Outwell Self Inflating Mat Single Thick

Advantages: Reasonable Price
Disadvantages: Rather large if backpacking

...and I can see why. The mat is hard wearing and comfortable thanks to the open cell foam design. The non-slip polyester underside prevents the mat from slipping whilst you sleep. It is easy to inflate and de-flate, in fact the self-inflate mechanism means you only need a few breaths to bring it up to the desired pressure. When you packing up you can simply deflate, roll and pack. At this point I can't stress enough the difference between a normal foam mat and one of these. Once you try one you will wonder why on-earth you have been suffering for all these years. I have done well over 100 nights on a standard foam mat, and know how it feels to have aching limbs in the morning. The thermarest gives you a comfortable nights sleep and this makes all the difference to the following day's activities. The thermarest is rather expensive... Read review

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Advantages: Spacious and strong Family sized Tent
Disadvantages: Its not an Hotel

...and clothes, we have a camping wardrobe, and this fitted in fine The Tents overall length approximately 24ft. With a total of 3 doors if wanted, one of which is the main window area, and a smaller door on the front and back, we actually only used the one front door, as weather didn't permit the use of the others. By using less than the maximum amount of people, we found the bedrooms to be very spacious and airy, with full integrated ground sheet and fly netting, of course comfort depends on what you actually purchase to sleep on, we brought a self inflating double ,mattress airbed, and it was extremely comfortable. Camping Is all about utilising your space correctly, with this tent there was no problem. The Tent withstood everything the British Weather could throw at it, and I mean some horrendous weather, we had Gale force winds... Read review

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Advantages: nice thick bed for camping, inexpensive
Disadvantages: heavy, needs reinflation

...We wandered thruogh miles upon miles of camping store looking for the perfect tent, the perfect mattress...for a reasonable price. As our search went on we grew weary- would we ever find what we were looking for? Discussions were had over the merits of this tent or that, but somehow we reached agreement. It soon became clear, however that, when it came to the issue of what to sleep on, we were on different wavelengths. "Look at this", I said, profferring yet another thin, self inflatable (some may say Thermarest), style camping bed, "we can get two of these, feel how light they are." In truth, I knew it was useless, my lover's eyes lit up as he surveyed the array of inflatable airbeds on offer, assessing which one would be the comfiest once inflated. "We're going to two festivals", he said, "not trekking through the himalayas." I... Read review

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