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I was considering buying a new tent but then I realized, its just me and a friend going and we wont be around camp much. Would it be a good idea to just sleep in the car and save some money for roo spendage?
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I've done both and can tell you it really depends on the car and setup. If you have a way to shade the interior of the car, keep a couple windows cracked about 2" and run a fan all night in the car, then the interior of the car will be quite a bit cooler than the interior of a tent. We have a large hatchback (note: it is silver -- not black) and we use silver reflective sunshade on the front and rear windows, black mesh coverings over the side windows (allows airflow through the cracked window but not rain) and an O2 cool fan with lots of battery power inside to run all night. We lay down the back seats, slide the fronts as far forward as they go, and inflate an air mattress in the resulting cargo space. It is MUCH cooler and MUCH quieter than the nice coleman tent we used in previous years before having this setup. A minivan or SUV would be even better, assuming the seats fold flat or can be left at home. If you are willing to bring a good fan and plenty of battery power to back it up and go to Near Dark extremes in blocking out the sun, then this can work.
That said, I would never recommend this in a sedan. No amount of work will make reclined passenger seats sufficient for a solid nights sleep, which I can tell you from many rest-stop naps on long drives.
Oh, I should mention that a small wagon and even a small suv will be rather cozy and close quarters for two in the cargo area. One might even say ... intimate.
But I've heard voices not in the head Out in the air they called ahead Through ripped out speakers Through thick and thin They found a shelter Under my skin -Evgeny Aleksandrovitch Nikolaev
Totally depends on the car.. We have a prius and it is considered safe to run it through the night with the AC on.. Since it pulls so much from the battery there is very little chance if any of having carbon monoxide poisioning, so you can read about people prius camping on a lot of forums. If you push the back seats a the way to the front you can fit a good sized airmattress in and have AC and be darn comfy... We may do this for a couple of extra hours sleep in the am once it gets too hot to sleep in the tent.. But just because neighbors may not realize how safe it is we don't want to run the car the whole night just to be polite. It's super quiet, too. I LOVE the prius. Unless you have a similar situation with the car you really need some sort of shelter. You can get away with a cheaper option (smaller tent or rigged up tarp) as long as you have room in the car to rest if it rains and you have to get back in because your shelter fails or something.
The newer prius with the solar-powered automatic ventilation system to keep the interior from heating up is sooooooo tempting as a festival camping car, I must admit. I've been waiting for more plugin hybrids to go to market (Volvo has some great ones in the european market next year) but man, that does sound good.
But I've heard voices not in the head Out in the air they called ahead Through ripped out speakers Through thick and thin They found a shelter Under my skin -Evgeny Aleksandrovitch Nikolaev
I've never had a tent a Roo in 8 times going. And the tents I do have cost less than $30 at Big Lots or dollar stores. If the weather forecast is any indication, it will be nice for sleeping outside under the canopy. A cot/hammock is great but just a couple sleeping bags/blankets for padding with a tarp underneath just in case it's wet/rainy will work also.
Oh I hope it's nice! : D I hate rain. ^ the last time I looked at the forecast it showed rain, but it sound like it's changed.
My fiancé has been to every single Roo, and he is a fan of the tents. He said that when it rains a lot of people.. Even in tents got rained on, but that the tent, easy up, and extra tarp set up has never failed him.. But we use the tent and stuff for more than just bonnaroo, so it was worth the expense for us.
Post by Vw'ndeadchick on Jun 2, 2011 11:57:41 GMT -5
my first roo, we showed up with two small tents for 3 people. this was 2003 and we were all under 21, our festival experience at that point was nothing more than 30k (northern part of the east coast) and an overnight maybe two. long story short: we didnt take a canopy. ive gone every year since and i think since then we have brought a tent once, we have never come without a canopy again. cot, air mattress, or just a sleeping bag on a tarp works great under for sleeping. just hang some sheets up to block the sun, i wouldnt try to sleep it out in a car
I've asked this question on this board and nobody had done it themselves, nor could they think of anybody who had. The thing is, there's just so much fun to be had outside Centeroo.
you can rent a tent (and various other equipment) from REI. but i would just buy a tent because if you get a good quality one you'll keep using it over and over. i've had the same tent for at least 12 years and it's good as new.
and for the record i do think it's worth it to buy a tent. i was dry as a bone and, more importantly, comfortable in 2009 when the twister passed by the farm.
I slept in my Honda Fit last year, since I was solo and the tent seemed unnecessary. I made curtains and shades for it, and the seats in the back lay down flat so I just piled up a couple of egg crates and a sleeping bag.
Holy crap, it was hot. The first night was relatively tolerable because I had a tiny little fan, but it died, and the next two nights were pure misery.
That being said, I think it would have worked OK if I had a way to screen the cracked window to keep out bugs and at least one high-quality tent fan. But I'm for damn sure taking my tent this year.
Not necessarily suggesting this but aren't there people that spend all 4 days in Centeroo?
It wouldn't shock me if there were some people who've done it before, but I think it would be extremely rare. I've been in Centeroo really early before, like 7-8am, but it's a ghost town. Even the only place that had anything going on (the Cinema Tent) had a few people passed out on the couches and a couple of people watching the movie. So, I have my doubts about people really doing that. I think it sounds like a better idea when someone first mentions it than it turns out to be in practice.
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Totally depends on the car.. We have a prius and it is considered safe to run it through the night with the AC on.. Since it pulls so much from the battery there is very little chance if any of having carbon monoxide poisioning, so you can read about people prius camping on a lot of forums.
Does this little chance include the people near your exhaust pipe in tents? Just sayin'... cause someone nearly killed me in 2010 with their car running next to my tent.
Post by footballbat on Jun 16, 2011 0:58:24 GMT -5
I let down the back seat in my Chevy Tahoe, put a twin mattress back there, and slept like a baby all 4 nights with the windows open. I didn't ever get too hot until about 10:00 or so, and by then it was time to get up anyway.
I let the campers next to me spread out in what would've been my tent space, won some karma and got to hang out with them all weekend.
Post by future dracula on Jun 16, 2011 1:10:28 GMT -5
Anyone who was way out in the northeastern corner past pod 11 probably remembers our campsite as we had the most enormous blue tarp I've ever seen, I believe it was 40 x 60 feet, with that covering 3-4 ez-ups, and some tarp walls, I was more than comfortable crashing out in a quad chair recliner or just on a mat on the ground. But I'm infamous for being able to sleep anywhere comfortably or at least semi-comfortably. Thursday night I took a Sonata so I could get to sleep and get up for the early shows on Friday and ended up somehow crashing out in our neighbor's campsite on the ground. They were are only neighbors we didn't get a chance to meet when we were all setting up so it made for a good icebreaker
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Post by myxomattosis on Jun 20, 2011 8:03:26 GMT -5
I ditched the tent and slept under our canopy on Saturday night in '09. I put my air mattress on top of a tarp on the ground under the canopy and just laid in my sleeping bag on top of the air mattress. I planned on doing the same in '10 but the (extremely cheap) canopy my friend bought for the trip didn't hold up and was on the ground upon our return to camp Thursday night To my dismay, I had to succomb to sleeping in the tent. I slept better and longer that one night under the canopy than any other night either year. I wasn't able to go this year but when I return in '12, I will still bring my tent, but I will absolutely have a canopy as well.
For the people who do the set-up with EZ UP, reflective tarp, sheets, and cot...what do you do when it rains? How does this set-up withstand the weather?
Post by sillygreen89 on Mar 27, 2012 9:35:32 GMT -5
Me and my 2 friends are bringing a tent but only for storing our coolers/cots/etc when not in use, we have a 14x14 canopy and a serious amount of tarps and rope and a tapestry and we'll sleep under that. We've done some test runs and it shades great but I am curious about how it will stand up in the rain.
