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Subject Topic: Sims, camp beds, airbeds? What do you use Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonEmmalily
21/5/2016 at 11:26pm
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We have been using airbeds but I'm looking for a warmer more comfortable solution. Mine always needs pumping up again at random times of night and even though we insulate them underneath I still find them cold and uncomfortable.
Thinking about getting camp beds and sims. Do camp beds pack up smallish?


PersonLandRoverMark
22/5/2016 at 7:10am
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Hi, have you tried covering the airbed with a bedsheet? Makes it feel warmer.


PersonLeeroy1982
22/5/2016 at 7:11am
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They do pack down quite small, best thing we bight was our outwell posads double. This yer I have bought the Mrs a 5 cm single sim to go on top of it as she suffers with arthritis. Yet to try it out yet, will be today as we go way today for 10 days.

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PersonLandRoverMark
22/5/2016 at 7:13am
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Hi, have you tried covering the airbed with a fitted bedsheets? Makes it feel warmer.


PersonPaulReeves1980
22/5/2016 at 7:24am
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Aerobed, foil back insulated camping mats underneath, fleece blanket on top, good quality double sleeping bag and we have never been cold. Plus the Aerobed is brilliant - I normally top it up once in a week which given the variances of temperature in a tent I think is acceptable


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Personsam7hh
22/5/2016 at 7:34am
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We use cheap airbeds, got them before finding this site. Famed end April. Blankets under and over the airbeds and we were warm. Will look at Simms when they need replacing though.


PersonFrancais
22/5/2016 at 8:00am
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Back in 2008 got two ThermaRest DreamTime XL's which fasten together to make a double bed, larger than the one we have at home.

The DT's are more of a sleep system than just a sim, they have a foam insert and a fleece cover with a tough base.

I can certainley say, for our fortnight campings, the DT's do what it says on the tin, the latest version is called NeoAir Dream XL.

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PersonEwen c
22/5/2016 at 8:18am
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For main hol in big tent we use cheapo Coleman airbeds in cotton sleeping bag liners on top of 5cm sims.
Weekends in cold and wet Ireland we use backpacking air mats. They have their own insulation and pack up tiny.



A full size air bed wouldn't fit in our wee tents and fishing beds wouldn't fit in the car.

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PersonBernie47
22/5/2016 at 9:59am
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A partially inflated airbed on a camp bed, really comfortable.

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PersonBenski
22/5/2016 at 7:04pm
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I've got the Aldi sim. It's OK but I fancy one of the really thick sims but they are a bit pricey. We started out with blow up mattresses but I find them hideously uncomfortable.


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Personcamperclan
22/5/2016 at 7:11pm
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We have XL campbeds and 7.5cm sims, so very comfy, but I wouldn't say pack down very small. Campbeds fold down to a similar size to folding chairs in bags, but a bit bulkier. Sims are about sleeping bag size when rolled up, but you can get thinner, so less bulky.


PersonMillerblade
24/5/2016 at 1:34am
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Intex highrised airbedd. Soooo comfy. Cant imagine laying on narrow campbeds!


PersonTraceyD
25/5/2016 at 3:12pm
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Camp beds with the box style canvas rubberized airbeds on top, blanket, sheet, open sleeping bag and then another blanket, lovely and snuggly and storage space underneath is an added bonus

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PersonSpence39
25/5/2016 at 5:53pm
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I've just bought a kampa kip wideboy 10cm and seems very good but pack size isn't small but it is fantastically comfortable. I haven't tried it in a tent yet though


Personfloppy-poppy
25/5/2016 at 11:48pm
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We have the Outwell posadas double bed together with SIMS, put all together with fitted sheet then we place our zipped sleeping bags on top. Cozy!! We have as good a nights sleep as we do at home.

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Persondk168
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Outwell Laguna XL camp bed + Therm-a-rest Luxury Map XL SIM on top, secured by means of a flannel fitted single sheet.

If I were to source a camp bed now, I would opt for the Outwell Posadas or Kampa Dream camp beds for their ease of erection.

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