Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Camping

Our UK Camping forum has all the information you need on finding the right equipment for your tent or caravan.

Original poster

Camp beds for the old and creaky

18 replies

MyNightWithMaud · 29/08/2016 22:04

I'm looking for recommendations for something to make camping a more comfortable experience.

I am old and creaky (I have arthritis). As novice campers we had airbeds but now have self-inflating mats and thermal mats, but by morning I'm immobile and in agony. Before I give up and book myself into a boutique hotel while the rest of the family go camping, is there anything else I should try? Is a camp bed the answer?

OP posts:
TheABC · 29/08/2016 22:08

Watching with interest. We had to give up the camp beds in order to fit the kids in the car and DH struggles with the self inflating mattress due to a broken back.

OP, the fishing camp beds are VERY comfortable, but they are also very bulky.

gamerchick · 29/08/2016 22:09

What about those tents where the sleeping area is raised off the ground and inflates the mattress? I know it's like lugging an extra tent but I like the look of them just to be off the ground.

Original poster
MyNightWithMaud · 29/08/2016 22:16

Ah, now, that's just the sort of recommendation I was hoping to hear.

I'm sorry you had to jettison the camp beds and your DH is struggling. We've just acquired a bigger car and a roof box, so have the luxury of contemplating getting a bit more kit.

OP posts:
Queenbean · 29/08/2016 22:17

Oh there are some AMAZING camp beds which are literally like single beds. Proper style and everything.

Lemme google

Original poster
MyNightWithMaud · 29/08/2016 22:17

I've never heard of those, gamerchick. Have they got a name I could google?

OP posts:
Queenbean · 29/08/2016 22:20

Something like this? Sure you could get it much cheaper:

www.anglingdirect.co.uk/fox-flatliner-bedchair?gclid=CI7n--DG584CFYXnGwodocALiw

Believeitornot · 29/08/2016 22:24

I was comfy on a very very thick yoga mat and self inflating mattress. Yoga mat was on top.

Doingthedo · 29/08/2016 22:27

camp bed with self inflating mat/memory foam mattress topper on top is the way forward

MumiTravels · 29/08/2016 22:36

Aldi have some on sale it's more like a sturdy hammock bed. It packs away into a bag which is long but fairly narrow.

We've bought one for FIL for his upcoming birthday Grin

Original poster
MyNightWithMaud · 29/08/2016 22:37

Thank you, QueenBean. I'm going to start researching similar beds. Its dimensions are a bit of a worry, even with our lovely new roofbox, but needs must.

I'm sure you were comfy, Believeitornot, but the two mat combo no longer works for me. Even with the Thermarest and a good self-inflating mattress, my back locks and I have to be hauled to my feet in the morning because I can't move. At least with a bed I might be able to swing my feet to the floor and get moving and so I'm looking for options and recommendations.

OP posts:
Milliways · 29/08/2016 22:57

Someone linked to these air frames on an earlier thread that you can put your sims on, they look great. decathlon link

gamerchick · 29/08/2016 23:36

Excuse the link n a half man Grin

flossyfloo · 29/08/2016 23:53

I've just slept on a Fineway Delux Inflatable mattress (look them up on Amazon) for the past 3 nights and had a lovely nights sleep. It's a few feet off the ground so you don't have the issue of sleeping at floor level. You'd have to have hook up though to plug it in as its electric (it goes up in about 3 mins with no effort!)

Original poster
MyNightWithMaud · 30/08/2016 11:02

Thanks for that suggestion. We have EHU so that could be an option.

Does anyone have any views on whether a bed is (or isn't) better than a thick mattress like the one above? I think I'm erring towards a bed with mats on top.

OP posts:
gingeroots · 30/08/2016 11:06

Loving this thread ,the angling bed looks fantatstic tho the Decathalon one is genius and probably easier to transport .

FunnysInLaJardin · 30/08/2016 22:33

we have single INTEX blow up beds which are just like normal single beds and very comfy

New posts on this thread. Refresh page