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I had another month or so living in the back of the tripping truck over the last winter and I’m still discovering things
Condensation under the foam sleeping pad remains an issue, especially on cold winter nights. Keeping the windows open and cap door open helps, but running a small fan helps even more. The fan sound doesn’t bother me, in fact it is kind of white noise that occasionally covers more annoying sounds.
Even so there is a body outline of moisture on the bottom of the microfiber pad cover and I’ve learned to flip the mattress on its side, inside the bed against the left hand side windows. It doesn’t block my view there and it dries out quickly.
I had some concerns about eventually degrading the foam and stuck a piece of Ridgerest pad between the mattress and bed floor, which itself is covered with minicel exercise flooring. That seemed to be ideal; much of the moisture is trapped in the ridges and it is easy to pull that pad out and allow it to dry.
I’ve run out of cold weather testing time, but I want to try one of our old ThermaRests between the mattress and bed floor in lieu of the Ridgerest and see which works best.
Condensation under the foam sleeping pad remains an issue, especially on cold winter nights. Keeping the windows open and cap door open helps, but running a small fan helps even more. The fan sound doesn’t bother me, in fact it is kind of white noise that occasionally covers more annoying sounds.
Even so there is a body outline of moisture on the bottom of the microfiber pad cover and I’ve learned to flip the mattress on its side, inside the bed against the left hand side windows. It doesn’t block my view there and it dries out quickly.
I had some concerns about eventually degrading the foam and stuck a piece of Ridgerest pad between the mattress and bed floor, which itself is covered with minicel exercise flooring. That seemed to be ideal; much of the moisture is trapped in the ridges and it is easy to pull that pad out and allow it to dry.
I’ve run out of cold weather testing time, but I want to try one of our old ThermaRests between the mattress and bed floor in lieu of the Ridgerest and see which works best.