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I've been camping since I was a teenager in the scouts, and I've never really had a very comfortable night out. As an adult with a girlfriend, 20 years later, I'd like to just throw some money at ...
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2020-04-17T22:36:50Z (over 4 years ago)
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Scott McIntyre
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2020-04-17T22:36:49Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>I've been camping since I was a teenager in the scouts, and I've never really had a very comfortable night out. As an adult with a girlfriend, 20 years later, I'd like to just throw some money at the issue and be done with it and have ourselves a comfortable bed for car camping. ("Car camping" meaning we will have the car next to the campsite and don't care about weight or size much.)</p>
<p>This Memorial Day weekend, we went out with a few other couples, and I don't think a single person had a successful sleep. We brought a feather bed as an experiment and it was pretty terrible, feeling only slightly better than the ground (warm though). Other people spent 30-60 minutes fussing with getting their air beds inflated, and then they leaked or went flat by the morning. I've used self-inflating Thermarest pads and I'm sure those are the best for backpack camping but they aren't <em>great</em> and they get quite expensive once you start buying two of the XL ones.</p>
<p>Are there other choices I'm missing? Or is there an air mattress option that isn't fussy and frustrating?</p>