Cots Protect Tent Floor

Many people use cots in their tent and protect the floor by covering the feet of the camping cot legs.

Cots protect tent floor. Others will bring small pieces of carpeting with them and place those under the legs while others will cut off the bottom of plastic bottles the thicker the better and use those as coasters for the cot legs. A tent cot is both a tent and a cot hence the name. If the tent has the polyethelene floor same material as the tarps it is pretty tuff and can handle lot of wear. The tents with the nylon floor same material as the tent seems to thin for my liking and would use a tarp either on or under the floor.

But as to the cots the u tubing frame would be better to not cut or punch thru. If you have a large enough tent cots should be only used for keeping gear or clothing off the floor of the tent not sleeping on. Let the new coating dry for at least 24 hours before packing your tent away. In addition it offers coverage from weather and can be folded into a seat position during the daytime.

Apply a thin coating of the new tent sealant to the whole fly or tent floor following the directions on the bottle of sealant. To reduce exposure to flame retardant chemicals wash your hands after handling coated tent fabrics. Sleeping should be done on the floor of the tent so you do not get sick and stay alive so you can light another campfire. Luxurylite cots have twice as many and more gently rounded feet compared to most cots on the market which helps distribute your body weight and minimize cot feet wear and tent floor abrasion.

This camping shelter works to provide adequate sleeping in the outdoors. Placed beneath the tent the eureka tent floor saver protects the tent s floor from damage by rocks or roots keeps the bottom clean for packing and adds an extra layer of protection from water. Ride the rails trainman. Some use tennis balls for this purpose.

Placing fabric or padding under the cot feet can also help further protect your tent from potential abrasion especially on hard rocky ground. Many even feature a rain fly for protection from heavy weather.