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You lot have made me laugh with your comments LOL.

We are pretty new at this caravaning lark having only got our van in May this year and just getting our second last night. We started by using the beds as singles and each had a kingzie sleeping bag mine only zipped half way up hubbies zipped all the way up. Don't know if he was worried I was gonna invade his sleeping quarters through the night or he was just cold. That arrangement worked okish for a while but we missed the cuddles  and decided to put the double up each night. Won't be going back to singles thats for sure and we just zip the two sleeping bags togehter.

I am not a lover of the sleeping bag as I hate being restricted so I leave the zip open on my side but if it gets cold I can close it up.

I like the idea of getting a memory foam mattress topper but wonder where you store them as they are quite bulky?

Quote: Originally posted by pippa10 on 02/10/2008

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We have single beds and use really cosy kingsize sleeping bags. They are a sort of microfibre material which hold the air and are so cosy. You can either leave the zip open or close it for real warmth. I sleep much better in the caravan than in our kingsize bed at home.

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Quote: Originally posted by papadore on 01/10/2008

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We make up the bed but have sinle sleeping bags each, was fed up with trying to hang onto a bit of duvet every night, nice and cosy now with no draughts!

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And us!!

Carol

double duvets, lovely!

have never been cold in the caravan

nice bags caddy clan, could fancy this bag though http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1428744-10475506?url=http://www.outdoormegastore.co.uk/acatalog/Vango_Nitestar_300XL_Square_Sleeping_Bag.html 

I have always liked Vango kit as it does exactly what it says on the tin. that bag is probably too warm for the van though. as I know this year i have only fully zipped myself into my gelert bag once. The joys of sleeping 3 feet off the ground on a thick mattress with a fully insulated van around you

I like the extra width of a kingsize sleeping bag, but they are about 2 feet too long and won't go in my washing machine.

Why don't they make wider ones in a normal length? Or normal width in a king size length for you, Alan.

Quote: Originally posted by alan126 on 07/10/2008

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nice bags caddy clan, could fancy this bag though http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1428744-10475506?url=http://www.outdoormegastore.co.uk/acatalog/Vango_Nitestar_300XL_Square_Sleeping_Bag.html 

I have always liked Vango kit as it does exactly what it says on the tin. that bag is probably too warm for the van though. as I know this year i have only fully zipped myself into my gelert bag once. The joys of sleeping 3 feet off the ground on a thick mattress with a fully insulated van around you

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I feel a bit like that with Outwell..

I actually ordered those Vango ones last year but sent them back - for me, they didn't feel 'cosy' enough and I'm not a fan of that arc bit on the top - I wanted a straight top so I could have my normal sleeping bag.

Caddyclan

I think you did the right thing buying the bags.  We bought a Duvalay for young Master Ulti-mates, but it wasn't terribly successful, especially considering the cost.

The memory foam is great, but the 'duvet' supplied within the duvalay is very 'entry-level' quality (cheap polyester).  What tends to happen is that the little duvet bunches up inside it's cover and usually all ends up in the bit that overhangs the side of the bed, dragging the whole thing to one side and leaving the sleeping occupant with an empty cover where the duvet should be!   Also the foot area has only a tiny semi-circle of duvet inside the lining and therefore a tendency to be a bit chilly.

We have abandoned the duvlay cover and innards and just use the foam with a sleeping bag - much more successful for master Ulti.