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10/8/2011 at 8:28am
Location: Yorkshire Outfit: New Vango Icarus 600
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We take duvets, usually my mums spare double as it's smaller than our kingsize. We lie on unzipped sleeping bags to insulate underneath. It's lovely and cosy. I vacuum pack 2 singles and the double folds up and goes in the middle of dd2 and me in the back of the car.
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10/8/2011 at 10:09am
Location: Northants Outfit: Too many. I need therapy.
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We always take a double duvet after a disastrous camping trip where we tried sharing a double sleeping bag (never again!). I found it in Dunelm Mill a few years ago, it's 12 tog on my side and 9 tog on my husband's side which suits us perfectly for camping. We did camp in Wales in April and found it was a bit chilly as every time one of us turned over it left a gap between us but we solved this by having our own blankets. Apparently I was supposed to snuggle up with him if I was cold... Hmmm.
I'd never thought of using compression straps to make it smaller, I just stuff it back in the bag it came in. Will have to investigate that.
I do feel a little bit mean as we have a double duvet and 2 pillows each for our Aerobed while the children have a SIM, sleeping bag and a tiny cushion.
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10/8/2011 at 3:26pm
Location: Surrey Outfit: Alaska Bedouin 280 De waard & Jambore
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Down Duvet for us too. Packs much smaller and when you are underneath because of the weight of the feathers you don't get any gaps like you do with a synthetic one.
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10/8/2011 at 4:03pm
Location: Severn Valley Outfit: Aztec Galeria 4 Outwell Virginia 5
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Always take our autumn weight duvet and pillows. I don't like being enclosed in a bag. I also put some of that white poly wrap which is like flexible polystyrene under the airbed, and blanket and sheet underneath us. It's very cosy.
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10/8/2011 at 6:46pm
Location: Northumberland Outfit: vango illusion 800
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duvets all the way for us too........... I fidget a lot and need to throw out a foot to keep cool and couldn't do it in a sleeping bag. We have Quishions (arrived today) to provide additional warmth if it should be too cold!
Jewels
------------- Jewelsm - a fair weather camper
August 2013, 14, 15, 16 & 17-Trevornick for two and a half weeks of sea and surf (and ever optimistic -lots of sun). Some other weekends if I can persuade DH
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10/8/2011 at 7:40pm
Location: North Wiltshire Outfit: Elddis & 3 tents
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Quishions sound good, might have to invest in some of those, even if we just use them for extra warmth.
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10/8/2011 at 8:47pm
Location: lincolnshire Outfit: N A
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Duvet and pillows all the way with us never cold......
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10/8/2011 at 10:08pm
Location: Denmark Outfit: None Entered
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I take a down duvet, while the children prefer sleeping bags - it makes them feel "more camping".
On top of the duvet I have a thick blanket when it's chilly.
I pack the duvet in a vacuum bag, and it packs surprisingly flat, taking near to no space in the car!
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
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20/10/2023 at 5:13pm
Location: Cirencester Outfit: VW Caddy Maxi Life
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We like taking our double duvet but I've seen some sleeping bags with foot boxes you can open up the top and it becomes a duvet, not sure if I'd like my feet constricted in a 'box' though. They're also ultra expensive too.
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