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25/8/2013 at 4:10pm
Location: Earth
Outfit: Karma Bell Tent (5M ZIG) + Robens Tarp
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Another camper sees the light.
Warmer too because the foam inside insulates you, unlike air beds which actively cool you by wicking heat away from you.
Airbeds are the devils spawn. It's a learning curve all campers must go through.
There is trick to packing them up though, you can roll them pretty small.
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26/8/2013 at 10:39am
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Quote: Originally posted by autopilot on 25/8/2013
Another camper sees the light.
Warmer too because the foam inside insulates you, unlike air beds which actively cool you by wicking heat away from you.
Airbeds are the devils spawn. It's a learning curve all campers must go through.
There is trick to packing them up though, you can roll them pretty small.
In your view. There's no way we could get up off a SIM on its own, so it would need to be on a campbed. The campbed would need to be a double and there's NO WAY we're sleeping with a metal bar between us.
So, Aerobed Raised double for us, very comfortable, very happy with it. Thank you.
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26/8/2013 at 7:39pm
Location: Aberdeenshire
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I've tried both and prefer the SIM - no bouncy sensation, warmer and less likely to leak or puncture. Also more comfortable.
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26/8/2013 at 10:15pm
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I'm no fan of Airbeds. Prefer thermarest but the wife doesn't like the thermarest. We invested in an Aerobed and I have to say over the 3 or 4 years we've owned it I haven't had a bad sleep. Holds its shape and air well you don't get that life on an ocean wave feeling that you get with other Airbeds. That saying if camping on my own or backpacking its a thermarest all the way.
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