ideas for a sleeping platform

[fralexis]

I am in need of a sleeping platform for extended camping. For example, if I plan to stay a week at one spot and have car access, I would like a platform that will raise my mattress to a comfortable height in a large tent. I want it to be relatively light and foldable for transport. Does such a thing exist or would I need to build one? I am thinking of something like the foldable aluminum camp tables.

Thanks

Alex

[toedtoes]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Look at sleeping cots for one to fit your mattress.

[a65hoosier]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

I am in need of a sleeping platform for extended camping. For example, if I plan to stay a week at one spot and have car access, I would like a platform that will raise my mattress to a comfortable height in a large tent. I want it to be relatively light and foldable for transport. Does such a thing exist or would I need to build one? I am thinking of something like the foldable aluminum camp tables.

Thanks

Alex

Alex - "What is a Cot?"

Welcome to the Forum! Seriously, take a look online at camping cots. Soooooo many varieties in different sizes, heights, materials, weights, cost, etc etc. You should be able to locate something that will work for your situation.

[MacGyver]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

You'd need the room to carry it, but if you're in an SUV, or pickup truck or maybe even a minivan, a plywood platform is readily do-able. The details are kind of hard to explain in print, but I see it as having a 1/2-inch plywood top, hinged in the middle and framed by 1x3 or 1x4 lumber with 2x3 legs hinged pretty much like the legs on a folding banquet table. For somewhat easier portability, it could be made in sections to accommodate larger mattresses.

[James.]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

I agree with the others, you are definitely looking for a cot.

[a65hoosier]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Look at sleeping cots for one to fit your mattress.

And I was too slow on the buzzer. lol

[MacGyver]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Why go the easy route and buy a cot when you can go through the maddening routine of building a half dozen prototypes?

[tplife]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

You will want to plan on adding a lot more mattress underneath (or a heater, electric blanket, etc.) to compensate for the empty air you're sleeping over. In a tent, your typical sleeping pad is on the ground, that transfers heat at a very slow rate. Once you elevate and raise it above on a cot or air mattress, you invite the cold to vacuum away your body heat. Plan on several times as much insulation and mattress material to go from an 0.75 R-Value to a thermo neutral 5.0 once you get up off the ground. We all find this out the "hard way", lol.

[NYCgrrl]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Why go the easy route and buy a cot when you can go through the maddening routine of building a half dozen prototypes?

Snert alert! Thanks for that response-I needed it .
Oh and for clarification "snert" is a citified manner of "snort"....fits nicely into my mother's definition of a lady.......

Loving your new siggy on sooooooo many levels.

[toedtoes]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

And I was too slow on the buzzer. lol

Ah, but I failed to answer in the form of a question...
:rules:

P.S. When did we get the adult smileys??

[toedtoes]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Snert alert! Thanks for that response-I needed it .
Oh and for clarification "snert" is a citified manner of "snort"....fits nicely into my mother's definition of a lady.......

Loving your new siggy on sooooooo many levels.

X2 on both counts.

[James.]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Ah, but I failed to answer in the form of a question...
:rules:

P.S. When did we get the adult smileys??

Been there as long as I can remember.

[toedtoes]

Re: ideas for a sleeping platform

Hmmm, I never noticed them before.