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Hi ,

I'm looking for a 4/6 berth tent that is either dark in colour so keeps the light down in the sleeping compartments, or do any makes have blackout sleeping inners? You can probably guess why - we gave up with tents after too many 5am wakings from the kids but I would still like a change from the caravan occasionally , so any advice greatfully recieved!

Funnily enough, I'm sure I've seen Blacks advertise their own brand with - yes, blackout inners. Might be wrong. Always possible.

TBH we rather enjoy time shifting the day - up with the birds at dawn and early to bed. But maybe that's an age thing

Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 28/6/2009

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Funnily enough, I'm sure I've seen Blacks advertise their own brand with - yes, blackout inners. Might be wrong. Always possible.

TBH we rather enjoy time shifting the day - up with the birds at dawn and early to bed. But maybe that's an age thing

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Definitely an age thing

I managed to go back to sleep after being woken up by the dawn chorus on the second morning, and rolled out of bed around 07:00h when the inside of the tent starts to warm up due to the sun.

I read somewhere about pitching the tent so that the bedroom section faces west to avoid the early morning sun, perhaps I should try this next time in Jul 09, now that I have found my compass!

DK

Yes, Black's Constellation range, dark inner tents, but don't seem big enough for your needs

http://www.blacks.co.uk/browse/keywords/constellation.html

Could you get them to wear those sleep mask things? That might be easier. They sell them in Sainsburys.

You could always pretend it's part of a Lone Ranger game.....

It's horses for courses. We've no little ones so no probs re getting them off/keeping them asleep.

On balance, we prefer it as light as poss for dressing etc in the bed bit, so place value on that.

No amount of blackout stops the noise of the dawn chorus anyway, so no chance of more zzzz's

Quote: Tent + food + booze + friends = perfection

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We've managed 1, 2 and 3. Now we just need to find some friends!

All together now..."ahhhhhhhh"

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Mum to two boys - 17 and 14 yrs.
Seasoned campers in the UK up to 2010 when we moved to Portugal and back again in 2015. Now using a campervan which we converted ourselves in 2016.

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BUT Army camouflage might be useful as shade on a tent.....

.....trouble is then finding your tent

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