HITORHIKE Camping Cot Compact Folding Cot Bed for Outdoor Backpacking Camping Cot Bed

After years of tent camping, I'm tired of carting around a big heavy air mattress, batteries and an air pump,and then spending 30 minutes filling up the air mattress only to wake up on the ground in the morning due to the inevitable air mattress losing air for some unknown reason. We got these for a 16 day road trip where we'd be camping in multiple states and various climates. I did a few practice setups and breakdowns at home so we had no surprises or issues at camp.These things were awesome. They are pretty light weight, pack down fairly small and take about 5 mins to set up or tear down (this was with a 6 year old "helping"). Some of the reviews mentioned that these were too tough to work with. You do need to use some strength to build or break apart, however I'm a tiny lady and after I figured these out, I could do it quickly. The legs do get easier to work with the more you set up and take down the cots. I found it was best to apply downwards pressure on the leg with one hand (and a lot of my body weight) while simultaneously lifting up the long cot pole with the other hand to meet the notch in the leg piece. Not sure about the review who said these had 30 pieces, there are 5 legs, 2 long poles and the cot fabric, all fit nicely into the bag they came in.As far as comfort, they sure beat sleeping on the ground and are better than a wonky air mattress that rolls you to the middle or off the edge and require you to bring sheets to avoid sleeping on the plastic air mattress. The first night, I used just a sleeping bag on the cot and was a little uncomfortable in the shoulders. 2nd night (and every night after), I layered down an old sarape from the car, then my sleeping bag, and was fine. You could probably use a sleeping pad as well for even more comfort.The design of the fabric portion, as someone else mentioned, could be a little bit better. There are holes along the length of the fabric where the leg pieces rest on the long cot poles. It's pretty near impossible to get those holes 100% lined up w/ the leg brackets, so I can see some damage occurring to those areas of fabric with extended use. Overall, these are way better than an air mattress or sleeping mat on the ground. They are more comfortable, take up significantly less space, and are quicker to set up/break down.They are also extremely durable. Our tent blew away and rolled several times in a freak thunderstorm with 60mph winds. The cots survived the rolls completely intact and also survived the rest of the night wedged between the bench and table portion of a heavy picnic table. The rain/water didn't cause any damage and the cots dried out fairly quickly in the morning sun.

I've had one for 2 years now. I've since bought another since I liked it so much. Very light weight for a cot! It's strong, sturdy, compact and lightweight. I use it tent camping with the scouts. Being 60 the ground pad was getting old. With this cot it brings back life to tent camping. Also it fits my size. I'm 6 ft 1 and 240 and I fit very well on it. I don't plan on taking it on any hikes as it's still quit large for a backpack but for general camping it's great. Everything has held up very well. If you were to see it today you would think it's brand new. If I were to add anything to make it even better would be a light sleeping pad to give even more comfort. A side plus is being elevated you're never where if rain comes in your tent you're wet. And as well you get a space you can put things under the cot such as boots. This was a great bit of camping gear. I would highly recommend it.

Easy set up. Light weight. Love that it packs into small bag. Sturdy. Took off 1 star because it makes noise when you roll over and it has a slight chemical smell.

We waited until we tried them out on a 3 night campout before reviewing and now we can say we are very satisfied. The cot folds up into a small bundle and is easy to put together. It's pretty low to the ground and we discovered that you can't step on it or you'll pop off the legs. It's a tad short for my 6'2" hubby but who sleeps ramrod straight anyway?! He said it was fine and he'll never go back to an air mattress on the ground. We did put the air mattress on top of the cot but it wouldn't be necessary. My one complaint is that whoever translated the directions for assembling them is not a native English speaker and parts were completely incomprehensible (but we figured it out nonetheless). I recommend watching how it comes out of the bag so that you know how everything fits (like puzzle pieces) before you try to put it all back. Oh, and the "pillow" thing is a joke. It's the size of a book and I think their suggestion is to stuff something in it to make it soft. Oh, one other nice feature of the cot is the attached pocket which is a perfect place to safely tuck your glasses or keys or whatever. Happy camping!

Bought this for a camping trip because I was tired of the air mattresses and blow up pads. At first I wasn't sure if this was gonna work so well, because it was very stiff to put together. After using it for a few days camping it became more broken in and was a lot easier to take apart. It was also very comfortable and kept me off of the ground which was perfect because the area we were camping did get some rain, and the bottom of our tents did get slightly wet. It is very compact, so I was able to carry this on the back of a motorcycle.

I have bought two of these cots and if I required a third, I would not hesitate to purchase a third.