Re: Wool blanket or foam pad underneath air mattress?
This thread has likely run its course, but thought I'd add my few cents worth. My wife and I have always used a large velvet topped (Coleman) queen size air bed and have never felt cold or uncomfortable. What we do is bring 4 sleeping bags and a comforter (plus an extra blanket if we expect colder weather). We place one sleeping bag unzipped across the top of the air bed and another underneath, we then sleep in the other two bags. If the weather is colder we add the comforter and/or extra blanket as conditions warrant. We've camped in temps as cold as 30 degrees and stayed warm.
On another occasion in Florida I was camping sole and simply placed my bag directly on top of a back packers air mattress (inflatable tubular style) and was comfortable, though it wasn't particularly cold then...night time lows were mid 60's or so.
And on an unrelated note, if anyone has ever watched the scifi series Torchwood, one of the characters (a character who has traveled through time and space with the Dr....the show is a spinoff from Dr. Who) states "No other race in the universe goes camping - Celebrate your uniqueness!"
This thread has likely run its course, but thought I'd add my few cents worth. My wife and I have always used a large velvet topped (Coleman) queen size air bed and have never felt cold or uncomfortable. What we do is bring 4 sleeping bags and a comforter (plus an extra blanket if we expect colder weather). We place one sleeping bag unzipped across the top of the air bed and another underneath, we then sleep in the other two bags. If the weather is colder we add the comforter and/or extra blanket as conditions warrant. We've camped in temps as cold as 30 degrees and stayed warm.
On another occasion in Florida I was camping sole and simply placed my bag directly on top of a back packers air mattress (inflatable tubular style) and was comfortable, though it wasn't particularly cold then...night time lows were mid 60's or so.
And on an unrelated note, if anyone has ever watched the scifi series Torchwood, one of the characters (a character who has traveled through time and space with the Dr....the show is a spinoff from Dr. Who) states "No other race in the universe goes camping - Celebrate your uniqueness!"
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