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just come back from easter camping trip and noticed the air beds were damp/ wet patches{ no we did wee the bed ha ha}

Has anyone got any advice on preventing this???

we also found from keeping the cold rising from the floor through the air beds is too place a quilt on top of the air bed and sleep on top of the quilt{ warm as toast}

Thanks

I think you have solved the problem to your qown question there.

Damp caused by condensation caused by warm air bed metting cold night air and ground.

Yes we've just been away over Easter and for the first time we put blankets under the airbeds as well as on top. Insulating both sides seemed to cure it for us.

I think the best thing I've hear of people using under the beds are the foil backed picnic blankets but we only have the plastic backed ones which seemed to do the job for us.

Quote: Originally posted by mufc7 on 09/4/2007

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We have just returned from our easter break. We had a picnic blanket and two foam camping mats underneath airbed. Then on top of airbed we had a fleece blanket,two more foam camping mats, a thick sheet and an old sleeping bag, then we had our sleeping bags, which we had a hot water bottle in each, we were warm as toast. Oh but we also had a gas and electric heater on all night

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First of all, I should say that I am a person who really feels the cold and am not as young as I used to be!

Just back from our Easter break. I had a thermarest mat and a good quality sleeping bag. Oh, and I wore a hat! I was as warm as toast and had the best night's sleep I've had in weeks.

No air bed, no hot water bottle, no thick sheet, no foam mats, no old sleeping bag, no electric heater, no gas heater, no picnic blanket, no fleece blanket! It makes me feel worn out just typing that lot. LOL. MT

those foil  mats  work  well shoved  under  the  airbed  ,but  have to  use  thos  non  slip  mats (sort  of thing  you  get  on  a  roll from  wilko  etc fro a few  quid ) too  to  prevent slip,, two  sideways  under  foil  mat and  two  on  top bettween  airbed and  foil  ,  This  dramatically  reduced condensation  on  airbeds  ,  a  fleecy blanket on  top  under  sleeping bag  helps  too  ,, still get some  though ,  but  its a lot warmer