Bought an all season duck feather/down one from Ikea for camping use, only used the 7.5 Tog one so far, with 2 fleece blankets on top. This way, if it is too hot, I just lift the fleece blankets off.
Or I could just turn off the fan heater!
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We used to use two sleeping bags zipped together, but when I got hot during the night (I'm at that time of life ), I struggled to unzip the bag quick enough. It was also a pain when either of us needed the loo.
For the last couple of years we have used a down duvet which folds up smaller than a synthetic one - perfect. I always fold then roll it up, put it in a nylon tent bag with the pillows, & put two compression straps around the bag & pull it in tight.
A pair of hampton 220 sleeping bags joined together for us. Huge packsize but sooo comfy and spacious. The kids have a 3 season sleeping bag each too and seem to have no problem dropping off or having lie-ins
I have a double coleman sleeping bag with a double duvet on top mainly, when it's warm usually just a duvet - there's only me in the bed. When it's cold I also have a pile of fleece blankets next to the bed, so I can just layer these on top if need be, they are great for adding warmth without a load of weight and easy to squeeze into small gaps when packing. I find that when keeping warm counts, the sleeping bag is good because there's no gap round the edge and therefore no draught. I also tend to sleep with a hat on when it's cold! (dead stylish me!)
We use a double Coleman sleeping bag (think its a Hampton) on a Coleman blow up bed. Used it for the first time in the spring when the temp was down to 5C at night and we were both very warm and very comfortable!!
Duvets for us :) We have a bit of a weird situation though lol!
We don't use the divider in our Artemis, so have a big bedroom for just the two of us. One double and one single airbed next to each other with two double duvets, sheets and pillows. We're not greedy sleepers....we have to share that set up with two whippets, a small lurcher and the terrier The dogs are not allowed upstairs in our house and sleep in the kitchen and utility room, so camping is a full on major treat for them, they LOVE it when the zip is opened on the bedroom at night and pile in on the airbeds and snuggle under the duvets before we get a chance lol!
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My greyhounds have their own double bed when camping, wear pyjamas (with 'dressing gown' on top if it's very cold) and plenty of fleecy blankets. Esmé even has a snood for when her ears are cold!
Hi, we have 2 single outwell Posadas camp beds, with SIMS on top that I tuck into a fleece-surround (Ikea fleece 79 pence), it covers the tops and bottom of the SIM, good insulation, then we have sleeping bags on that with a fleece liner tucked inside also specially made, lastly a couple of fleece blankets thrown on top when its really chilly, like camping in March. All the bedding takes up a lot of space. I think I'll try duvet next trip as I do sometimes feel I get tied up in knots in my sleeping bag!