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kernow · 04-30-2009, 07:02 AM

How do you ensure that you get a good comfortable nights sleep when camping, do you have any hints?

HereToday · 04-30-2009, 11:39 AM

This probably won't be of much help to you, Kernow, but I basically don't expect a good night's sleep when I'm camping. Some people like sleeping bags on the floor of a tent; not me. The first sounds of approaching morning always wake me up.
Some time later in the day, with the warm sun shining one me, there's the time for a nap!

poster25 · 04-30-2009, 01:09 PM

I have to agree with Heretoday. I do not sleep well either. I usually wake up every few hours to check on the children. However, if I know that they are okay, I can sleep very well.

But if I go with another group, then the trek to the campsite and the day's activities usually wear me out.

failghe · 04-30-2009, 07:44 PM

We bring an air mattress.

justontime · 05-01-2009, 09:00 AM

We take blow up mattresses and I have a really snug sleeping bag. If the car is nearby I bring one of those metal frame camp beds because I find it more comfortable.

kernow · 05-01-2009, 09:09 AM

I am not keen on the blow up air beds, they feel wobbly and I don't sleep well. I usually have a couple of those roll up foam strips to go under the sleeping bag. It makes the ground a bit less hard.

deltic · 05-01-2009, 09:23 AM

Kernow I know what you mean, if the air bed is too well inflated it feels hard but if you make it a little softer it feels unsteady and you wake up each time you move.

SQuirrel · 05-01-2009, 06:21 PM

I sleep in a hammock. I do tend to wake up every few hours but I still get plenty of rest that way.

tater03 · 05-02-2009, 12:11 PM

We also have air mattress'. I sleep pretty good when camping. It is the mornings I hate when the inside of the tent gets all stuffy and hot.

justontime · 05-02-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SQuirrel

I sleep in a hammock. I do tend to wake up every few hours but I still get plenty of rest that way.

I don't think I could do that, I like the idea of being off the ground but I wouldn't like the movement.

04-30-2009, 07:02 AM	#1
kernow Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 63	Sleeping How do you ensure that you get a good comfortable nights sleep when camping, do you have any hints?

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04-30-2009, 11:39 AM	#2
HereToday Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 122	This probably won't be of much help to you, Kernow, but I basically don't expect a good night's sleep when I'm camping. Some people like sleeping bags on the floor of a tent; not me. The first sounds of approaching morning always wake me up. Some time later in the day, with the warm sun shining one me, there's the time for a nap!

04-30-2009, 01:09 PM	#3
poster25 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 56	I have to agree with Heretoday. I do not sleep well either. I usually wake up every few hours to check on the children. However, if I know that they are okay, I can sleep very well. But if I go with another group, then the trek to the campsite and the day's activities usually wear me out.

04-30-2009, 07:44 PM	#4
failghe Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Port Richey, Florida Posts: 8	We bring an air mattress.

05-01-2009, 09:00 AM	#5
justontime Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 58	We take blow up mattresses and I have a really snug sleeping bag. If the car is nearby I bring one of those metal frame camp beds because I find it more comfortable.

05-01-2009, 09:09 AM	#6
kernow Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 63	I am not keen on the blow up air beds, they feel wobbly and I don't sleep well. I usually have a couple of those roll up foam strips to go under the sleeping bag. It makes the ground a bit less hard.

05-01-2009, 09:23 AM	#7
deltic Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 63	Kernow I know what you mean, if the air bed is too well inflated it feels hard but if you make it a little softer it feels unsteady and you wake up each time you move.

05-01-2009, 06:21 PM	#8
SQuirrel Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 45	I sleep in a hammock. I do tend to wake up every few hours but I still get plenty of rest that way.

05-02-2009, 12:11 PM	#9
tater03 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 113	We also have air mattress'. I sleep pretty good when camping. It is the mornings I hate when the inside of the tent gets all stuffy and hot.