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Topic: SIM help please!

SA2009

12/8/2013 at 9:18pm
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Hi apologies I'm sure this subject has been done over and over but I can't find the answer to my question when I do a search. We used SIMs on our last trip for the first time and all loved them, found them comfy and more reliable than an airbed. However the only thing I found quite annoying was that they are slippy when you are in your sleeping bag and I kept sliding down to the bottom of it. Any suggestions please on how to stop this? Thought a single fitted sheet wouldn't really solve it but if anyone can tell me different that would be a nice easy cheap solution! Thank you

Moneypeni

12/8/2013 at 10:29pm
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I have a double one, and cover it with a fluffy mattress cover and a fitted sheet. No slipping at all!

Campernic

12/8/2013 at 11:02pm
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I read somewhere on a forum that lightweight campers who use a SIM put a few stripes of clear silicone using a silicone gun to apply. Just really thin lines, a series of which run from side to side. It's to stop them sliding off it especially as you can't always get a completely flat pitch.

DandB

13/8/2013 at 3:27pm
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Brushed cotton sheets seem to work really well.

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LuckyNo13

13/8/2013 at 6:39pm
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we use fitted flannel sheets, it keeps 2 sims together nicely and we don't have any problems with the sleeping bags

SA2009

13/8/2013 at 9:31pm
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Thanks all - fitted sheets it is then!

DandB

20/8/2013 at 10:53pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Campernic on 12/8/2013
... stop them sliding off it especially as you can't always get a completely flat pitch.

On this subject, if the ideal pitch leaves you on a slope to the side (rolling off your sim), we found that a towel or similar, rolled up and tucked under the lower side, levels you out quite well

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robnchar

21/8/2013 at 12:55pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Campernic on 12/8/2013
I read somewhere on a forum that lightweight campers who use a SIM put a few stripes of clear silicone using a silicone gun to apply. Just really thin lines, a series of which run from side to side. It's to stop them sliding off it especially as you can't always get a completely flat pitch.

That works well . Or a square of none slip material .

armchaircamper

21/8/2013 at 7:12pm
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I make fleecy covers for ours.

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22/8/2013 at 12:37am
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I use an SIM at work on night shifts, after it's inflated I wrap the whole thing in a sheet and it stays perfectly still and allows me to sleep on it with just a blanket without getting sweaty.

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SA2009

22/8/2013 at 7:17pm
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Hi all thank you for your comments, we have just returned from a fantastic four day camping trip and I did use the fitted sheets and they worked a treat thank you. I like the look of your fleece ones though armchaircamper I may 'upgrade' for next years trips!

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