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Quote: Originally posted by hankakampa on 27/2/2014

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at damian - depends on the tent!

my little trout lake 4 is toasty with my fan heater. but my concorde L isnt toasty the fan heater just takes the chill off, its a much bigger space to heat.

folks who say Polycotton is warm when its cold - really?
i got 3 of them and its nothing to do with the polycotton - its the size of the tent and amount of air inside that needs warming up! in fact when the polycotton is dry the weave opens up and lets the heat out!!!.

the concorde L needs 2 fan heaters to get it as warm inside as i can get the trout lake4!

where u been hiding damian L - not seen u posting since u were getting the 49.99 tent from halfords and a candle to cook on!

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From experiance camping when it was -6 at night, with a young family.

Sleeping: Good quality SIM's, good quality goose down sleeping bags. You'll never be cold.

Tent: Footprint and carpet, vents closed as much as possible, curtains up, keep the heat in. EHU, fan heater, carfully placed, on thermostat.

You: If your going to be sitting around not being that active then again a good quality goose down jacket will keep you super warm, best insulator weight for weight. You can't improve on 4.4 billion years of evolution. Merino wool makes a fine base layer, great as thermal bottoms and socks also, warm and keeps fresh.  Again, you can't improve on natural materials for insualtion for this sort of actvity. Sadly expensive but worth every penny for performance and results.

Put it this way, high altitude climbers use down as insulation against sub zero temps becuase it works.

Cheers,

Porbeagle

Quote: Originally posted by Porbeagle on 27/2/2014

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Awesome picture

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