Using the Outwell Inlayzzz Carpet to make your tent bedrooms snug

A tent carpet is more than just decoration; a well-insulated carpet can make your tent feel a lot warmer as it can provide vital ground insulation.

A place where you really want ground insulation is in the tent’s bedrooms. Unfortunately, many tent carpets, such as those from Outwell and other brands, only cover the living space of the tent and not the bedroom.

I can understand why, since the tent’s carpet can’t roll into the bedrooms as the bedrooms are on a different groundsheet, floating above the main tent groundsheet. However, I’ve always thought it slightly odd that there’s no carpet where you need the insulation the most.

We’ve always added extra blankets and rugs in the bedroom as it makes such a difference, especially when it is colder.

Fortunately, Outwell has now addressed the bedroom with their new Inlayzzz carpet.

The Outwell Inlayzzz Carpet folds up into this carrying bag

Inlayzzz – Helping make your tent bedroom cosy

If you’ve never tried insulating your tent’s bedroom, I urge you to try it. It will make a big difference, especially in the cooler times of years, and especially if you are using an air bed.

Outwell has made this bedroom carpet extra insulated

The cold ground can make the air in your airbed cold, which can make you cold. A cold air bed on a warm body can also cause condensation to form on the air bed where you are sleeping. If this gets into your sleeping bag, you’ll be cold and damp, even if you have a well-insulated sleeping bag.

Outwell has addressed this by not only making the Inlayzzz available to fit many different tent bedrooms (and not just Outwell tent bedrooms if the size is right) but Outwell has made this bedroom carpet extra insulated.

Underneath the carpet is this foam insulation

Unlike normal tent carpets that roll up, the Inlayzzz carpet is made up from foam panels, which provide excellent ground insulation (an R-Value of 1.5, to be precise).

The top of the Outwell Inlayzzz isn’t as plush as some of the other Outwell tent carpets, but it’s still got that fleecy-fabric feel and is noticeably warmer and softer underfoot than the tent’s floor.

The Inlayzzz Carpet up close

Different Sizes

The Inlayzzz carpet comes in 3 different sizes:

• 120 x 200 cm
• 140 x 200 cm
• 160 x 200 cm

More details can be found on the Outwell website.

Here’s a video from Outwell:

Verdict

Of course, you don’t need this carpet, and if you have insulated picnic rugs and other travel rugs, you can make a big difference to your tent. The foam kids play mats that slot together can also work well.

However, if you don’t want to ‘make-do’ and want good ground insulation in your bedroom that feels like a carpet – and matches your main carpet if you have an Outwell tent – then this is an item you definitely want to consider to improve your camping experience.

Thanks to Outwell for providing u with an Inlayzzz carpet to test. All opinions here are our own.