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15/10/2022 at 11:53pm
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Have you considered a compact camp bed? I have one of these but haven't used it yet. kingcamp campbed
If you are not in a hurry Aldi occasionally sell compact sims. Got one in May for £13 to go with the camp bed
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28/10/2022 at 7:23am
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I do a lot of winter camping,( on a campsite) using a flock bed would not be ideal on a motorbike. Majority space in my car was taken up by bedding. Basically you will be lying on top of a block of ice. You will need just as much bedding under you than over you, plus condensation. An insulated self inflating mat or combined with a compact bed (depending on size of tent) would be more ideal. Duvet would be the highest tog rating or a 4 season sleeping bag, or possibly 2 sleeping bags inside the other.
I also do winter wild camping, so I need to be mindful of what I carry.
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12/6/2024 at 11:16am
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Not a bike camper, nor much of a tent camper these days either (gone soft and got a luxury caravan for most of my camping!), but still tent camp maybe one a year.
What seems to nearly always escape peoples attention with camp beds (at least until AFTER they've acquired it!) is that the taller they are, the worse they fit most tents! The tent sleeping space dimensions are always given at the floor level, and they are often only just adequate (maybe OK for an airbed or SIM), the higher you get off the floor the smaller the actual space gets due to the sloping walls of the tent! Many raised camp beds are actually digging into the walls of the tent, and so are you to some extent! - with that restricted space, flappy tent walls can often touch you and disturb your sleep, not to mention the condensation on walls that your bedding is likely to be in contact with!
It's surprising, that even seasoned campers are often slow to catch on, EACH person requires pretty much a TWO berth space if they have any baggage in the sleeping area! An 'intimate' couple could get by with a 3 berth space (unless they were my Ex, then a 6 berth tent would be needed for her 'essential' baggage!!!!). The old adage of always reduce a tent's claimed berths by at least one for practical use is well proven!
As to air beds, I like them, and would be my favoured choice of bed, but I no longer trust them! My camping trips are with a group, and without fail year on year, we have several bed fails during our stay – it doesn't seem to matter if cheap or expensive, they just don't seem to be terribly reliable! - a trip to a camping supplier for a replacement seems to be a routine part of our trips! Such is my cynicism these days, I take 2, one as a spare! And why people who decry the reliability of airbeds then buy SIMS is beyond me – it's just a thin airbed with a foam filling that self inflates it! It's got little more assured reliability against leaks, and is just as dysfunctional WHEN it gets one!
Whether I go air bed, or camp bed, depends on the tent I'll be using, the bigger 5/6 berth ones are fine with the camp bed, the small 2/3 berth is definitely only a airbed one!
In a way I quite like the notion of enforced 'minimalism' and careful selection of kit of bike camping, and slightly envious, but for sure with a large car, 'mission creep' tends to lead to kitchen sink and all!!!! - packing/unpacking the car and camp set up/breakdown have become major exercises! Definitely more 'glamping' than bivvy and a brew over a twig fire! - It's my age, not as robust and more needy than I used to be!
.... as to your proposed trailer, it will never be big enough! You'll fill it with ease, then need a bigger one .... slippery slope. 
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