Everything unpleasant about sleeping in a tent happens at ground level. Water runs under you, roots find your spine, the cold comes up through the mat and things crawl across the groundsheet at 3 am. Raising the bed removes all of it at once.
This pairs an elevated cot with a tent built over it, arriving as two bags, one for the cot and one for the tent. You end up with a proper raised bed and a fully enclosed shelter, which is a very different night from a mat on the dirt.
The cot runs on 16 aluminium legs rather than the usual twelve, and uses four frame poles where most use three. In practice that means less flex when you roll over and better stability on ground that is not flat, which is most ground.
There are two height modes. Use the low setting on firm, even ground, and the high setting when you want more clearance underneath, which is useful on wet sites or for storing gear below the bed. Setup takes around five minutes once you have done it once.
This is an excellent gift for anyone who has started saying their camping days might be over because of their back, for taller campers who never fit properly, and for people who camp somewhere wet or uneven. It is waterproof to the same 2000 mm rating as a good tent, with taped seams and windows you can open.
It sleeps one, so for a couple you would want two. Check boot space before buying, since a cot and tent together take more room than a tent alone, and it is sized for car camping rather than anything you would carry far.
✔ Elevated cot with its own tent built over it
✔ 16 aluminium legs and four frame poles for stability
✔ Two height modes for firm or wet ground
✔ 190T polyester with PU 2000 mm and taped seams
✔ Sets up in around five minutes, sleeps one
