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Off to Dorset and then Devon with the wife and kids in the tent next week. 4 days in Dorset and then 12 in Devon, hopefully the weather will be kinder than it has been over the last few weeks!

If we go camping for a couple of days we normally take sleeping bags but the kids and my wife find them too restrictive and want to take the quilts off their beds.

The kids will be on camp beds with a mat under them and we will be on a Coleman Comfort double air bed, with perhaps a fleece blanket between it and us.

What do you reckon, too cold or not and should we take the sleeping bags?

Cannot take both as the car will be creaking at the hinges as it is!

I garden-camped in our tent last night with my 8 year old daughter, to try out our new tent.  We were on an air bed (which I am still not sure about - she had a lovely night's sleep, I've got achey joints ), covered by a sheet, and then a quilt for us.  During the night the air bed did get a bit cold, so I can see that a fleece under the sheet would have been a good idea.  But we did just fine with a quilt over us (not a particularly good quilt at that), with a blanket over that.  In fact at one point my daughter got warm enough to kick it all off.

And we're in the North East of England.

Autumn/Winter quilts have a higher tog rating than most sleeping bags so as long as you are insulated underneath from cold air in the air bed you will be fine. We only ever use our quilt with fleece blanket and sheet under us and we are never cold.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by Jayney-wayney on 01/8/2007

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'you definately need something thick to lay on'

You've met my husband then!

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We use kingsize sleeping bags from using a quilt and we get on with them very well.

but we took blankets 2 weeks ago and were off again end of august and hoping not to take them, but dont know what to do for the best.

I've just come back from Devon and I used a quilt brought from Asda. It was fantastic - nice and warm just had a normal fitted sheet on the airbed aswell.

Would definetly recommend a quilt - never been keen on sleeping bags - the zips always get in the way!!