Night Clothes

Rod,

I wear the same as I do at home ................... My birthday suit hehehe


Cheers Kev

Hi Rod,

At a guess you are referring to fleecy type track pants made from a knitted rather than a woven fabric, in which case they will tend to "catch" on your bedding as you move around - especially if you are using flanelette sheets, or no sheets. Thermals would probably do the same. Try something made from a smooth woven fabric and you might have less of a problem. Or use smooth sheets - or both!

Cheers,

Val

Mate you need warmer bedding. Then you can wear something like silk (or synthetic equivalent) PJs which allow for slippage.

Hi Rod,

Try merino thermals... (Icebreaker brand are my favourites - have a look at the website. They are not cheap but are are fantastic in cool weather. In fact merino clothing is fantastic any time of the year, depending on which weight garment you choose...good to layer too.

Regards,

Heather

Get a good Doona with flannete sheets, then all you wear is what you had on when you were born.

The only time I wear thermals is when snow camping, and then I get to hot, but better when getting dressed in the morning.

Don't forget the pepper and tweezers. B

Out bush, I'll sleep in what I'm wearing, sans footwear, if it's cold. Otherwise a pair of clean stubbies and a T shirt.

As an aside, in army days, when it was raining, which was most of the time, we were told to sleep in our wet clothes. The experts saying that they'll dry out a bit with your body heat, and then in the morning you don't have to put wet clothes back on. Which is not very pleasant at 5.30am.

Of course we didn't worry about the aches and pains of old age then, did we?

Silks or satins work well and will not get caught up.

Silk is surprisingly warm & comfortable too.

And you can be assured of making a big impression at the Men's Washroom when you show-up to brush you teeth and so forth.

It's just a suggestion that not everyone is ready for yet. ;-)

Cheers - Wayne D

Gday
I found that a nice full bodied woman was as good or better than any fancy bed clothes. Trouble is, mine won't come with me on most trips, so it is thermals and a couple of good blankets , and a beeenie.

I wear undies, a singlet and a pair of socks if it is cold.

We use a wool filled doona in the roof top tent. In the snow we add an opened up sleeping bag on top of the doona.

In the heat the doona tends to find its way to the bottom of the bed.

Phil

A good pair of woolley socks. Wool doona and a beenie if it's that cold. If my feet are warm I'm warm and the slippery the clothes the better. But boy I look an awful sight, good thing I'll be in the bush.

Good morning
I think exploroz should have a pyjama party around the camp fire some time. That would be interesting,,,,,,,,,,

You could do what my brother-in-law does. When we are out in the desert, camping with camper trailers, they put their electric blanket on! Of course it has to go off when we turn the gennie off.
Sue B

As usual, I find myself agreeing with Heather. Both David and I are also fond of the merino wool (Icebreaker brand) clothing/thermals. They come in long sleeve/leg and short sleeve/leg and even singlets and shorts options and a wide variety of styles (round neck, v-neck, high neck, low neck) and colours/patterns. However, we have always just bought them from our local Mountain Designs store but I guess you might get them cheaper online... must look at those links, thanks Heather.

We wear them on cold mornings in winter out cycling under our jersey tops as they wick away the sweat yet keep your warm - somehow, I don't know the science but technical fabrics are well worth their money. David's first merino singlet has lasted daily use for 5 years. We also run in ours as they are great for adjusting to temperature and best of all they tend to repeal body odour too so are ideal for camping/adventure/workouts.

This post relates to what to wear to bed camping in winter - and yes, we started out wearing thermals (also from Mountain Design) but now we always wear our merino icebreakers to bed. Very similar to thermals only the fabric is better. You don't get tangled and you don't get overheated, and you stay toasty warm. Highly recommended.

Best of luck with your PJ dilema! I'm a bit freaked out by the suggestion of an ExplorOz pj party though!!!