Help!
Just purchased 3 camp-beds for our tent, as we're upgrading from air-beds
We've read various blogs informing that the air below the camp-beds gets very cold, so we know we need to lay something on top of the camp-beds so that when we're in our sleeping bags/duvets, it's not cold underneath
Some blogs say that a normal blanket isn't enough
What can people recommend?....we're needing something that's THIN, CHEAP and WARM please.
Thanks for your help
As pewacker we just use a SIM on top together with a decent sleeping bag
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I don't have a camp bed but use a Vango SIM and I don't get the chillies in the night...
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Most people seem to use a self inflating mat as a mattress but a folded blanket or a foam mat may serve the same purpose. If you store things underneath your camp bed there may not be a lot of space left for cold air. If, like me, you have a fan heater ticking over on thermostat if it is cold at night, the air under the camp bed will be warm anyway.
Thanks arsenaldes, Pilfred-Poirot, Bob61 and KampaWendy for all your help. Yes, I'll be storing things under the beds which will help fill the cold space too.
Have now purchased 3 x cheap SIM's ....and already have a fan heater. Should be nice and toasty! :D
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I would have advised a SIM too...Though I have never had the need for one as a mattress on my campbed...I use a carp fishermans 4 seasons s/bag which is fleece lined..Don't feel the cold from any direction(Over or Under)once I'm in there....And I don't use EHU...
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Our little ones have camp beds and we tend to use a picnic rug as a carpet and then layer their beds. We lay a fleece blanket and their cotbed duvets width ways, then put down their sleeping bags and wrap the remaining duvet and fleece blanket back up onto them, if you get what I mean.
Obviously they are then layered themselves, but we have never had a problem with them being too cold to sleep and the little one is a very 'temperamental' sleeper!
We upgraded a few years back to camp beds and
have found what we think is the best and warmest solution, we now use duvets
and sheets and bring our own pillows from home, we didn’t throw away our blow
ups or sleeping bags but make use of them at the same time, half inflate your
air bed and slip it inside the sleeping bag, and use it on top of your camp bed,
this set up gives you a mattress to lay on as well.
Very warm
and comfortable at the same time, also use the space under the beds to store
your spare gear and stop any cold air rising, I have camped in all seasons
without EHU and never had the cold bed syndrome, using your every day pillow from
home with a spare camping cover, a duvet and sheet creates the same set up as
you have at home, that way you will get a great night’s sleep every night.
Campers
sometimes have to “rough it” a bit due to circumstances, but I always put the
maximum effort into my sleeping arrangements, you can do anything the next day
on a good nights sleep.
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Topic: Camp bed warmth
