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Quote: Originally posted by nelmo on 16/2/2009

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Hmm, bit of dubious science there, matey 

Apart from the fact that 'radiate' is the opposite of 'keep', so a sleeping bag can't do both (why would it want to give off (radiate) your hard fought heat?), why would duvet heat fade? I've never found this in bed at home - yes, I know it's warmer in my house but at 3am with no heating on, I've never woken up and found my bed cold. In fact, coming back to bed after seeing to a crying child, my bed is still toasty and takes seconds to heat up even though it is freezing in the room...

I'm no doctor but I don't think you can go to bed perfectly healthy and then die in your sleep from cold. I'd imagine you'd start to shiver first (your body's attempt to warm you up) and that would wake you anyway...

Nothing personal Boxa - and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong...

 

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As Star1234 said...  I know what I mean anyway, just dont think I put it all together right! 

I know exactly what you mean when at home but then that is a bit different, when the temp outside you're house drops to -3 the temp inside the house wont fall that low due to the insulation of the house.  You dont have that same insulation in a tent so the temp would drop much lower than the house and people do die from exposure to the elements.  Sleeping outside of summer times without the correct equipment surely can not be healthy for you, our Coleman sleeping bag can go to -13 but our duvet can't.

Not a doctor either and it's only my thought, just be careful out there! 

Quote: Originally posted by Boxa on 17/2/2009

Quote: Originally posted by nelmo on 16/2/2009

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Hmm, bit of dubious science there, matey 

Apart from the fact that 'radiate' is the opposite of 'keep', so a sleeping bag can't do both (why would it want to give off (radiate) your hard fought heat?), why would duvet heat fade? I've never found this in bed at home - yes, I know it's warmer in my house but at 3am with no heating on, I've never woken up and found my bed cold. In fact, coming back to bed after seeing to a crying child, my bed is still toasty and takes seconds to heat up even though it is freezing in the room...

I'm no doctor but I don't think you can go to bed perfectly healthy and then die in your sleep from cold. I'd imagine you'd start to shiver first (your body's attempt to warm you up) and that would wake you anyway...

Nothing personal Boxa - and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong...

 

 

As Star1234 said...  I know what I mean anyway, just dont think I put it all together right! 

I know exactly what you mean when at home but then that is a bit different, when the temp outside you're house drops to -3 the temp inside the house wont fall that low due to the insulation of the house.  You dont have that same insulation in a tent so the temp would drop much lower than the house and people do die from exposure to the elements.  Sleeping outside of summer times without the correct equipment surely can not be healthy for you, our Coleman sleeping bag can go to -13 but our duvet can't.

Not a doctor either and it's only my thought, just be careful out there! 

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We are going in April...

(with no EHU or heater etc!)

am hoping for a warmish easter weekend!

Hi we camped in May for two years running and having to cope with the WET weather adds to feeling cold!  On our first experinence we woke up the first morning to frost on the ground and I had my daughter in my sleeping bag with me as she was cold in the night - she already had several layers on.  When invested in a heater that day for the rest of the week and had friends bring us some 'extra' blankets etc....we now don't go anywhere without our heater even in August!

BUT we had fun, it was an experince and heating  a bottle of red wine in the a pan of hot water was just an added experince....

Quote: Originally posted by happy campers14 on 18/2/2009

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we're going on the 2nd of april, not sure but think easter holidays are earlier up in scotland, we go back on easter monday?? ( I dont understand it either ) we are taking an EHU because the last thing i want is for us to be cold and miserable,

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Quote: Originally posted by rattyhorses on 18/2/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by happy campers14 on 18/2/2009

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we're going on the 2nd of april, not sure but think easter holidays are earlier up in scotland, we go back on easter monday?? ( I dont understand it either ) we are taking an EHU because the last thing i want is for us to be cold and miserable,

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easter hols in the borders are break up the 3rd april and go back the 20th april. so ours have the week before and week after this year as oppose to the 2 weeks before

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