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What exactly is a bathtub groundsheet and what are it's benefits? I am a complete newbie and  I think we have one in our Coleman Cedar Creek and as we're putting it up for the first time today, I can surprise hubby with my little bit of knowledge.

Thanks

Vicksies

Quote: Originally posted by sovvie118 on 31/3/2007

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But what about when it rains? That can still happen in the summer you know. Especially in Cumbria. So what happens then? Then the water gets into your tent and the grass is cold especially at night. Do you like to feel grass on your feet even if its covered in sloshy mud and drowned insects.

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Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 31/3/2007

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Isn't the highpoint of a heavy rainstorm going out and camping the worms that have come out or are we just strange?    

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I'll go with the latter  ;-)

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Brainhertz (clique of 1)
there's someone in my head but it's not me

we have a riser ground sheet but i prefer a s i g tbh!

never thought of any ground sheet as luxury though.

I don`t bother much with a groundsheet in the living area either. Bathtub groundsheets are 100% necessary in the sleeping pods, but I like the grass outside in the living area. Plus it saves taking your shoes off every time you go in and out the tent. I do like a transitional area in front of the pod doors though for taking shoes off, so we use picnic rugs for that. (Whaddya mean, you can walk on groundsheets in shoes? Err, no, not if you want it to last more than one season....)

As for it getting muddy underfoot, well, not usually because it`s under cover. And if conditions are that bad, I`d rather keep my shoes on and wash a couple of picnic rugs than clean off  groundsheets, footprints or SIGS, to be honest.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 31/3/2007

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I don`t bother much with a groundsheet in the living area either. Bathtub groundsheets are 100% necessary in the sleeping pods, but I like the grass outside in the living area. Plus it saves taking your shoes off every time you go in and out the tent. I do like a transitional area in front of the pod doors though for taking shoes off, so we use picnic rugs for that. (Whaddya mean, you can walk on groundsheets in shoes? Err, no, not if you want it to last more than one season....)

As for it getting muddy underfoot, well, not usually because it`s under cover. And if conditions are that bad, I`d rather keep my shoes on and wash a couple of picnic rugs than clean off  groundsheets, footprints or SIGS, to be honest.

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