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15/7/2014 at 9:35pm
Location: Near Petersfield Hants
Outfit: Barbados- Djakarta- Anssems trailer
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Hi. I'm looking for some advice concerning bed types in trailer tents. I am I right in thinking the slatted bed bases where you sleep onboard the trailer body i.e Combi Camp are preferable to the bed bases which are a solid ply board and swing out from the trailer? Will the onboard sleeping arrangement to warmer and less prone to condensation? Are slatted bases more comfy?
We owned a Dandy for one season and often found there was condensation between the boards and mattresses. I put this down to cooler air on the outside of the beds but may be wrong. Any advice much appreciated, thanks.
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15/7/2014 at 10:32pm
Location: Leeds
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Hi we have owned both types of unit, a Trigano chantilly with solid base and now have the Trigano Olympe with slatted base and foam beds.
By far the Olympe is the comfiest, never had any condensation issues with either.
It's worth the extra if this is for you, I would go for a unit with the slatted beds.
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16/7/2014 at 2:14pm
Location: Costa del Wotsit Espania
Outfit: Roadtrek 170Popular.
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Also makes a difference, if you have canvas to the ground under the bed.
IE: First TT we had was an inesca monaco, solid bed base as in base of the trailer, with canvas that come right down to the ground all round the whole trailer, mattress completely dry underneath.
Second TT, comanche montana, solid bed base, also base of trailer, but under side of trailer was open to the outside air, result terrible under mattress condensation when it got cold.
Solution, home made skirts all round the trailer, no more major condensation...
But saying that we would go for slated base if given the choice, mattress still gets slightly damp if it's sub zero outside. Our solution is lifting it up to air during the day with a home made frame.
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18/7/2014 at 7:45am
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Thanks very much for the info. This explains why we suffered condensation in the Dandy and not the FC with fitted skirts.
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21/7/2014 at 8:42pm
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Solution, home made skirts all round the trailer, no more major condensation...
Suzi
Hi Suzi, Can you tell me what material you used and where you got it from to make the bed skirts please.
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23/7/2014 at 6:08pm
Location: Costa del Wotsit Espania
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Hi Mancha,
What & where not that much good to you as I live in Spain.
But any pvc type of material or even the premade pegging down stuff for caravans will do, just reinforce the areas you want to put grommets in for pegs. I used poppers to fix it to the trailer, but it just depends on where you want to fix it.
Kayospruce are a good supplier for most tent/ boat materials.
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23/7/2014 at 7:46pm
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Thanks for the info Suzi. Notice you were in Spain, we lived there in a place called Onil a fgew years back.
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24/7/2014 at 8:11pm
Location: Maidstone
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Hi Suzi, used to live in Senda de Valencia, just outside to town. Do you go to the bar El Parque?
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25/7/2014 at 2:51pm
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No, haven't been yet, not really a bar sort of person, but keep threatening to pop in.
Small world eh !
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25/7/2014 at 7:15pm
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It certainly is, we are not bar people but my friends go in there and I know a lot of the others that drink in there.
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26/7/2014 at 7:18pm
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Hi Suzi, did post on you'r FB page don't know what happened to it though.
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