Entertaining a thought here.......
I have been asked about the Camping Cot ( http://www.kamprite.com/pages/products/original ) and if I like it. All I can say is YES ... I have used it on a lot of car camping trips where they only way to get into a place is down a Jeep Trail and it makes a good place to sleep at night or I wanted to travel really light. They have several new models that are really nice.
Simple to set up and to take down but it does need a mattress or something on the bed of it since it is like a hammock , without that insulation you lose a lot of body heat since you are 11 inches up off the ground.
Now I have always used it with a tarp over it since I did not get the rain fly for it , the one I have is the 2 legged one they call the original.
My thought is if I would of had it on the last trip , it has a lot less wind signature , plus it could of been set up down near the river on the pebbles and rocks since they would not of caused any sleeping problems. Two legs holding it up and lots of ventilation when open , security when closed from the weather and the comfort of a hammock when there are no trees to hang one from.
The down side is the size of it when packed up , it would overlap the sides of my boats which is something I don't like. But I could of packed it like Ron did with his instant tent and made it with it sticking out over his boat. I was a gnats eyebrow from taking it and then forgot it since I always put that tarp over it.
What I am thinking is to spray it with the silicone waterproofing that I put on the cover of my little camper , that stops any water from getting in and not needing the rain fly for it.
Something to think about since , sometimes I had to have a storm wake me up. :lol:
Chuck.
I have been asked about the Camping Cot ( http://www.kamprite.com/pages/products/original ) and if I like it. All I can say is YES ... I have used it on a lot of car camping trips where they only way to get into a place is down a Jeep Trail and it makes a good place to sleep at night or I wanted to travel really light. They have several new models that are really nice.
Simple to set up and to take down but it does need a mattress or something on the bed of it since it is like a hammock , without that insulation you lose a lot of body heat since you are 11 inches up off the ground.
Now I have always used it with a tarp over it since I did not get the rain fly for it , the one I have is the 2 legged one they call the original.
My thought is if I would of had it on the last trip , it has a lot less wind signature , plus it could of been set up down near the river on the pebbles and rocks since they would not of caused any sleeping problems. Two legs holding it up and lots of ventilation when open , security when closed from the weather and the comfort of a hammock when there are no trees to hang one from.
The down side is the size of it when packed up , it would overlap the sides of my boats which is something I don't like. But I could of packed it like Ron did with his instant tent and made it with it sticking out over his boat. I was a gnats eyebrow from taking it and then forgot it since I always put that tarp over it.
What I am thinking is to spray it with the silicone waterproofing that I put on the cover of my little camper , that stops any water from getting in and not needing the rain fly for it.
Something to think about since , sometimes I had to have a storm wake me up. :lol:
Chuck.