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14/6/2014 at 9:27pm
Location: suffolk
Outfit: Vango Illusion
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We all have airbeds - a double one but with two separate chambers so if one of us gets up, the other doesn't sink to the floor and two single airbeds. I think our double is a Coleman and I'd recommend it happily. The single beds really weren't expensive, I know we got one from Go outdoors, for £10-15. We have used thermorests or other self inflating mats, but we don't find them as comfortable for a fortnight's summer holiday as the proper airbeds. We have a pump that attaches to the car engine so they are easy to inflate. This might say more about our mattress at home, but I find the air bed more comfortable! Both children have a sleeping bag but we take a sheet and our duvet for true comfort. We've looked at the double sleeping bags, but they're pricey for the 3 or 4 weeks a year we'd use it and also they don't look as though they'd take up much less room.
Good luck and hope you enjoy your first camping trip in a tent.
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15/6/2014 at 9:05am
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Couldn't recommend anything other than a SIM on a camp bed. Prices and quality vary a lot, but in all honesty, we got a less varied result... Always excellent nights sleep, with no achy bones in the morning, and no waking up cold.
We now have the 10cm Exped comfort SIM's, on a run of the mill GO camp bed.
The added advantage of the camp bed, is that you have the underneath space for storage, which in turn, offers added insulation between bed and cold floor.
And of course, easier for getting dressed/getting socks on etc, as you are sitting at a comfortable height. No rolling around trying to get up off your knees/a*5e of a morning!! Not elegant at all! 
There are disadvantages though, of course... you may need a new car to carry them all!! 
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