Cot/Bed recommendations

Chenernator · 05-11-2011, 12:55 AM

Assuming you don't have an RV, what cot or bed recommendations do you have for a comp?

AZScott · 05-11-2011, 01:32 AM

We use a Coleman air mattress and a couple of sleeping bags.

Bentley · 05-11-2011, 01:41 AM

Bought 3/14/2009, still going strong. Highly recommend. It was $75.82 with shipping.

http://airbeds4less.com/67737/

BBQchef33 · 05-11-2011, 02:28 AM

i like my futon, but honestly the coleman cot is really comfortable.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/Colem...tegoryID=10072

redneck cooker · 05-11-2011, 03:10 AM

A XL (big mans cot) from Cabela's, is comfy with a sleeping bag on top for added cushion......or my XL padded gravity chair makes for some good sleep

Bigmista · 05-11-2011, 03:20 AM

I either use a Coleman double height air mattress or sleep in my XL Anti-gravity chair.

smokeyw · 05-11-2011, 05:46 AM

+1 on the extra large gravity chair. I got the one from Cabelas. It is the best thing for me since I am up and down all night and only catnap. My girlfriend uses a cot also from Cabelas.

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Originally Posted by redneck cooker

A XL (big mans cot) from Cabela's, is comfy with a sleeping bag on top for added cushion......or my XL padded gravity chair makes for some good sleep

HarleyEarl · 05-11-2011, 06:00 AM

I just switched to a Cabelas cot for the last contest after using an air mattress all of last year and the beginning of this season. Just as comfy and a lot less time putting up and taking down.

trohrs123 · 05-11-2011, 06:48 AM

this one from cabelas is VERY comfy

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104280480

chibi · 05-11-2011, 09:07 AM

I use an air mattress and sleeping bag. Better for the cold nights. no air cooling under you.

Yakfishingfool · 05-11-2011, 09:16 AM

If using a cot you really need something under you as well as on top of you if cold out. Lose lots of heat out the bottom. Scott

emohn · 05-11-2011, 09:27 AM

We picked up one of these from WalMart for around $45-50 and I've been sleeping on it, along with a $15 WalMart sleeping bag and I've been ridiculously comfy inside our trailer.

http://search.coleman.com/cgi-bin/Ms...&hiword=cot%20

Drew, uses a cheapy twin sized air matress on top of this cot (LINK)... it seems comfortable enough, but I hate air matresses and my cot is a lot less to deal with.

We tried sleeping on the plywood floor of our trailer in sleeping bags for the first comp of the year. NOT recommended. Last year we slept outside in zero-gravity chairs or just normal camping chairs. More comfortable than a plywood floor, but colder.

Chenernator · 05-11-2011, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bentley

Bought 3/14/2009, still going strong. Highly recommend. It was $75.82 with shipping.

http://airbeds4less.com/67737/

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Originally Posted by Bigmista

I either use a Coleman double height air mattress or sleep in my XL Anti-gravity chair.

Doesn't that take up a ton of space in your EZ-UP? Or are you using a twin-size?

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Originally Posted by chibi

I use an air mattress and sleeping bag. Better for the cold nights. no air cooling under you.

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Originally Posted by Yakfishingfool

If using a cot you really need something under you as well as on top of you if cold out. Lose lots of heat out the bottom. Scott

Good points. My first go around will be the end of May in Nevada. With highs of 95+, I'm not really worried about cold nights. Air underneath could be considered a plus!

TN_BBQ · 05-11-2011, 11:32 AM

My friend has the Mac Sport Twist cot (XL size). It has a crossbar that twists and is therefore easier to assemble (no prybars required).

Only problem is it is almost too big. I have a 9x9 tent and that thing barely fit in there. Nice n comfy, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7Fn...yer_detailpage

JD McGee · 05-11-2011, 11:35 AM

Cabela's XL here...awesome cot!

05-11-2011, 12:55 AM	#1
Chenernator Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-19-09 Location: Las Vegas, NV Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cot/Bed recommendations Assuming you don't have an RV, what cot or bed recommendations do you have for a comp? __________________ 2 x 18.5" WSM, UDS, Weber 22.5" OTS, Orange Thermapen, cheapo gasser; KCBS CBJ #51836

05-11-2011, 01:41 AM	#3
Bentley Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-14-07 Location: Eden After the Fall Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bought 3/14/2009, still going strong. Highly recommend. It was $75.82 with shipping. http://airbeds4less.com/67737/ __________________ Certified Master Judge #5382 What is best in life? "To crush your BBQ opponents, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

05-11-2011, 02:28 AM	#4
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	i like my futon, but honestly the coleman cot is really comfortable. http://www.coleman.com/coleman/Colem...tegoryID=10072 __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

05-11-2011, 03:10 AM	#5
redneck cooker On the road to being a farker Join Date: 04-10-11 Location: Glen Rose TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A XL (big mans cot) from Cabela's, is comfy with a sleeping bag on top for added cushion......or my XL padded gravity chair makes for some good sleep __________________ R&O Custom Offset...It rocks!!! www.redneckcooker.com

05-11-2011, 03:20 AM	#6
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I either use a Coleman double height air mattress or sleep in my XL Anti-gravity chair. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD. God loves BBQ! Bigmista Custom Spicewine Trailer - Olivia J. PIMA Large and Medium Spicewines Weber Ranch Kettle - E.T. Remembering Scott

05-11-2011, 01:32 AM	#2
AZScott Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-22-08 Location: Phoenix, AZ Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We use a Coleman air mattress and a couple of sleeping bags.

05-11-2011, 06:00 AM	#8
HarleyEarl Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-29-06 Location: Paola, Kansas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just switched to a Cabelas cot for the last contest after using an air mattress all of last year and the beginning of this season. Just as comfy and a lot less time putting up and taking down. __________________ Marc Operation BBQ Relief Vice President Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member CBJ Six UDS's, Traeger 125, Traeger Jr, two HD Off-sets, and a home-made Trailer mounted smoker Funny Farm BBQ [URL="http://www.FunnyFarmBBQ.us"]www.FunnyFarmBBQ.us[/URL] [COLOR=darkred][B]*2010 Great American Barbecue Baste of the Year*[/B][/COLOR]

05-11-2011, 06:48 AM	#9
trohrs123 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 09-10-08 Location: Oceanside, New York Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	this one from cabelas is VERY comfy http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104280480 __________________ Tim- Stubborn Bull BBQ Team Formerly T'N'T Dynamite BBQ Team Extreme BBQ Trailer 2 - FEC 100's 22.5" WSM, 18" WSM Old No 7

05-11-2011, 09:07 AM	#10
chibi Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-14-06 Location: ftcollins,Co Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I use an air mattress and sleeping bag. Better for the cold nights. no air cooling under you. __________________ CHIBI-Q comp team. Vertical insulated charcoal dropping clone. Homemade offset. Traeger LilTex for winter cheating. <>< Remember when you get in the storms of life that's when you have to learn to dance in the rain.

05-11-2011, 09:16 AM	#11
Yakfishingfool Babbling Farker Join Date: 10-01-05 Location: Shokan, New York Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If using a cot you really need something under you as well as on top of you if cold out. Lose lots of heat out the bottom. Scott __________________ Oh It'z BBQ! 6 Kayaks(tarpon 160i, 2 tarpon 120's, a hobie outback, hobie tandem, and a Kaskazi Dorado) 1 Weber Gold Series Grill 1 Spicewine Large on a trailer 1 WSM 1 Smokey Joe Platinum 1 XL Big Green Egg KCBS Certified Judge #9079

05-11-2011, 09:27 AM	#12
emohn Found some matches. Join Date: 08-18-10 Location: Louisville, KY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We picked up one of these from WalMart for around $45-50 and I've been sleeping on it, along with a $15 WalMart sleeping bag and I've been ridiculously comfy inside our trailer. http://search.coleman.com/cgi-bin/Ms...&hiword=cot%20 Drew, uses a cheapy twin sized air matress on top of this cot (LINK)... it seems comfortable enough, but I hate air matresses and my cot is a lot less to deal with. We tried sleeping on the plywood floor of our trailer in sleeping bags for the first comp of the year. NOT recommended. Last year we slept outside in zero-gravity chairs or just normal camping chairs. More comfortable than a plywood floor, but colder.

05-11-2011, 11:32 AM	#14
TN_BBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-02-08 Location: Knoxville, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My friend has the Mac Sport Twist cot (XL size). It has a crossbar that twists and is therefore easier to assemble (no prybars required). Only problem is it is almost too big. I have a 9x9 tent and that thing barely fit in there. Nice n comfy, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7Fn...yer_detailpage __________________ Life's a party with a Backwoods Party!

05-11-2011, 11:35 AM	#15
JD McGee somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-28-07 Location: Duvall, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cabela's XL here...awesome cot!

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