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Most everyone knows that we(I and Desert Rose) camp with a Kodiak(4 season) Canvas Wall Tent. We also take and use, on a regular basis Mr. Heater's "Big Buddy" a two panel heater that puts out enough heat in the tent for a 400 sq. foot area. Our tent is 109 sq feet so that we usually only have one burner on at a time. Mr. Heater is a well-designed unit, if moved the pilot light(live flame) extinguishes automatically. If it is tipped over the same holds true. It has never been tipped over, we don't camp with children or dogs and we keep most items at least 3 to 4 feet away. At night or day, if Mr. Heater is running we also keep one window open halfway to allow the carbon monoxide gas to escape. I'm saying this because we use an Areo-bed air mattress system to sleep on. Even when the night time temperature drops to 19f the temp in the tent is 70f.
Let me walk you through the set-up of our bed and the prevention steps I take to ensure that no hypothermia even makes it's appearance when we are sleeping.
1. Ground Cloth goes where the tent will be pitched.
2. The the tent is pitched.
3. We spread out three 1/4" military(olive drab) sleeping pads that the mattress is laid upon.
4. The queen size air mattress is inflated.
5. Atop the air mattress is placed two wool(green) blankets, to absorb sweat.
6. A fitted air mattress sheet is fitted over the blankets.
7. Then our sleeping queen size bags are laid out.
8. A Bluish-green thermal blanket is placed over the sleeping bags.
9. Another synthetic w/wool green blanket is last.
10. We each use a wool "camo" stocking hat to keep our heads warm(my head is a bowling ball with a skirt-on) and our pillows.
Everyday, after the outside temperature warms, I'll air-out the bag and also the lower wool blankets.
Our sleeping attire is wool socks, light-weight long under-wear.
This is our system...remember one should never use an air mattress in an un-heated space...hypothermia is always a threat and is a well known danger. So is Carbon Monoxide, so if you use a tent heater, always leave a window open. Here are some pics to help the visual. This works for us, but might not be for you. btw: When I solo camp, none of this goes...just a pad and a mummy style bag. No frills, then!
PS. The rugs are all cotton bathroom rugs. Easy to wash. We do wear our boots in the tent; the floor is heavy vinyl! Guess I'm going soft! Ha Ha!
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Let me walk you through the set-up of our bed and the prevention steps I take to ensure that no hypothermia even makes it's appearance when we are sleeping.
1. Ground Cloth goes where the tent will be pitched.
2. The the tent is pitched.
3. We spread out three 1/4" military(olive drab) sleeping pads that the mattress is laid upon.
4. The queen size air mattress is inflated.
5. Atop the air mattress is placed two wool(green) blankets, to absorb sweat.
6. A fitted air mattress sheet is fitted over the blankets.
7. Then our sleeping queen size bags are laid out.
8. A Bluish-green thermal blanket is placed over the sleeping bags.
9. Another synthetic w/wool green blanket is last.
10. We each use a wool "camo" stocking hat to keep our heads warm(my head is a bowling ball with a skirt-on) and our pillows.
Everyday, after the outside temperature warms, I'll air-out the bag and also the lower wool blankets.
Our sleeping attire is wool socks, light-weight long under-wear.
This is our system...remember one should never use an air mattress in an un-heated space...hypothermia is always a threat and is a well known danger. So is Carbon Monoxide, so if you use a tent heater, always leave a window open. Here are some pics to help the visual. This works for us, but might not be for you. btw: When I solo camp, none of this goes...just a pad and a mummy style bag. No frills, then!
PS. The rugs are all cotton bathroom rugs. Easy to wash. We do wear our boots in the tent; the floor is heavy vinyl! Guess I'm going soft! Ha Ha!
Thanks for lookin! Comment?
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