleep solution - campbed, airbed, campbed & airbed, double thickness deluxe air bed thing, mat or anything else!!
One of the most important things to me is sleep (LOL) so need the best solution possible - we are buying a large tent so we should have the space (fingers crossed).
All thoughts, comments and suggestion are very gratefully received.
all depends on the time of year you intend on camping (weather wise) the colder it is the more insulation you need. if it is summer time then a straight forward air bed will be more than enough, at the end of the day it all comes down to how much you want to spend. hope this helps
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We used two campbeds tied together with single airbeds on top. We then made it up as a double bed with a duvet, not sleeping bags. It was just like sleeping in a real bed.
The bonus was lots of storage space underneath the bed.
we had the single thickness double airbed that was fine until we got the double thickness with built in pump, we use the duvet with this if its comfort you want then go for this option. hey you dont have to slum it make it as comfy as home good look !
Hi What camp beds do people use? My partner is quite a large chap... Also, people mentoion tying the two beds together - how do you make it 'one' double bed on top? We have a double sleeping bag which I really dont want to change. Thanks A
We use campbeds with reed type airbeds on the top, perfect fit. My hubby and I are both on the large side and don't have a problem. We don't tie ours together, we have one on either side of the large bedroom in our campus indiana. we sleep together all year round, so not a prob for a couple of weeks to have seperate beds!! Being off the floor is warmer, I add a blanket on top of the airbed, then my sheet, then my sleeping bag, topped with another blanket if necessary, which it usually isn't. Oh, and totally agree, you can't beat having a proper pillow.
We store our holdalls underneath the campbeds, which gives us alot of extra space. The children have the same arrangement in their bedroom, gives them room to sit in there on a chair and have a laundry bag or basket of books, gameboy games and stuff. We're all very happy with the arrangement.
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Aug/Sept - Leekworth
We have slept on the floor, on air beds, foam mat, self inflating and camp beds. This year we are going deluxe and buying the double thick, double air bed with built in pump. We have always had seperate sleeping bags. Hubby has a double and I have my old faithful. I like crawling in and out of his bag!!!!
From comments above I would skip the alternatives and go straight for the dbl. thick dbl. airbed. You will then beable to use your dbl. sleeping bag fine.
We had a double height airbed when we first started camping, we'd used it fine in the house but after only a couple of nights camping we woke up with it in serious need of reinflation. Each time we inflated it it slowly deflated, resulting in hubby between two camping chairs in the living area and me surrounded on the floor by a deflated airbed
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Aug/Sept - Leekworth
Hi, we plumped for a self infating mattress because we haven't got much space in the car.
We went for the Outwell premium double which is so much thicker and much more comfortable than their standard ones. We got it from Allweathers and I think it was £55.00
Fairywhishes -my OH is also a big chap, 6'8'' , we use a kingsize airbed (single height self-inflating ... will never revert back to the foot pump after we discovered the ease of these) positioned sideways on with a single airbed (sideways) at the bottom to create a massive sleeping area. The superking fitted sheets don't quite fit over both beds but it works as it fits fairly snugly together within the walls of our sleeping pod. With four pillows and a superking duvet, it's heaven (although we did have to buy a roof box to fit it all in). There's so much space that two of our children have plently of room to sleep with us (our toddler prefers his own space and has a travel cot).
Re inflating problems, we usually have to give a top-up pump once during a two week camp (twice max. if the kids have been giving it welly and jumping up and down on them), not a problem with a connector to the car, takes 30-60 seconds.
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