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Please can anybody help me, I have just brought out first tent and am very new to camping. I brought gelert single air beds but my husband spent most of the week on a deflated bed by the morning. Even after re inflating each night!

He is a large chappy, over 20 stone and 6ft 4in tall. What would you recommend?

I have looked at both air beds and self inflating mats and am now confussed which would be the best purchase.

Thanks Sam

Ross99 there's no rule to say you have to sleep in the same bed as OH (even if you're feeling a bit romantic a separate bed isn't going to stop you....) so your OH can have whatever bed suits her the most and so can you. The only thing is if you're lower down you'll have to look up to her but that should be the natural order of things anyway

I am a very picky fusspot and like my sleep.

In all my years camping I now sleep much better on a self inflating mat than an airbed.  I find as it's solid and closer to the floor rather than a bouncy airbed I do not feel restricted with my movement.

Quote: Originally posted by victoria1 on 24/8/2010

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Ross99 there's no rule to say you have to sleep in the same bed as OH (even if you're feeling a bit romantic a separate bed isn't going to stop you....) so your OH can have whatever bed suits her the most and so can you. The only thing is if you're lower down you'll have to look up to her but that should be the natural order of things anyway

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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