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Submitted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 18:53
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any ideas how to stop the cold air from coming underneath your tent and freezing your air mattress
Reply By: tim_c - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 21:12
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 21:12
Just go to your local camping
shop (or camping section of Big W/K-Mart) and grab one of those foam camping mats (they're around $10 each). Put this ON TOP of your air mattress and your sleeping bag on top of that - they insulate very
well, are very cheap, very lightweight and roll up in ~30 seconds.
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Reply By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 07:36
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 07:36
I have always slept on air beds as I find them the most comfortable.
Yes! They can be very cold and then hot in summer.
My solution was a piece of thick felt as used by furniture removalists on top of the air bed to be ideal. I have a couple of pieces I use as padding when I pack gear into the back of the wagon. Also makes a very warm "eiderdown on top of the bed on zero type nights.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 10:04
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 10:04
gotta agree Ian, cannot get comfy on anything else. Mind you I have given up camping in winter, but it can still get down to zero in the high country at xmas anyway.
Cheers Pete
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 11:17
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 11:17
If you have given up camping in winter you are ripping yourself off.
All my most memorable and enjoyable trips have been in winter. If your equipment is letting you down buy better equipment. 19 years ago I spent $400 on a down sleeping bag. 19years later it is still keeping me warm on even the coldest trips. It probably has another 20years in it. So far it has cost $20 per year and it is getting cheaper all the time. To buy the same bag now would cost over a grand but if you divide that by 20years it is only $50 a year. So for the sake of $50 or less per year, you are missing out on camping at the best time of year. Add a decent mattress, one that won't act like a freezer and let you down in the middle of the night and you can probably cut back on what you spend on the sleeping bag.
Buy some decent gear and get out there. It is still way cheaper than a motel room and more comfortable than some of the cheap motels I have been unfortunate enough to stay in.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: tim_c - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 12:39
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 12:39
Hey Duncs,
What is the $20/yr for? I never knew sleeping bags needed to be "serviced"! :) Ok, it's a little O/T, but having read posts here about sleeping bags, I'm beginning to think I need to get ourselves some good down sleeping bags...
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Follow Up By: tim_c - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 12:45
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 12:45
Duh, worked it out already (sorry - do I feel silly?) - it's the cost of purchase divided by the years of use... silly me!
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 22:05
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 22:05
Duncs I only use to go camping in winter thirty years ago, and I have much better gear now , but that was pre aches and pains lol. November at Tantangra is the same as mid winter any where else.
I do hearwhat you are saying, and would consider going somewhere mild like Lake St Clair near singleton, if the Bass where biting.
Unfortunalty we are getting to an age where I have to cart a chair into the tent to get undressed.
Cheers Pete
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Reply By: equinox - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 19:17
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 19:17
Slightly off track here, but I have heated up the tent before using this simple but dangerous method..
Pour red hot embers 3/4 of the way into a metal bucket which should be stood on a heat proof surface (small plank). Top with sand (to keep smoke down). Try not to knock bucket over. Bucket will give off good heat for an hour or two.
I have used this method in the past and will surely in the future. It takes the top off the
cold bite you get upon bedtime...
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