What do you Sleep on While Camping?

[Scioto]

After many years of sleeping on a flimsy cot at deer camp, I am thinking about investing in either a good cot and pad or air mattress to sleep on this fall.  Gander mountain carries a nice air mattress (wetzal Queen sized) however I am affraid an air mattress will be a little chilly on the cold ground. What do you guys use while camping?

[Kapellmeister]

My wife and I each have our own rope beds!

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[4dogs]

Cabelas XL cot with pad and tree for hanging you stuff...handy and comfortable.

[bawana bowman]

Kapellmeister,

I slept on a rope bed all the time at our farm in West Virginia. Loved it.

In camp I just use a self inflating backpacking pad (I believe it is a thermarest) and a Northface rabbits foot mummy bag.

[snag]

I usually use a ThermaRest pad. But I bought a Big Agnes insulated air mattress and thing it will be even better. It's light, small, and very comfortable!

[Scioto]

Kapellmeister
Is that a pyramid tent you have there?  What size is it?  Also, where can I buy or find plans for a rope bed?

[Friends call me Pac]

I have a queen size bed in my truck camper.  
 

When I was still tent camping I had a cot and would put a thermarest on it to block the cold.

[Bowwild]

My right side...sorry I couldn't resist.

If not too cold I sleep on an accordian-style cot -- I can't remember the name but very common. If it is cold I get closer to the ground to keep air from circulating under me.  Then it is a foam pad.

[no]

on my queen size bed in our camper. Mike

[Kapellmeister]

Originally posted by Scioto:
Kapellmeister
Is that a pyramid tent you have there?  What size is it?  Also, where can I buy or find plans for a rope bed?

No, not a pyramid... it's actually a "Museum" wedge tent from Tentsmiths... typical wedge design but 10x14 feet plus a 5 ft. bell and 8 ft. high at the ridge.  Getting a little cramped as my kids are getting older... they'll soon move into their own wedge tents.  A friend of mine made the beds for me with no plans per se... he just patterned them after one that he had seen.  I think I've seen some plans online, though... do a "Google" search.  Here's another shot of the tent from outside.

[Davt]

I use a therma-rest on the ground most of the time when I am in a tent.

[Rick Butler]

Slumberjack XL cot and a 3" thermarest pad on top.  Too old to be sleepin' on the ground.

[VTer]

Cabela's Alaskan Guide model cot and a Costco fold-up pad when I'm truck camping. Sleep like a baby between nature runs.

Thermarest pad when canoe camping. I don't sleep good anymore w/ that skimpy pad between me and hard ground.

[Tyler2045]

I see on the ground, in a 3 man tent. I have a walmart sleeping bag rated to like 32 degrees and I use some of the quilts that my grandma made and they keep me plenty warm. But if that is not enough I usually have Ben my lab/huskie mix with me and he will sleep next to me if I let him. Ty

[sendero25]

U.S. Army cot with a Cabela's cot pad...

[ChuckC]

I think you need to resize those pictures or they will disappear !
ChuckC

[Killdeer]

Huge-mo Coleman air mattress, wool blanket on that, sleeping bag and assorted sheepskins.

Killdeer

 

[piggy]

Killdeer that looks real cosy and plenty of room

[59Alaskan]

When camping with my wife we sleep on a slim queen size mattress in a pop-up.

When camping with our son in scouts I sleep on the ground.  

Both tend to hurt.

[Cherokee Scout]

I can sleep on concrete if all is quiet. But, I built a bed in my van. I use several layers of pad over plywood. Sleep like a rock most of the time. Never get wet in the van!