RE: Tent air conditioner--anybody tried a new model?
Put that money down on a Royal Sovereign room a/c unit that is on casters. Dont waste money on those over the ice cooler type designs. You will just be adding humidity to the inside of your tent and wake up with condensation inside your tent. You can buy the Royal Sovereigns or equvalent units via Sears, Amazon, Target, Sams Club. All you need for a tent is 5000 btu. I am not talking a window unit.
air condtitioned tent camping
I will be tent camping in a 2 room tent with my nephew during the second week of June at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Florida. It will be hot and humid. I am 60 and he is 35. Since we are on a budget, we were going to try to bear it with fans since our tent site has 50 amp electrical provided. A friend of mine is letting us use his his 9,000 BTU Royal Sovereign a/c unit that stands alone on four caster wheels that will be inside our tent, not mounted like a window unit. It has a small hose that goes to the outside to remove the condensation. It removes about 1.5 pints of water vapor per hour. These units run from $350 and higher depending on the BTUs. Some campgrounds in the Keys prohibit window A/C units attached to tents. This will be heaven sleeping in an air conditioned tent. Instead of sweating all nite we will be comfortable. I would like to know your comments. When I was in my earlier years I would not have even considered it, but when you get my age comfort is a blessing. Besides I did my backpacking on the Appalachian trail and in the Rockies years ago. I only like car camping now. I did I mention I will be towing my boat down there for us to snorkel and fish? Eat your heart out. I will only be paying $2 per gal for gas since my nephew is splitting all fuel costs with me otherwise I would not able to afford the gas for this 1200 mile roundtrip. Don't complain about gas-do a splitter!:)
