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Quote: Originally posted by Humbird on 20/5/2011

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Hi, I am now use a combination.  Up till this year, I had a 5cm SIM on the floor, very comfy but at nearly age 50, I thought it would be nice to be higher off the ground.  So this week I bought an Outwell Posadas bed and use the SIM on top (this means I'm lying flat on the canvas, which is exactly what I like).  I've been back garden camping all week and loving the comfort.  I'd love to upgrade to 10cm SIM at some point.

Pros of a raised bed is that its nice to sleep at normal bed-level (although in saying that you loose the sense of adventure in camping on the ground!), and it also means that you can use the space under the bed for storage of bags, etc.  Cons, one negative about a raised bed means that (since tents slope inward
typically), it means that you can lose some space (e.g. we fit both SIMS on ground level in one of our bedroom pods but with camp beds at a higher level, they no longer will fit in a pod because of the sloping tent sides have reduced space, if you know what I mean).

Overall am very happy with SIM on campbed.

Humbird

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I have used just about every type of bed, I get the best nights sleep on airbeds, I know a lot of people either over or under inflate them and that's why they don;t like them! the best tip is to kneel at the side of your airbed, make a fist and push your fist down on th airbed and without to much pressure you should be able to feel the ground below! always make sure you brush the innertents out before putting in the airbeds, otherwise if there's even one tiny stone/grit you might get a puncture!

If you want to use campbeds, always put something under the legs cos if the ground underneath is soft the legs might damage your groundsheet! for a bit more comfort, put a SIM or airbed on top of the campbed! 

chin chin

timbob96