Thread: Winter camping: sleep in vehicle or something else?

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Originally Posted by Tech

My wife bought me one of these and the idea was great as I sleep in the back of our Ford Territory. The back seats fold down absolutely flat which gives enough space between the front seats and the rear door for my 196cm Thermarest. The problem is that the rear door can't be opened from inside.
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That's the kind of thing I was thinking about.
I found a few similar products, couldn't find any pictures of them in actual use.

Swags kind of suck.
All the older blokes here eventually get off the ground and put them on a stretcher, which there are huge variety of now, big enough for swags.
I’ve moved from a canvas swag to a Kings big daddy , which is great in good weather, sucks when raining as there is no vestibule to stop rain coming in, dry as a chip here now though.
The next step was a Kamprite tent cot. Up off the ground, comfy has a rain fly to go over the top, does get more condensation in it though. But easy to open up to air out during the day, less chance of a wriggle stick making its way in as well.


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Originally Posted by Tech

My wife bought me one of these and the idea was great as I sleep in the back of our Ford Territory. The back seats fold down absolutely flat which gives enough space between the front seats and the rear door for my 196cm Thermarest. The problem is that the rear door can't be opened from inside.
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If it's a manual rear latch you can set up a manual pull string to one side of the door card, a quick pull and it will release the latch. Or if it's electronic you can get an internal button wired in as suggested...