Camping and tent mattress

One of the things that people seem to forget over and over again is the amount of difference that a good nights sleep can make. When you are at home, it can be easy to find a routine where you get a good night of sleep. You can invest in a good mattress, get to bed at the same hour every day, and use mind tricks to help yourself fall asleep. Although some people have a lot of trouble sleeping anywhere, for me it is much harder to get to sleep when I'm camping. There are bats, coyotes, night birds, and various other creatures all rustling around in the darkness and keeping me awake. Having the right camping mattress makes a huge difference.

Of course, a camping air mattress is not the first thing you think of when you are shopping for camping equipment. It is true that a camping mattress is not really necessary. You can get by with nothing but a sleeping bag, and a lot of people prefer to do it this way because it saves a lot of room. Camping mattresses, however, really do have their advantage. Without a camping mattress, for example, you will be at the mercy of the terrain on which you camp. If the ground is a little bit uneven, you will have no camping mattress to protect you from having rocks poking into your back all night.

In some situations, a camping mattress is even a necessity. If, for example, you are faced with a heavy downpour, you need to have something under your sleeping bag. At the very least, you will need to have a sleeping pad to keep you a little bit off the ground. Otherwise, your sleeping bag will get soaked.

A camping mattress is the best way of doing it. It will put at least 4 inches between you and the ground. This is crucial if it is raining. It means that, even if the edge of your sleeping bag falls off the camping mattress, it still probably will not get very wet. Although you will have more to carry, you will be glad that you took it along. Without the camping mattress, you can really have a wet and miserable trip. Sometimes you never realize that you need a piece of camping gear until it is too late. I hope you do not make this mistake in the case of your camping mattress.