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24/8/2010 at 12:01pm
Location: Berkshire Outfit: Wolf Lake 5
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IMO getting a really good nights sleep is vital to enjoying camping. Strangely, I find I actually sleep better in the tent than I do at home .
We use air beds. We've looked into SIMs but found that they were too hard for us, too unyielding. Maybe some really expensive Thermorest ones would be better, but I'd rather not spend the cash. The Alpkit ones seem very popular on here - maybe someone could sing their praises to you.
I think the best quality airbeds are probably the Aerobed range. We've got a tall kingsize at home which is really very good. It's a bit large for us to take camping though, and I can't be faffed with needing electricity to pump my bed up. Aerobed also do a bed with a rechargable pump option:
aerobed active double
After many a bouncy 'discussion' with the girlfriend she now insists on seperate air beds, which TBH work really well, if slightly less romantic. We've got a no-brand single one we picked up in France that seems to do the job really well, and I've got a huge RAF surplus single air bed that may actually be bullet proof - it's extremely comfortable, never deflates, and is wide enough to serve as a narrow double.
We've just invested in some mattress toppers from Dunelm Mill. They've not been used yet, but they should provide a decent level of warmth/breathability, both of which can be a problem on air beds.
Good luck
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25/8/2010 at 10:20am
Location: Norfolk Outfit: Gelert Horizon 6
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Thanks so much for all your views, looks like I'll try a SIM for him as he spent most of the week on the floor anyway (hehe).
I may invest in an areo bed for me though as I do require a good nights sleep so not to malfunction in the morning.!!!
We orginally opted for two singes because they were wider in total that a double and like Victoria1 said there no rule to having to sleep in the same bed.
I'll let you know how it goes in a weeks time when we go to snetterton racing.
Thanks again
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