At the height of the summer season often want to spend as much time in nature and many people move out of town. A clamshell bed will be very useful if you want to take a nap for a couple of hours in the afternoon. It will also be irreplaceable if you decide to go camping or to rest with tents by the sea. Sometimes this extra bed in the house, if suddenly the guests came. There are several different models of a tourist bed-folding bed and each has its own advantages.
Camp clamshell: selection criteria
To make you comfortable and the rest is a success, carefully choose your bed. Here are some general recommendations for choosing a camp bed:
- pay attention to details that will make the sleep sound, and rest comfortable (this concerns the regulation of the height of the headboard and the legs of the bed, the presence of a mattress, the basic materials of manufacture);
- the size of the clamshell (for sleeping on the street more compact and light options are suitable, in a country house or tent you can afford a more comfortable model with a mattress);
- material for making the frame (the stronger the model you choose, the more weight it will have, but the service life will noticeably increase);
- material for a sleeping place (for today on sale there are both classical fabric and polyethic models, and beds with lamellas from metal or a tree).
When choosing it is worth considering the frequency of operation, conditions. For a single use it is enough to buy a simple and cheap model. If you know in advance that you are buying a cot for a long time, it is better to choose a more expensive and high-quality one. A high price will pay off in the process of exploitation.
Touring clamshell: for each case its own
So, you came to the store and stand before the choice. There are a lot of models and all of them differ not only in appearance, but also in prices.
- The lightest and most compact version of all is a camping clamshell aluminum case. This model has a low weight, which varies within 6 kg. The frame is made of duralumin and polyester. A camping aluminum clamshell in a case is capable of supporting a weight of up to 125 kg. This is a good option for a few days trip, it will also be very useful in case of sudden visitors coming. Some models have adjustable back, protection from the sun in the form of an awning.
- A camping clamshell is suitable for a short period of rest. You can take it with you to a picnic and take a nap during the day. Due to the low weight and the folding design, you can easily place it in the trunk.
- Tourist cot with mattress. This option is more suitable for resting in a tent, when you do not want to sleep on the ground in a sleeping bag . Due to the fact that the body will not lie on a thin stretched fabric, but on a mattress, in the morning you will not feel unpleasant pain. And it's easier to keep warm on such a clamshell, because the back lies practically on a high-grade bed. But the dimensions and weight of the structure
noticeably increase. A tourist clamshell of this type will do, if you are going to travel a large company and take a small van instead of a car. - An army clamshell. This is a fairly strong, but inconvenient option. The design is a metal frame, on which a grid of metal is stretched. This is an environmentally friendly and very wear-resistant type of camping clamshell. But you have to put something like a mattress, otherwise the morning will hurt. You can combine this model with a sleeping mattress or bag in cold wet weather.