I would use plastic bags to encase the sleeping mat instead of the thick tarps i mention.
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If you sleep on the ground without a sleeping mat the ground can conduct heat away from you up to 160 times faster than the air around you.
Unlike a sleeping bag which can be ventilated you should always buy the sleeping mat with an r value that is the lowest temperature.
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Mats are usually rated for warmth by using the r value.
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Second we lose heat via three mechanisms.
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The sleeping mats i use are huge and unless i can send a tent ahead i would have to go back to cutting out the bottom.
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Conduction convection and radiation.
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Cot tents are colder.
Weight your sleeping pad will be one of the four heaviest items in your pack shelter backpack sleeping bag sleeping pad so this is a great place to save weight.
When i travel i need to fit a tent sleeping mat and sleeping bag into a duffel bag.
The lighter your backpack the more comfortable your hiking trips will be.
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First cold is nothing more than the absence of heat and heat is the movement of energy from warmer objects to colder ones.