We've been camping about 6 times now as a family of 4 over the past 2 years. None of us seem to sleep well as the tent (Coleman Mackenzie) is a light beige colour and therefore the sun makes the sleeping areas very light as soon as the sun starts coming up. Camping last week in central scotland, we found that the tent was already stating to get light before 04:00.
We have this problem too with our new trailer tent, especially given we were pitched dear one of the site's lights, never was very dark in the tent. Not tried any solutions yet
------------- From tents to trailer tents to a tin tent to an air tent to trailer tent and back to tin tent!
I wish tent manufactures would read this and do a bit more about it!
I'm currently trying a king size black flat bed sheet from Tesco hooked onto the inner tent where it attaches to the tent, it doesn't make it totally dark but it has certainly helped. Only tried it twice so far this year, 4 nights in total, the big test comes next week as we're off to France for 2 weeks. So far it has helped us all sleep better, including my 2 year old and my 4 year old!!!
In our caravan once you shut all the blinds its very dark but I never shut the one above our fixed bed that way I wake up early. Have early breakfast get out while most people are still in bed go exploring walking or whatever have lunch then have a little siesta, a bit more exploring etc - reading or what ever take my fancy. BBQ, beer, wine. Find a pub with entertainment, watch TV, read, bed about midnight. It seems hectic - but its not and if you have a weekend and a day its like having a week off.
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I've got a 2010 (I believe) Vango Icarus where the sleeping areas are darker than the living areas, which is a really nice touch compared to our Hi Gear Voyager 6 which is the same colour all over and gives everything an odd blue tinge :D
The curtain blackout material would be a good option, just need to work out how to attach it to the bedrooms without affecting ventilation.
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Topic: How to darken the sleeping areas?
