Tips for securing a space blanket to the outside of a tent

[Funkfarley]

Now i know this forum is populated almost exclusively by helpful folk....so with that in mind; has anyone attached a reflective space blanket to the outside of their tent before, in order to avoid waking up at 7am in a pool of sweat due to the extremely warm and sunny festival we're gonna defintely have this year? And if so, how did you do it?

[Josie's Cat]

I'm being kept awake already, just by the thought of them. Can't you use a white sheet instead? Or does it have to be the reflective silver?

[pezzypops]

I'm being kept awake already, just by the thought of them. Can't you use a white sheet instead? Or does it have to be the reflective silver?

[Mark E. Spliff]

People are going to get really sick of having a tin-foil tent rustling away next to them all night.

How about someone being enterprising? Buy this, cut it up into tent size sheets and then flog it to everyone else on here.

[LusciousLucy]

Tried that...didnt work. And tbh...the noise from every stage around you, every flag flapping in the wind, tents generally making tenty flapping noises, guitars and radios at the campsites, the shouts of 'I'm Spartacus', general chitchat around the campfire will all totally drown out the sound of an ickle bit of rustling from a couple of harmless space blankets trying to keep tent occupants cool/warm! If that annoys you then how is 5 days surrounded by the other noises of Glasto going to affect you? A nearby neighbour snoring ridiculously loudly is far more annoying!

[Mark E. Spliff]

Tried that...didnt work.

[Funkfarley]

Tried that...didnt work. And tbh...the noise from every stage around you, every flag flapping in the wind, tents generally making tenty flapping noises, guitars and radios at the campsites, the shouts of 'I'm Spartacus', general chitchat around the campfire will all totally drown out the sound of an ickle bit of rustling from a couple of harmless space blankets trying to keep tent occupants cool/warm! If that annoys you then how is 5 days surrounded by the other noises of Glasto going to affect you? A nearby neighbour snoring ridiculously loudly is far more annoying!

[cejx]

I suffer from a condition called misophonia ....I find certain noises intolerable. Rustling is one of them. Crisp packets, sweet wrappers and space blankets included.

Chit chat, people shouting, flags and tents flapping dont cause me a problem..

Im not being arsey, its just the way I was made...

Trust me...I would love to get through life with out being totally irritated by the ickle bit of rustling.

[Funkfarley]

ear plugs and an eye mask. Total sensory deprivation (aside from the madness in your mind)! In fact last year I slept so well... I was in bed at 5am and slept right through till 1pm! Better than I get during the working week!

[Josie's Cat]

Oh my God - you could totally go on the rampage, charging round the campsite, grabbing those space blankets and chomping them into small pieces before trampling them underfoot, yelling "NO MORE RUSTLING! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

Then striding back to your tent, pieces of dead space blanket everywhere, with confused people staring out of their tent porches at you.

That would be legendary. Glastonbury meets Falling Down.

[morelego]

Last year we just used opened up black bin liners and gaffer tape. Worked perfectly, we only did this to stop a leak originally but it kept the tent cool as well

[mouth]

nice heads up

[glasto_freak]

Last year we just used opened up black bin liners and gaffer tape. Worked perfectly, we only did this to stop a leak originally but it kept the tent cool as well

[r0cky]

A black bin bag will have the exact opposite effect as space blankets. Space blankets reflect the heat, black anything will absorb it. It will keep the tent dry, but isn't that the whole point of the tent itself.

[Funkfarley]

Oh my God - you could totally go on the rampage, charging round the campsite, grabbing those space blankets and chomping them into small pieces before trampling them underfoot, yelling "NO MORE RUSTLING! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

Then striding back to your tent, pieces of dead space blanket everywhere, with confused people staring out of their tent porches at you.

That would be legendary. Glastonbury meets Falling Down.

[morelego]

A black bin bag will have the exact opposite effect as space blankets. Space blankets reflect the heat, black anything will absorb it. It will keep the tent dry, but isn't that the whole point of the tent itself.

[999help]

Does anyone know if these space blankets will do a good job keeping the tent cool?

It also looks as if it won't cause as much rustling noise as a normal foil blanket

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...s%3DI%26otn%3D1

[999help]

Space blankets seem to be too fragile for eyeletts. I wonder if anyone has seen cloth re-inforced/backed space blankets? That would be a worthwhiole investment (and won't rustle so much either!)

[glasto_freak]

Not necessarily, it's like people who wear black clothes in the desert. Keeping the sun off (i.e. shade), but allowing air to circulate under works OK.

[r0cky]

I see your point. But thats actually a reason space blankets work. Not only do they not conduct heat (much) they don't transmit it (allow it to pass through). Whereas a black bin bag does the former, but not the latter. So a space blanket will always win, if you haven't noticed, i'm a bit of a physics geek

[Lucanesque]

Resurrecting this thread 'cos am seriously considering buying a few space blankets and bulldog clips... hate coming back to a tent that is an orange oven, and I value sleep post-sunrise!

But... the rustling... is it really that annoying given the amount of background noise I imagine will be going on 24 hours a day? Has anyone ever gone postal after camping next to a crinkly silver blimp?

So, space blankets - A godsend or work of the devil?

[muddyslingbax]

People are going to get really sick of having a tin-foil tent rustling away next to them all night.

How about someone being enterprising? Buy this, cut it up into tent size sheets and then flog it to everyone else on here.

[muddyslingbax]

how about those panels that you put on windscreens? never used them myself but many do. Are they expensive? Dude, where's my physics geek

[Mas]

Does anyone know if these space blankets will do a good job keeping the tent cool?

It also looks as if it won't cause as much rustling noise as a normal foil blanket

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...s%3DI%26otn%3D1

[farewellandgoodnight]

I don't understand the love for Pegs and Bulldog Clips to be fair. Too fiddley and a right pain in the arse if you ask me.

Just break out the Gaffer Tape and all your problems are solved!