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Hi all,

Am looking for some advice about slipping pillows. We have a Coleman Comfort mattress (love it) and always take pillows from home – cant get on with the smaller camping pillows. BUT the pillows will keep slipping off the top end of the mattress in the night. I think taking a head board is a little over the top – can any of the ingenious UKCS posters come up with a less bulky solution?

Thanks everso

EE

Hi  EE25

We always take pillows from home, we have tried the smaller camping pillows but they are no use what so ever.  Have always joked with my OH that I need a headboard, so you are not the only one with this problem, would also love a solution(pillows from home are another thing to fill up the boot, trailer, roofbox and even the backseat)

Turn your mattress so that the head is at the door end and make sure there isn't a gap for the pillows to go walkabout in. Of course, you may not be able to do this if the pitch is sloping and you have to turn the mattress a different way, but it does work, and there's no worries about pushing inner into outer this way.

Other than that, I would buy one cheap double fitted sheet and a matching single, then make a big tunnel of fabric for the pillows to fit into along the top end, much like YHA sheet sleeping bags have.

Or....camping pillows fit in the hood of your sleeping bag a treat (especially the half moon ones) and pack down into a tiny bag. And many folk find them perfectly comfortable (myself and family included) though if you're the sort that needs two pillows normally, you might find them a bit minimal.

As always inspired ideas.

Hi Val - I was a bit worried about heads at the door end - it would solve the problem of pushing the inner onto the outer - but my minds eye can see one of us treading on the others head when stumbling about in the middle of the night trying to get out of the tent for that all important trip to the loo which is always rushed in my case as I try and leave it til the last minute in the hope that the urge will just disapear. I dont mind OH treading on my feet but my head...But I like the idea of a YHA sheet sleeping bag affair. I will try the non slip material first (thanks for that idea Gaynor) then if it doesnt stop the problem I will get the sewing machine out.

Am not going camping again now til April next year (but have something booked already to stop me from moaning - its only 6 months....) but will report back as soon as I have tried things.

Any other ideas out there?

EE25

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Similar to stuff I use on the motorbike inbetween a tank bag and the tank. Soft and durable but stops things sliding about.

i chose the campingaz airbed with pillows over the coleman comfort because the attached pillows do act as a sort of bedhead, keeping the proper pillows in place.

i use the non slip matting (from the pound shop or wolkos) to keep the bed in place on a slope so i imagine it would be good for keeing pillows in situ too.

sadly the campingaz mattress has started deflating

the aerobed has a ''built-in pillow'' so that may work too.

Quote: Originally posted by EE25 on 17/9/2007

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Hi Val - I was a bit worried about heads at the door end - it would solve the problem of pushing the inner onto the outer - but my minds eye can see one of us treading on the others head when stumbling about in the middle of the night trying to get out of the tent for that all important trip to the loo which is always rushed in my case as I try and leave it til the last minute in the hope that the urge will just disapear. I dont mind OH treading on my feet but my head...

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I can honestly say that though Hubby is a six foot four bundle of uncoordinated bulk (with size 12 feet), he's never stepped on my head in umpteen years of us sleeping head to door for preference. We put the airbed down the centre of the pod so we each have our own little space down the side for baggage etc and usually he or I roll over onto our own floor section then go out down the side. No treading on the airbed or other resident required.