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We use a cheap plastic backed picnic rug under the airbed and an olsd sleeping bag on top .. does the trick. A lot of people recommend putting something under the airbed...  e.g.  silver backed rollup mats - they had them in Lidl last week for a fiver.

I know what the problem is there. Had it myself in the past.

You need to put a layer under the airbed (i.e. roll up mat,blanket etc.) to keep the cold from the ground reaching the warmth of the sleeping bag.

regards simon.

Quote: Originally posted by happy hippy on 07/5/2007

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Its caused by your body heat hitting the colder air in the bed and condensing. Try putting a roll up camping mat on top of the bed under your sleeping bags, you could secure the mat and old sleeping bag in place with a fitted sheet.

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Good point about airing snowbird, Because when hot and out for the day tents can get real sweaty, and if damp is tramped below the tent gets even worse. I have a horrid story of a sweaty sick filled tent while in the south of france! Not repeating that story!

we are putting old sleeping bags under air beds with fitted fleece/ sheeps wool sheets on top and then  bags.

Quote: Originally posted by outdoor crew on 08/5/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by happy hippy on 07/5/2007

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Its caused by your body heat hitting the colder air in the bed and condensing. Try putting a roll up camping mat on top of the bed under your sleeping bags, you could secure the mat and old sleeping bag in place with a fitted sheet.

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Hi Hippy will that work with a readybed,cos I have bought those following another thread,since the covering on top of airbed is thin,I plan to wedge mat between both to avoid any damp and increase warmth too.

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Yes it will work with a ready bed, both my boys have single ready beds and I put a camping mat with a blanket on top between the air bed and sleeping bag. I had to cut some of the length of my youngest's mat as he only has the junior not the standard single but the width was fine. Its a bit of a bu**er getting in in place but once there it works a treat.

I have tried rolling the beds up with everything in place, but they are just too bulky to go back in the bag, have toyed with the idea of getting a bag for a double sleeping bag. 

My boys also have homemade fleece liners in their ready beds and they are always toasty warm, even on frosty nights, in fact my eldest quite often wriggles out of his liner as he is too hot!