What do you sleep in/on when camping?

[Stropp]

well i like to sleep in the buff

well if you are coming to the wa meetup on the 5th dont camp near me, im too old and frail to see that

[rusty_nail]

so as you may have seen in another thread, i took the trailer away for the weekend, its finished to a useable state, though there are STILL some things i want to get done on it like paint interior, and cap the few edges i just havent been bothered to do.

the trailer was soooo comfy, we slept very well, and were very warm even though the temps outside was -1. i really noticed a difference in inside and outside temp when i got up at 3am to take a leak, there was a significant difference between inside and outside temp. we even slept in till 9, it was pitch black inside so had no clue on the body clock what time it was when i woke. one prob i i did encounter which will be unavoidable was we had quite abit of condensation inside the door from the inside being so much warmer than the outside. i might put a thin layer of polystyrene on the door or somthing.

the missus went to bed early and watch 3x40 min TV Episodes, then i got in and watched another 40 minute ep and then put a movie on and fell asleep, all up i think the TV had about 5 hours of play time through the night, and there was still power the next day and day after to use TV, so the dual batteries work well.

setup and pack down was a pleasure, from pull up to sit down it took 20 minutes, including kitchen, annex, camp chairs, cracking 2 beers, gas bottles and lantern, and gettign the fire started, and no stress from arguments of who was peggin the wrong way and so on.

everything in the trailer seemed to be in pretty secure despite going down some very bumpy road, nothing moved much even the TV Remote stayed on the shelf lol.

all up i was stoked with how well the whole affair turned out.

heres a few pics of the near finished product:

heres what i sleep on... camper trailer i build. its bloody comfy, cool on the hot days and warm in the cold!

[GUtsy ute]

In here when we're on road and track.
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In here when we're off track.

Stretchers with self inflating mattresses. Also polar fleece blankets doubled over and sewn up halfway
up one side inside the sleeping bags. Toasty as.

[89gqpatrol4x4]

That's a cracker of a little trailer there rusty! There are a couple of reasons I don't want a trailer at this stage, one no where to store it, don't like paying extra for the barge and trying to get into the camp areas of main beach on straddie can be hard enough as it is let alone with a trailer!

[Cuppa]

[QUOTE=GUtsy ute;429514]In here when we're on road and track.
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If we ever find that we no longer can or want to climb a ladder to go to bed, the roof topper will go & be replaced with either a Tvan like this, or I'll build an off road teardrop. I do like the Tvan's a lot, but don't need much of what they offer. Everything is already in the pod so we would only need a towable 'shell for a 'bedroom'.

[Woof]

I sleep where ever I land...lol
Love my freezer suit
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[rusty_nail]

That's a cracker of a little trailer there rusty! There are a couple of reasons I don't want a trailer at this stage, one no where to store it, don't like paying extra for the barge and trying to get into the camp areas of main beach on straddie can be hard enough as it is let alone with a trailer!

Thanks mate its super comfy and all the storage space underneath sleeping part for things like the gas bottles kitchen annex and batteries

[Winnie]

Found a photo of my humble abode... tarp off the bullbar is because a mate was sleeping under it, I was on the stretcher under the awning.

[GUtsy ute]

If we ever find that we no longer can or want to climb a ladder to go to bed, the roof topper will go & be replaced with either a Tvan like this, or I'll build an off road teardrop. I do like the Tvan's a lot, but don't need much of what they offer. Everything is already in the pod so we would only need a towable 'shell for a 'bedroom'.[/QUOTE]


A bedroom is all we use the Tvan for, the reason being as stated above by Cuppa.

We use the set up in the pod all the time for cooking etc.

[MudMap]

Hi All,
We had a Hannibal rooftop tent which was amazing. Very easy set up and easy to pack up in the morning too. Only down side is for city driving it was had to fit into most car-parks. We got rid of it tho after we had our son because we wanted a ground tent. Now we have the Coleman easy set up tent. So far very easy to set up but bloody freezing in winter. Probably would have been better off with a canvas option.
We tried one of the self inflating mattresses but could not for the life of us get the air out again. Li just goes the swag option if he is camping with the boy tho. Less fuss.

Cheers,
Maria from MUDMAP