emergency blankets under air mattress?

[dreambound]

I've seen suggestions that we put blankets UNDER our air mattresses. I have a bag full of unused emergency blankets. Would those do the trick? Would be much easier to pack them...

 

[des1954]

I'm assuming that you will be tent camping & using air mattresses on the floor of the tent....yes??

IMHO, it wouldn't hurt to layer a few blankets under you air mattress. While nothing should penetrate the floor of your tent & ultimately puncture your air mattress...why take the chance?

I hope this is what you meant.

 

[dreambound]

I'm assuming that you will be tent camping & using air mattresses on the floor of the tent....yes??

IMHO, it wouldn't hurt to layer a few blankets under you air mattress. While nothing should penetrate the floor of your tent & ultimately puncture your air mattress...why take the chance?

I hope this is what you meant.

Sort of.

I've been told (and I've read a few times) that air mattresses can actually be quite cold to sleep on because the ground underneath them allows the air in the mattress to be chilled so it is a good idea to insulate with blankets to create a barrier and warm things up. We do have a really good ground cloth as well as floor pad for the interior of the tent, so I think we're okay on punctures.

I'm just trying to avoid having to take lots of blankets since we are flying. I was thinking the emergency blankets (those metallic ones) might work as the insulation. I literally have 15 of them that I got for 10 cents each once.



Thanks!

 

[TwoGriswolds]

Reflectix (not the stuff you're talking about) is good for under mattresses and also great for window inserts on campers - here's a link to the kind of stuff you want -
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=13357-56291-13357&lpage=none

Also effective but slightly less is the material known as from Cabela's (.com or store ) sportsmans survival blankets (still not the cheapy survival blanket you are talking about) which campers use for solar bunk end covers - these work fantastic (foil side UP for heat reflection, foil side down for heat retention on a camper bunkend)-
this is a link to what they are -

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...atchall&Nty=1&Ntt=survival+blankets&noImage=0



I have the reflectix inserts in my windows and the cabelas on my bunkends and also used reflectix to make cooler covers, etc. I have pictures of them in action on my camper but since you're in a tent , those won't help you much.