Help for those who can't bloody sleep in a tent
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
If your cold then you have the wrong bag. People use them in the Arctic and up Everest. Double bags will always be colder as you have to heat more air.
zenie
>^^<
Not with two they aren't
But yeh I bought a massive tent once thinking it'd be ace, not with just me and the dog it wasn't
kittyP
Pluviophile
Global Stoner said:
But im not gonna buy one suitable for the Arctic or everest for sleeping in the UK in the summer.
I've had plenty of mixed weather ones for lots of money and there not right.
I have an argos double sleeping bag, was about 12 quid and better than anything else I've had before
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Well yes
It's still colder than two decent single bags but I take your point. Personally I love mummy style bags and us them upside down to block out light as well as trap in warm air, but an aware that probably makes me a bit odd.
It's still colder than two decent single bags but I take your point. Personally I love mummy style bags and us them upside down to block out light as well as trap in warm air, but an aware that probably makes me a bit odd.
zenie
>^^<
Well yes
It's still colder than two decent single bags but I take your point. Personally I love mummy style bags and us them upside down to block out light as well as trap in warm air, but an aware that probably makes me a bit odd.
Ey? You sleep with your head in the wrong end, or do you just mean with the hood over your face?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Hood over my face.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Global Stoner said:Well yes
It's still colder than two decent single bags but I take your point. Personally I love mummy style bags and us them upside down to block out light as well as trap in warm air, but an aware that probably makes me a bit odd.
If the op feels tangled up from camping in general then mummy bags might not be the answer.
I know they make me claustrophobic. I have used them lots in the past and coz I can't move properly I get cold.
I'd rather have a big hoody to pull over my face and a larger sleeping bag space too move around in.
Frumious B.
Well-Known Member
Meditation helps me to suppress that 'dammit, I'll never get to sleep' feeling. But it takes a while to get used to such an odd bed. Try camping at home for a week before you go away.
And maybe a sleeping pill, if that's within your 'no drugs' rule.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I can't sleep without music at home, so I always do in a tent too - being careful there's no leakage.
Sharing the tent with another person does tend to mitigate against that though ...
Sharing the tent with another person does tend to mitigate against that though ...
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
Are you sure that's upside-down? I had to do that at home for most winters in my twenties. I thought that was why they had hoods.Well yes
It's still colder than two decent single bags but I take your point. Personally I love mummy style bags and us them upside down to block out light as well as trap in warm air, but an aware that probably makes me a bit odd.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Indeed.
I've camped in -20 and deep snow and been toasty. Just the other week I woke up to ice on the tent but had been plenty snug in my bag.
That said there are other factors that make a massive difference to your warmth.
A decent self-inflating mat (thermarest type). Air mats are more comfortable but create a pocket of cold air underneath you.
The bigger the tent the colder you'll be.
Alcohol. Drinking will make you colder.
Have a hot drink before bed. Use something as a hot water bottle too.
Wear a hat to sleep. I've been known to sleep in a lightweight balaclava (hats slip off me in the night.) Especially if you find the hood of a mummy bag constricting.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I cannot do it either so I never camp.
Unfortunately this means you miss out on a lot of cheap weekends out.
If there's a lot of you, it's always easier, more fun and affordable to rent a big house in the countryside out instead.
Much more preferable over camping any day.
Shit, I've just remembered I'm going to a festival next month and haven't arranged owt yet..
Unfortunately this means you miss out on a lot of cheap weekends out.
If there's a lot of you, it's always easier, more fun and affordable to rent a big house in the countryside out instead.
Much more preferable over camping any day.
Shit, I've just remembered I'm going to a festival next month and haven't arranged owt yet..
Cloo
Banana for scale
I do use meditation for getting to sleep sometimes, and I have some guided ones saved on my phone, so, yeah, I'll probably use those if necessary.Meditation helps me to suppress that 'dammit, I'll never get to sleep' feeling. But it takes a while to get used to such an odd bed. Try camping at home for a week before you go away.
And I'm definitely taking an eye mask for the mornings, though the kids, especially our son, are likely to wake at the crack of dawn, eg about 5am.
Athos
Well-Known Member
Would anyone actually choose camping but for the fact that it's cheap? I see absolutely nothing to commend it. Very uncomfortable, miserable if it rains, shared showers, treks across a field for a wee in the night, no privacy etc. I would rather stay at home. Especially if that meant I could save the money to stay somewhere other than a tent when I did get away. Come on camping fans, sell me the benefits of a holiday under canvas.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
we have a week's pitch booked every summer on the same site - friendly owners, about half a dozen private pitches (plus a handful of yurts/tipis) clean facilities/compost loo. we also have an awesome cotton tent that's a thing of total beauty and really comfortable for sleeping. we've camped pretty much every year for 20 years so we have our kit just so. kids can roam at will, 5 minutes from the beach, bats, frogs, shooting stars, open fires, knife craft and fire starting workshops, fresh lobster, near enough to meet friends and family who can have the kids overnight. what's not to like
Athos
Well-Known Member
we have a week's pitch booked every summer on the same site - friendly owners, about half a dozen private pitches (plus a handful of yurts/tipis) clean facilities/compost loo. we also have an awesome cotton tent that's a thing of total beauty and really comfortable for sleeping. we've camped pretty much every year for 20 years so we have our kit just so. kids can roam at will, 5 minutes from the beach, bats, frogs, shooting stars, open fires, knife craft and fire starting workshops, fresh lobster, near enough to meet friends and family who can have the kids overnight. what's not to like
That does sound cool, I must admit. Though it doesn't accord with my (albeit limited) memories of camping!
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Showers = bling.
Athos
Well-Known Member
No showers = ming.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Good grief, you don't need water laid on through a tap to be clean.
Athos
Well-Known Member
they've put in a wood-fired oven and sauna since we last went
Bloody hell! Last time I went camping it was shared showers that were ankle-deep in used plasters and pubic hair. And the walk of shame across a field carrying your toilet roll; may as well have hung a sign round your neck saying "Just off for a shit". Plus loads of screaming kids, and very little to do on site.
Oh, and it rained non-stop.
Athos
Well-Known Member
It's not so much a matter of need as want. I find it odd that people work hard all year round to be able to live in a house with space, heating, water, refrigeration, sewerage, gas and electricity etc, only to spend their little bit of time off living in frankly medieval conditions. Not knocking it; just find it completely baffling. Which is why I asked lovers of camping to explain the attraction to me.
