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Hi and welcome to the site..!

We got our airbed from Argos...I think it was about £10.00..!

We use a car battery pump (can remember where it's from but it fab and wasn't expensive.) We have never had a problem with 'cold bums.'

If you do a search of the site I'm sure you will find lots of info and tips about airbeds and how to keep ya bum and other bits warm at night..!

it depends on how much you want to spend and if you might have serious aches in the morning!

Flock airbeds are quite good and lots of people are raving about the coleman comfort air bed, which is about £15 for a single and £24 for a double.

If you do a search on here for airbeds there are loads of threads about them.

Tesco are selling the flocked ones for just under £8 at the moment, Argos, Milletts etc do them. Also your local camping shop but if yours is anything like ours, it will be overpriced!

Quote: Originally posted by Taviour on 24/4/2006

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Hi and welcome to the site..!

We got our airbed from Argos...I think it was about £10.00..!

We use a car battery pump (can remember where it's from but it fab and wasn't expensive.) We have never had a problem with 'cold bums.'

If you do a search of the site I'm sure you will find lots of info and tips about airbeds and how to keep ya bum and other bits warm at night..!

 

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Can't really use that to top it up in the middle of the night (at night as temperature drops so the air pressure inside the airbed drops too).

If you get cold using an airbed (it's  quite a lot of air for your body to have to heat up) you could try camp beds which keep you clear of the ground - they are comfortable and not expensive (Argos do them for about £8 each).

I can't seem to get on with flock airbeds, they seem to get punctures too easy or just deflate in the night for no apparrent reason.  Mum's managed to do both last summer!  I stick with the red and blue cotton covered rubbery ones.  I've just got a new double one as the old one started to unstick between the air spaces, meaning I had big lumps in bed (not the OH) but it had seen several years of camping and kids staying on it overnight at home.  They're on sale in Argos at the moment, £14.99 instead of £18.99.

kate

Some people put blankets under the airbed, (some use newspaper!) some put something  on top of it under you.  Some swear by the silver backed ones to stop the cold air.  Don't know which works best but it's cold without anything under at all.

Kate

Quote: Originally posted by nitnat on 25/4/2006

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we've just ordered the coleman comfort double airbed(new to camping) we've also got 3 season sleeping bags on order - will we be warm enough with just these during summer months or are we best outting something extra underneath ????

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Quote: Originally posted by nitnat on 25/4/2006

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we've just ordered the coleman comfort double airbed(new to camping) we've also got 3 season sleeping bags on order - will we be warm enough with just these during summer months or are we best outting something extra underneath ????

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We have 3 season bags and have used them in October and January so you should have NO problem using them in the summer months.!!