Unbearably hot in Tent !

[Spuddy]

Are those space blanket things any good?

[markeee]

Yes they make a massive difference - they'll give you one or two hours extra sleep in the morning before the heat wakes you up. Also they make it possible to get a kip during the day if you need it.

Yes you're right. 2 for £1 at poundland I think, which is more than enough for a 3 man tent - just attach them with clothes pegs to the outer frame.

[hoils]

Buy a gazebo. Get up and find a tree in the Greenfields. Stop f**king moaning about the sun.

Next.

[Spuddy]

would this work on a window?

basically it's super hot atm, and i work nights, sometimes i come home and my rooms like a f****** sauna!

can't leave the windows open for security reasons obviously

perhaps if i put these blankets on the window it would help to keep the room cooler?

mark

[lolbeck]

Tent was horrid to sleep in, however, baking heat doubled my getting-dressed speed, because I couldn't stand being trapped in there.

[VCK]

Urgh, God, I'm sweating right now just thinking of how torturous every morning at Glasto was. On the plus side, I worked up a pretty decent tan...

[howlin_pete]

For the first three nights i was in bed about 5-6 each night and awake between 9-10. Just crashed about 2 both saturday n sunday nights because of it, but cant say I regret any of it for one second. To be fair whenever I woke up in the sauna whick was my tent i ripped off my sleeping bad, unzipped my tent and just dozed in my underwear for an hour or so

[Sam Crawley]

Are those space blanket things any good?

[timespeedsup]

.....

I don't remember being so hot in my tent consistantly as this year. I have heard people took relective foil from Poundland etc as a counter measure and indeed so did I but I forgot the pegs to hold it in place. So I gave them away to other people who had leaks in their tents etc on the day I arrived.

[hughesey2]

waking up feeling like someone's trying to suffocate you, to rediscover the fact that you're actually at glasto!!

[markeee]

tihnk il try some of this reflective sheets next time i use a tent (reading)

cant make it any worse..i hope:)

i cant stand waking up all hot and bothered, sweaty and with a hangover..urghh

hot weather makes hangovers worse..

[honey_d]

My friend had a thermometer in his tent and at one stage it was reading 45degrees!!!

i only got 3-4 hours sleep per night becasue of this and was close to tears when i woke up still drunk on monday and realised it was only 8am.. passed out for another hour after i stripped off and covered myself in babywipes lol

[markeee]

My friend had a thermometer in his tent and at one stage it was reading 45degrees!!!

i only got 3-4 hours sleep per night becasue of this and was close to tears when i woke up still drunk on monday and realised it was only 8am.. passed out for another hour after i stripped off and covered myself in babywipes lol

[Glitter+Vodka]

Buy a gazebo. Get up and find a tree in the Greenfields. Stop f**king moaning about the sun.

Next.

[hoils]

so u suggest that everyone who cant sleep in the heat, and isnt selfish enough to take up 2 tent spaces with a gazebo, should go an boil thier heads off under a tree.

i love when people post really usefull shit on these forums.

[Glitter+Vodka]

No, my point was more that people should stop f**king moaning about the sun. But if they want to somehow 'go an boil thier heads off under a tree' then great. I usually find trees offer some kind of respite from the early morning heat of a tent but maybe I'm just a bit weird.

[harper11]

space blankets are slightly annoying for your camping neighbours though

[Mark E. Spliff]

I love this thread. It shows what the main design consideration for a festival tent is. But go back and look at the pre-festival threads or wait til next year's glasto build-up and you'll see the same thing: people having earnest discussions about 'hydrostatic head' values or debating what the best 'waterproofing' chemical is for their lovely black tent.

All but the worst pop-up tent will withstand a monsoon providing it's put up right. But even during seemingly bad weather, most tents turn into ovens after 8am at festivals.

Tent manufacturers, on the whole, produce designs which are terrible for summer festivals because we still buy them regardless. However, if you do a bit of research you'll find there are a few manufacturers producing something which works. 'Black Stump Trading' of Clackline, W. Australia are worth a look.

[Craigston]

Honestly... no!

I tried 'em this year, they do crinkle a lot in the wind but this is what the earplugs are for.

The first morning I was lying in my tent thinking.. "hey, this has worked, it's not too bad in here"!

The sun came out from behind the cloud 5 minutes later, and I was out of my tent a minute after that!!

Honestly I don't think the foil things make that much difference. Maybe a tiny bit, but not enough to justify the hassle of having them clipped on, crinkling away, worrying about them blowing off in wind etc etc. Not worth it and I shalln't bother next year. The secret is just go get out of your tent and sleep on the grass adjacent to it for the mid-morning "special sleep" phase!

Edited July 4, 2009 by Craigston

[Storm_NL]

Buy a gazebo. Get up and find a tree in the Greenfields. Stop f**king moaning about the sun.

Next.

[Sam Crawley]

My friend had a thermometer in his tent and at one stage it was reading 45degrees!!!

[Storm_NL]

Of course any Londoners were fine with that, we get it on the Central and Northern lines twice a day!

[timespeedsup]

Of course any Londoners were fine with that, we get it on the Central and Northern lines twice a day!

[scaryclaireyfairy]

my late night activities were curtailed by my early morning sauna-effect tent but for the first festival ever i wasn't cold at night and there was generally always grass to sit on so i think it's a fair deal.

[TokiDoki]

If you think it's bad in the morning at a sunny Glasto, try sleeping in a tent at Benicassim!