The first task in selecting camping cots is actually determining what kind of camping you’re going to be doing. Will you be hiking for a week in the mountains? In which case you might want to scrap the thought of a cot for a slender air mattress that you could roll up. However, if a weekend or so in a tent is what you’ve organized, then a camp bed might be the more practical thing for you.

Another aspect you have to consider is the camping site. No matter where you put up your tent, you’ll be sleeping on the ground. The ground isn’t perfectly even, as a floor — there’s always something sticking up through the bottom, such as an embedded rock, or a stick — or maybe you are simply just on rough ground. Besides a folding cot, you may want to choose an air mattress for a camp bed.  The issue with this is you have to bring in an air pump and also a transportable power source otherwise it’s just not really that practical.  The folding cot however does not need lots of work to put together and can be rather comfortable. An example is the LL Bean Swedish folding cot that is a breeze to assemble but could be rather cumbersome to carry along on a lengthy hike to a camping site.  The Go-Kot camp beds are designed to be folded up and moved in a small tote, which can be very convenient.  This specific folding cot is designed to be lower on the ground, helping to make sleeping cooler and comfortable.

Finding The Best Camping Cots is a post from: WiredWriter