Anonymous wrote:Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

My camp doesn’t give us mattresses. It’s bring an egg crate or sleep on wood.

I bought a camping pad from REI and it's worked great for my daughter. Something like this can be used again and again vs. the egg crate.

https://www.rei.com/product/187551/kelty-mistral-si-sleeping-pad

My daughter is at sleep away for a month so I can see that over 10 years it is a good expense.

Something else to think about, OP, is the actual size and/or age of the mattress - the egg crate might not fit, or the mattresses are old or newer (in which case you shouldn't need one). For example, my daughter's camp is more "army cot" (length is normal, but width is probably 2/3 of a twin) where my son's is normal twin size. Might be worth a call to camp to see.

I bought a roll up closed cell sleeping mat which DS can also use on his bed as well as roll up for all of the overnight camping trips they're doing. Not sending an egg crate.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t bother with an egg crate. There is already so much stuff you have to pack and then set up. Just so unnecessary.

This. Not for a 1 week summer camp. For a college dorm that the student is in for 8 months, yes.

I wouldn’t bother with an egg crate. There is already so much stuff you have to pack and then set up. Just so unnecessary.

My kid doesn't want the egg crate anymore. She just sleeps on the mattress. But I do buy a new mattress protector cover each year. One that fully encases the mattress. She throws it away the morning of departure.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

Exactly what I was thinking. I cannot even imagine bringing an egg crate to camp!!

I had the same thought when I saw a similar thread in the college forum. My parents would have laughed a the thought!

Anonymous wrote:Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

I would never get an egg crate. They are garbage and can't be used outdoors. It will be practically disintigrated by the end of camp.

A ground pad/sleeping pad is required for my kids' sleepaway camp because they use them outdoors on camping trips. But they can also put them on their cot as an extra pad if they want to as well. Do not get the egg crate foam junk

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Anonymous wrote:Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

Exactly what I was thinking. I cannot even imagine bringing an egg crate to camp!!

There's a whole decorate-your-bunk thing that existed even back in the 80s when I went. This is just part of it.

Anonymous wrote:Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

Exactly what I was thinking. I cannot even imagine bringing an egg crate to camp!!

Kids today are so coddled and soft. What ever happened to just bringing your sleeping bag and pillow?

Anonymous wrote:https://everythingsummercamp.com/products/cabin-comfort-1-5-memory-foam-egg-crate-camp-mattress-pad?_pos=1&_sid=238054e8c&_ss=r

This site is great and has everything you can imagine.

Yes. I got this one. Expensive but it is indestructible and can be used for many purposes indoor and outdoor. Very durable and waterproof too. Rolls up and can attached ties.

https://www.wiggys.com/ground-pads/ground-pad/

If your child goes to sleepaway camp and you bought them a mattress pad and/or egg crate pad for their bed, please post the link. Thanks!