Especially if your outdoor goals include getting some. If camping with a partner is about more than miles covered or peaks climbed, then you’ll want them to be as comfortable as possible, too. I don’t know about you, but I’m a total wuss who wants to be comfortable at night, have room to move, and sleep in something warm enough that I don’t need to wear all my layers to bed. And it’s possible to reduce overall weight with the latest ultralight couple’s gear (see below).īut that’s not to say comfort doesn’t matter. Do you need that space for other stuff? And, if you’re covering any distance at all, packed size and weight suddenly become as, if not more, important than nighttime comfort. But that Megamat and the Frontcountry bed you’ll read about later will fill the trunk of a small hatchback. In a car, space is abundant and weight doesn’t matter. You’ll also need to carry all this stuff with you. Pictured up top is the Exped Megamat Duo inside a 2P Sierra Designs Nightwatch-the mattress is stretching the tent’s walls beyond their comfortable capacity. Size up to a four-person for comfortable car camping. A three-person will feel a little roomier and make space for your dog. A two-person backpacking tent will just about (you’d better really like each other!) fit two normal sized humans, with no room to spare. It’s worth remembering that tent sizes tend to be pretty exaggerated. We won’t review tents here: this is just a reminder to size your sleep system to your shelter or vice versa. Does it require a trekking pole to stick up right in the middle? Then you might not be able to sleep totally together.
If you use an ultralight backpacking tarp or other non-traditional shelter, then you may need to figure its support structure into your overall plan. If you already have a two-person tent and are simply planning on adding a cutie to it, then you’ll need to find a system that fits inside.
Cost, for example, will determine how far down this path you want to go, as will things like your existing camping equipment, the types of trips you go on, and the kinds of weather you encounter.įirst, consider the type of shelter(s) you plan to sleep in. (Sierra Designs)īefore we dive into gear that actually works, let’s first consider the overall picture that a couple’s sleep system needs to fit into. Innovative new products like this Sierra Designs Backcountry Bed Duo are bringing couple's camping out of the dark ages.
Real-World Limitations and Considerations Missionary position barely works on one and you won’t be doing anything that involves supporting a human body on hands or knees. Not only do they take forever to inflate, sag in the middle, and puncture incredibly easily, but they totally lack insulation: the cold ground will suck the heat out of you as you sleep.Īdding insult to injury, air beds lack adequate support for even tame sexual activities. That bad insulation is worsened if (again, like most casual couple’s campers), you use a big, cheesy, inflatable air bed. I’ve spent many nights in this thing and can report with considerable disappointment that it sleeps cold if temperatures even approach freezing. Worth sacrificing half your trunk space, given its zero-degree Fahrenheit advertised temperature rating? Not even close. It packs down to roughly the size of a beer keg and weighs a positively unbelievable 16.5 pounds. Here’s the kind of double sleeping bag both you, I, and our ex-girlfriends likely have experience with. There’s a number of problems with this stuff, starting with size and weight and ending with poor insulation. The go-to options, at least when a car is involved, have always been one of those cheap, inflatable air beds, paired with a cheap, synthetic double sleeping bag. We’ve tested the latest equipment and are here to tell you what works. Fortunately, couple’s camping gear is suddenly becoming a hot segment. But bring the wrong sleeping bag or mattress and you might get the cold shoulder-quite literally. Camping: the best third date in the world.
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