Sleeping Pad R Value: Which Number for Your Season
R value is the one sleeping pad specification that predicts whether you will be warm, and it is also the …
Sleep Comfort
Cots, air mattresses, sleeping pads and bags for car campers, sorted by how you actually sleep: side, back, cold or two to a tent.
Sleeping Pad for Side Sleepers: Hip Relief
Side sleepers have a specific complaint about camping and it is always the same one. You lie down, roll onto …
Sleeping Pad for Camping: R Value Over Thickness
Sleeping pads get sold on thickness because thickness is easy to photograph. A four inch pad looks twice as comfortable …
Sleeping Pad for a Bad Back at Camp
Plenty of people stop camping because of their back, and usually the deciding trip was one where the ground was …
Self Inflating Pad: How Long It Really Takes
Self inflating is a slightly generous name. Open the valve, unroll the pad, and the foam inside does begin pulling …
Queen Air Mattress for Camping: Tent Fit First
A queen air mattress is the standard answer for two adults sharing a tent, and the standard failure is discovering …
Double Camping Cot for Couples: Does It Sag?
A double cot promises the thing couples miss most when they camp, sleeping next to each other on one surface …
Cot or Air Mattress: Which Sleeps Warmer
Cot or air mattress is the question that decides how the rest of a car camping sleep system gets built, …
Camping Cot With Mattress: Two Layers or One
People who buy a cot and sleep badly on it almost always made the same mistake, they treated the deck …
Camping Cot for Heavy Adults: Frames That Hold
Most camping cots are built around an assumed sleeper who is average height and average weight, and the listings rarely …
Camping Cot: Weight Limits and Real Comfort
A cot is the piece of camp gear people either swear by or quietly leave at home after one trip. …
Camping Air Mattress That Survives Cold Ground
An air mattress is the most popular first upgrade in car camping and the one that most often disappoints, usually …