Have the Thermarest Dreamtime XL can thoroughly recommend!! But whatever you get, get two of em - my OH only has a skinny Thermarest if I need to snuggle up it's like falling off a cliff!
We have an Aerobed Active which we put on top of a picnic rug. Then a Dunelm sheepskin type fitted matress cover with a fitted cotton sheet on top of that. Then we have a 13.5 tog king size quilt and a couple of IKEA fleeces as extras in case it's a bit chilly.
We sleep better with this set-up than we do in our bed at home. Have even considered setting it up in the living room whan I'm having a bad night at home!!! We've tried sleeping bags and just hated them, quilt wins every time. BTW, neither of us are what you could describe as lightweights, but the matress holds up really well. It's on it's 4th season now.
We use a waterbed at home ... so no chance of replicating that sort of perfect answer to sleeping ...
But ... the standard Pennine sprung mattress with a quilted down undersheet ... then fitted sheet and duvet gives us a very good 'kip' ... have to say, we never camp in UK, so don't usually have the extreme lower end of the ambient temperature scale to combat ...
I use a camp bed with a square sleeping bag that has 2 layers of memory foam cut to fit it still has a hood and my pillow fits in this so doesn't fall of the bed, then a down sleeping bag, bliss!!
Quote: Originally posted by thehintons on 12/1/2012
ok after some research its down to Aerobed, Nash fishing chairbed or a 10cms sim.
Any thoughts on the pros and cons of these
I can't give you an answer on the Aerobed as I've never used one. I have never got on with conventional airbeds, I always seem to slide off, never seem to be able to inflate it to a comfortable level or I get one that goes down in the middle of the night!
Nash bedchair:- It is quite big and bulky, mine is the Wideboy and you will need quite a big tent to accommodate it. While it obviously folds it is still big but as I said in an earlier post there is a space in my Landy that is tailor made for it! When it is set up it is extremely warm and comfortable, it is padded so you do not get that "cold back" feeling that you get with some camp-cot type campbeds. It also has a built in pillow, although I prefer to use it with an additional thin pillow. It does dip in the middle slightly, for me it added to the feeling of security, i.e. feeling like I am not going to fall out but I suspect that some people may feel that they are sleeping on a tired old mattress......
10cm SIM, can't help you there either, but I used to camp on a 5cm thick double sized Outwell SIM. It felt like sleeping on a firm mattress, which suits me fine but I could understand if it feels too hard for some people. Being self inflating it was easy to set up but a bit of a wrestling match to get it deflated and folded up again! I was always warm enough and I never had a bad nights sleep on it. I would still be using it today but the old body cannae handle the getting up off the floor bit anymore!
Hope I have been some help to you.
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Being the wrong side of 50 and a bit of a fussy old bird I have a 10cm sim, blanket on top, then a big puffy vango nitestar bag, with an extra blanket on stand-by. You could put one of those foam mattress toppers on a sim or an air bed.
There are loads of combo's you could try, do a little trial run at home to see what suits best.
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Canvas airbed on top of a camp bed, never had a problem sleeping while I've been doing this, in fact, I'm more comfy on that than I am at home, plus you get additional storage space underneath!
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Topic: I want the best kip. dont care how much
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and a bit of a fussy old bird 
I have a 10cm sim, blanket on top, then a big puffy vango nitestar bag, with an extra blanket on stand-by. You could put one of those foam mattress toppers on a sim or an air bed.
