camp beds

Peter
If you have been using a king size blow up, I guess you already have the side frame for your centre pole tent. We use a similar setup and originally used self inflating mattresses on the ground. As the years went by it got harder and harder to get up off the floor, so we have now graduated to fold up stretchers. Should have done it years ago. They fold up into a bag very similar to the popular fold up camp chairs. We still use mattresses, but have been assured by numerous people that we don't really need them. Be careful if you buy stretchers, firstly, get good quality ones - the first one I bought snapped as soon as I sat on the side. Secondly, you don't need huge ones. Just get the ones that are slightly longer and wider than yourself. The big plus with using stretchers is that you have freed up all the space underneath for storage.

teege

I once slept on a stretcher.
Coldest night's bloody "sleep" I've ever had. The cold air gathers under the base and as there is no insulation properties on the mattress base, the cold seeps right through.
Perhaps they would be OK with a good quality swag on top on the stretcher but then again, I've found no need to have anything under my swag at all.

A good quality swag should have a high density "egg crate style" foam mattress for support and comfort. All I have in addition is an opened out single sleeping bag to act as a doona and I'm good.


Bill.

I am using a Kamp-Rite Oversize....sort of stretcher with tent cover. The unit is pretty strong...the only failure has been the bungee cord which holds the poles together, this seems to be a common failure amongst other users I have met.

eng hoe

Oz tent king goanna stretchers are great had mine 3 years no probs