Anyone use an army cot type bed?

[pauljm116]

I fancy a change from hammocking and am going camping where I can drive my car to the woods, unload and then park in the car park and walk back so weight isnt an issue. So was wondering how many people use the army cot beds and how comfortable they are?

Im going for a week so want a bed I can actually sleep on and have found them online for around £20, just liked the idea of having a bed I wont struggle to get in/out of in the early hours after having a few small shandys.

 

[markie*mark0]

my brother does a similar thing, he has a cot bed from a company who focus on fishing so might be worth a look there too.

 

[lou1661]

I use the British army camp bed 2 nights a week and have done do for a few years now. I find it great to be honest.

Louis

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Army-Camp-Bed-Fishing-Bed-/300705705964?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item460374efec

 

[Retired Member southey]

Slept in one of these with the net, for a total of two and half years( though not the exact same cot each time) , comfy sleep every night

 

[lou1661]

Slept in one of these with the net, for a total of two and half years, comfy sleep.

WOW thats a long sleep are you Rip Van Winkle?
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[decorum]

Excellent bit of kit ~ providing you don't have to carry it very far :yikes: .

You need to give the same considerations to a camp cot as you would a hammock ~ you're still suspended mid air and you're still compressing the insulation beneath you .

If the temperature drops a bit I'll add draping blanket to try to slow the loss of heat from below.



And if it's a bit colder still I'll add a therma-wrap strip under the blanket

 

[Retired Member southey]

WOW thats a long sleep are you Rip Van Winkle?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm YES!

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I use it in my Pop up Base tent and when lotsa relatives sleepover. Very comfy, better than my bed ! I prefer firm beds. Make sure you still use a foam mat though unless it's warm weather.

 

[pauljm116]

Good to know theyre comfortable. Will probably use it with a thermarest just to help with insulation. Will get one and give it a go.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Excellent bit of kit ~ providing you don't have to carry it very far :yikes: .

You need to give the same considerations to a camp cot as you would a hammock ~ you're still suspended mid air and you're still compressing the insulation beneath you .

If the temperature drops a bit I'll add draping blanket to try to slow the loss of heat from below.



And if it's a bit colder still I'll add a therma-wrap strip under the blanket

I have to ask, and im sure you do, but you do,but is there a reason you don't fit the end bars properly

 

[decorum]

Slept in one of these with the net,

Mine's bigger than yours

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hahahaha yeah baby! nice pod!

 

[decorum]

I have to ask, and im sure you do, but you do,but is there a reason you don't fit the end bars properly

I did have a very good reason ~ the cot was traded for and I've had it since just before last years Moot. Unfortunately the very nice man (not sarcasm, he's a nice guy) kept forgetting the end bars and I've only had them since the end of March just gone ~ in the mean time I'd been using split hazel spars. It's the wooden spars that give it the slightly funky look .

 

[decorum]

Hahahaha yeah baby! nice pod!

Another good bit of kit ~ and not too easy to get hold of either :bluThinki (Well, not for us civvies anyway )

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hahahaha farymoth!

 

[Adze]

(though not the exact same cot each time)

You scarlet hussy you!

 

[Retired Member southey]

You scarlet hussy you!

I just kept rolling baby!

 

[Mesquite]

Another good bit of kit ~ and not too easy to get hold of either :bluThinki (Well, not for us civvies anyway )

Unless you have a very nice man who keeps an eye out for you

 

[MartinK9]

Another good bit of kit ~ and not too easy to get hold of either :bluThinki (Well, not for us civvies anyway )

Indeed.

 

[decorum]

Unless you have a very nice man who keeps an eye out for you

Indeed

Indeed.

Aye, all your fault ~ I was blissfully unaware of the need for one until you rolled up in one