Cots Protect Tent Floor

A tent cot is both a tent and a cot hence the name.

Cots protect tent floor.

Ride the rails trainman. Keeps tent floor clean for packing. Many even feature a rain fly for protection from heavy weather. Protects tent floor from rocks and roots.

If you have a large enough tent cots should be only used for keeping gear or clothing off the floor of the tent not sleeping on. But as to the cots the u tubing frame would be better to not cut or punch thru. Placing fabric or padding under the cot feet can also help further protect your tent from potential abrasion especially on hard rocky ground. Placed beneath the tent the eureka tent floor saver protects the tent s floor from damage by rocks or roots keeps the bottom clean for packing and adds an extra layer of protection from water.

Luxurylite cots have twice as many and more gently rounded feet compared to most cots on the market which helps distribute your body weight and minimize cot feet wear and tent floor abrasion. The tents with the nylon floor same material as the tent seems to thin for my liking and would use a tarp either on or under the floor. If the tent has the polyethelene floor same material as the tarps it is pretty tuff and can handle lot of wear. In addition it offers coverage from weather and can be folded into a seat position during the daytime.

This camping shelter works to provide adequate sleeping in the outdoors. Some use tennis balls for this purpose. Pre sized to fit shape of tent floor. Let the new coating dry for at least 24 hours before packing your tent away.

Others will bring small pieces of carpeting with them and place those under the legs while others will cut off the bottom of plastic bottles the thicker the better and use those as coasters for the cot legs. To reduce exposure to flame retardant chemicals wash your hands after handling coated tent fabrics.