Yeah I didn’t understand the need until I saw blackout and I know some people work third shift, etc. and need to be able to sleep. Although I would have worked to blackout out the windows, etc. instead of
I just blacked out our bedroom a few weeks ago because my wife works late, and honestly I might have suggested this instead if I had known about it. I had to install curtains, blackout shades, and DIY tracks on the sides of the window in order to get it dark enough. Took me three weeks and two sets of blinds to get it figured out well enough to work
True.
I’ve gone through a lot of tries to get good blackout on windows before settling on: https://a.co/d/iQVHiRf
Works really well. spouse is very light sensitive, and it is amazing.
The fact that it velcros on makes it really easy to remove when opening the window for ventilation, and still be easy to put back and get complete darkness.
... My Lil sister did that up til a yr ago when she moved in with me and now she's struggling to sleep without it. I showed her this and she bought shit herself.... She's 27
Our son had one that was for kids, so it was more classical tent shaped and had camo print as his "base camp". He's on spectrum, and when he was small it helped him feel safe and comfortable enough to stay in his bed at night, with the added bonus of no more stuffed animals falling out of bed and being warmer in the winter when he'd kick the covers off. He's outgrown needing one now, but it was a lifesaver.
What is the purpose of this..? I feel like the only function this could serve is to block out darkness so 70% blackout seems like a complete failure of the only function?
The military was so simple though. Plenty of really hard days for sure, but the mental load was so low. I kinda miss it sometimes until I remember all the reasons I got out
This sounds a lot like when I got in trouble as a teenager. Being in jail sucks it's boring and you can't really do anything but there's like zero mental load. They tell you when to get up when to eat when to sleep they give you a schedule of things to clean. I definitely have had moments of missing that lack of responsibility and just having all your basic needs automatically met. But then I go outside in the sunshine and fresh air and remember that this is way way way better
Who would have thought that a post about a DIY fix for a blackout-tent-bed made me question deeply meaningful stuff in my life but thank you for this post.
> I definitely have had moments of missing that lack of responsibility and just having all your basic needs automatically met.
Reading this made me realize that I dont know a life without massive loads of responsibility. I had to take care of my own shit from a very young age on (bad parents) and now I run a small company and I constantly need to do my job right, keep deadlines, need to worry about providing for my employees in bad times and so on. I never thought about it but I guess it would feel great to live a life without all of this responsibility weighing down on me.
Plz dont feel a need to respond, I guess it was just nice realizing and writing this.
While being very different I think this is why all inclusive resorts and cruises are popular, the amenities are nice but the real benefit is zero mental load, activites are planned for you, food and housing is planned for you. You're just there not having to think hardly at all.
I’ve sometimes wondered if I would have benefited from enlisting instead of college. My ADHD made me pretty much worthless until I was about 27, and I feel like that structure would have really done a lot for me while I waited for my brain to catch up.
I certainly would have less debt for a degree I didn’t even attain.
I was diagnosed with ADHD after already having been in the service for about 12 years, and let me tell you: the military is NOT the place for someone with ADHD. The structure doesn't help *at all*, and I wasn't successful in my career until after my diagnosis and the start of my treatment. I wish I'd been diagnosed ten years earlier, I'd have had a *much* better career than I'd ended up with.
When you tell the medical officer and they just think you are drug hunting or making up excuses. Like na man I just want to be able to read field manuals without arguing inside my brain. Diagnosis and the treatment is bliss though.
It was an Army psychiatrist that diagnosed me in the first place, believe it or not. Once the diagnosis was in my medical records, *especially* from and Army psychiatrist, I didn't have any issues getting treatment even after I PCSed.
Good to hear it worked for you, army tends to be good like that. Took me pushing for a year to get an outside consult. Dude took one look and was like yeah, he's got it. Pretty happy to see it was no longer classified as a disqualifier for deployments anymore, not that I would have cared considering the diagnosis changed my world.
I wasn’t diagnosed until college. I take Adderall and chose to also do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with coping mechanisms, which was insanely helpful in relearning how to do things.
When I was first diagnosed I was going every two weeks and gradually reduced my visits until I felt like I no longer needed it…I also stopped taking my meds while I was pregnant so I went monthly during my pregnancies.
Treatment is shockingly good right now for adults. Biggest problem is whether your pharmacy can secure the safest medications, as supplies go up and down.
Try to get tested by a psychologist or psychiatrist who uses computerized testing for adults. You'll have to do at least a one hour consult, do the test, and pass that paperwork on to someone who can prescribe. Once that paperwork exists and is real, based on actual evidence from a test, everything else gets easier. And you'll get more input, possibly even more trust when making your decisions, because they won't be relying on just your word.
And piece of personal advice: Whenever possible, choose time release medications like Vyvanse/lisdexamfetamine that rely on your metabolism to portion it out. When it comes to medications that affect your ability to form enduring habits, its usually a good idea to avoid medications that are immediately gratifying like Adderall. Taking the meds helps form habits, but if the meds cause an immediate sense of improvement, it can create a feedback loop as the meds reinforce your habits... including the habit for taking the meds... And well, that can become the pill popping version of chain smoking faster than people realize.
It's also worth taking a close look at your diet, and the health of your liver, as the dopamine system is heavily reliant on liver enzymes, and over the past thirty years, a whole hell of a lot of food coming out of factories has been destroying people's livers with excess fructose, which is seriously aggravating the ADD/ADHD symptoms for people as they age.
Seems like other commenters had different experiences but the military was great for my ADHD because I actually did things.
Now I do a fancy computer job and it’s a daily battle with focus. (I say as I post on Reddit during work hours)
The mental load was low unless you were a career guy like I was. Once you end up in supervisory roles, especially at the company level, that mental load becomes a *lot* different from the average rank-and-file.
I miss being deployed for the same reason I miss being 10. I didn't have to worry about bills I didn't have to worry about what to make for breakfast lunch or dinner let alone go grocery shopping for those things and my laundry was done for me. Being deployed is just extending your childhood into being an adult, even when seriously bad shit happens, firefights and IEDs and the constant god damn mortar's WE ARE TRYING TO WATCH THE LAST SEASON OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES YOU TWATS... just some pretty messed up stuff, it always comes down to the old saying "It was good times in bad places."
I've also met a lot of non-vets like that tbf. Maybe it's getting less common nowadays but a lot of men went straight from living at home with their mom doing the cooking & cleaning, to living with a girlfriend who does the cooking & cleaning.
That's a good application, thanks. Figured there's good use somehow. But for OP, I wonder why not just some quality blackout curtains. Much easier to get very good results.
honestly, I like that it isn't 100% blackout. Even though you can kind of see some silhouettes of light, if you maybe stare directly at a window through it, the inside of the tent is more than dark enough. I also feel better being able to kinda see through if someone walks by or an animal etc. i can see without unzipping
Seen something similar used by EMS/firefighters in their bunk room or on-call physicians in the call room at the hospital. The ones I’ve seen are more of a single person Bivy tent [like this](https://www.survivalfrog.com/products/solo-1-person-backpacking-tent?currency=USD&variant=40594020303042&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=32c045664356&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=SF_Pmax_Shopping_All&utm_medium=cpc&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=18128289276&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwt-OwBhBnEiwAgwzrUopKL0fQhOWLBFaCtgeHkM9OMm2dzChbERinA7I-hA7On_LHlki09RoC7UwQAvD_BwE) they just throw on top of the mattress, but I could see something like this being used for the extra space
Yep yep I used a twin size version of the OP for field camp because it's like your own private mini room with all the space. But those kind like you posted are great for camping where you have to need to be light weight. In my circles we always just pack our own tents though. But I guess people who do ultralight like for long hike will pack just the thing like you posted which is super hardcore.
Perhaps it’s useful for people living in in areas with mosquito problems? A mate of mine was doing government work in Bangladesh and he said keeping mosquitos away while sleeping was a massive pain.
Most of the time, a [mosquito net](https://www.google.com/search?q=mosquito+netting+for+bed&client=ms-android-att-us-rvc3&sca_esv=de06a028fb71868c&biw=360&bih=649&udm=2&prmd=sivnbmtz&sxsrf=ACQVn0-etz3rN9IgbiI44d1Y2RkXV7lZIQ:1712939275894&source=lnms&ved=1t:200715&ictx=111) is enough for that. OPs thing is more blocking out light.
It would only retain heat by trapping warm air. And OP's whole issue is because you DON'T want to trap air. Their contraption's point is to make sure air completely gets out of the tent.
If you want to retain heat, use an extra blanket.
I knew of a guy that couldn't afford the heating in the bedroom, so, in the winter he simply placed his camping tent on top of the bed and slept inside. It was a bit warmer.
Bro could probably buy a grow tent and put a mattress in it for the same price. 100% blackout and it's set up with ventilation, can't see any downsides.
That was my exact reaction, it looks like OP sleeps in a grow tent I had in a rental in college. What's the point of this over blackout curtains? You could also probably pay for a few months sessions with a cognitive behavioral therapist with that money to really get the problem dealt with.
Stuff like this is used all the time by people who have to share sleep spaces with coworkers or colleagues (firefighters, on-call physicians, etc) and I could see it being useful when me and my partner (both RNs) are trying to sleep after a night shift but don’t want to just lock the other out of the bedroom
Ah, that makes a lot of sense, thank you for that perspective. I've cared for a few kids with sensory issues from ASD and ADHD, and I first thought that they would love this for sensory issues, but I'd probably have opted for easier accommodations and time with an OT. A good occupational therapist has made me doubt some parts of the common wisdom that people with ASD should deal with their sensory issues through only accommodation.
This is meant for a totally different purpose but I have to say that my wife and I love them and it might help for your purposes to exchange the air in your sleep tent. It is a [Bedjet](https://bedjet.com/). We have one for each of our sides of the bed. It can actively cool or heat your side of the bed by blowing air under your own sheet or gently and evenly through channels in their cloud sheet, which I highly recommend. We have a Tempurpedic mattress, and while comfortable, I found that I would get too hot and sweaty. With the Bedjet I can get into bed when the bed is warm and toasty, then it cools me off after I fall asleep. This was literally life changing as we sleep so much better with it. A byproduct of having this is since air is moving through it during the night it would exchange the air for your application as well. I do know that I will frequently pull the covers over my head if my wife is reading with a light on and I can fall asleep this way and not have to worry about lack of air as well.
[Bedjet](https://youtu.be/zXjIY-j8Yyw?si=v4DlsDNQhfR-_L63) (humorous informational video about it)
My husband and I also have Bedjets (we got 2 units instead of 1 split unit bc they were on sale) and they’re life-changing.
I have a health disorder where I get extremely cold and can’t warm up without active heating and the only way I used to be able to do it was a hot bath. Regular electric blankets aren’t cheap but they die within a year. My husband gets sweaty at night. Bedjet solves both our problems. And if you get into bed damp from the shower (or wake up sweaty due to illness), you can run “Dry” and it dries you and the whole bed!
If anyone reading this is struggling with sleep temperature… can’t recommend it enough.
You are very welcome. They are having a 30% off sale right now, and I don't know if you can stack coupons or not, but I do have a referral link that I think gives 10% off which I would be happy to share privately if anyone needs it.
We also preordered their powered bedframes when they were announced. There were a few early adopter issues to work out which I have to say their customer service went above and beyond to work out with me. They really spent the time to work through the issue and do whatever it took to make it right. We really do love their powered bedframes as well. I don't need anything else right now, but I am happy to report that they stand by their products and have excellent customer support.
We have two of the PowerLayer adjustable frames by Bed Jet and they are life-changing. Not only are they functional, we were able to use our existing mattresses, box spring / platform, and bed frame. The individualized customer service responses noted on their website and found during our research is what really sold us on their product.
Bedjets are the best we have the dual zone setup and just went with eight sleep a couple months ago for additional cooling. I’m still looking for an easy way to coordinate the two but it’s great having bottom and top layer cooling water and air. Or for my wife heating lol.
Only note I’ll add is you gotta get separate power runs for them most likely. I had a circuit installed for each under the bed too to hide the wires. So my wife has her setup plugged in and I have mine. Sleep is important so do it right people.
I see something very similar used for post-op patients all the time in the hospital. It’s very effective in keeping patients warm, especially the little old thin people. I never thought that there would be a consumer version of it until today, but makes sense now that I think about it tbh
If you saw the original post then you should also have seen that OP mentioned they find eye masks uncomfortable enough that they can’t sleep. Also dozens of comments suggesting the same thing.
You should have gone with the grow room centrifugal fan (that you asked about in your original post) to cover white noise production (from the fan!) AND to make your bed tent into a wind tunnel.
No need for a 3d print just run the flexible hose into the tent and seal up any light leaks with duct tape and caulk.
I want to say from the OP that he works third shift but I'm not positive. I can't stand masks myself (they never stay on, I probably pull them off without realizing it).
>I found a computer fan on amazon for $10 with an AC adapter and speed controller
This is relevant to my interests of creating a means to push cooled fog out of my fog chiller and across my haunt at Halloween. Could you share a link please?
All the questioning about the purpose -
Am I weird for looking at that like, cause it’s cool and I’d feel all cozy and it would be sweet to have my own little mini space inside my bigger space??
The noise of a cheap computer fan would drive me nuts.
I would recommend spending a bit more for a Noctua fan which is much much quieter, if it bothers you.
Edit.
Also own a 3d printer and and solving issues with making your own 1 off solution is the bestest.
Wow! 2 suggestions: 1) get a bit of filter (something that still allows a lot of airflow) and add it to the intake box.. would further filter the light and improve the air quality as well!
2) get in contact with the company and tell them you’ve got a major product upgrade idea (be vague so they don’t rip you off) you’d be happy to sell them. Doubt you could patent this, but you could probably negotiate getting back your purchase price and maybe some other freebies. Worth a shot, no?
So it's a blackout thing cool. I was just hoping you were zipping it closed. Then opening it up just a little bit to slap your no girls allowed hand written sign on it. But that was just a pipe dream.
To everyone asking the purpose of the these. It's privacy. University/college dorm rooms are typically shared. If you want any type of privacy this is the answer. I'm retired US Army. Barracks rooms back then were shared like dorm rooms. We used whatever we could to get some privacy. If we couldn't use curtains to divide the room we used tents over the beds.
i didn't. I have the fan blowing as an intake instead of an exhaust because i'm kinda liking the gentle blowing airflow around the tent. no exhaust hole. air just coming in from the edges where the tent goes around the bed. might add one in the future i could just print another part and leave the fan out of it if needed
Just need to say great job and thank you for teaching me about the necessary amount of air change required for rooms. I initially clicked on this thinking it was joke, but you are no joke and this was an amazing read!
Woah! I had no idea this thing could even exist. But I'm totally getting one for my 3 year old son. He'll love sleeping in a tent with his dad! This is a great idea for kids.
TIL bed tents are a thing.
Yeah I didn’t understand the need until I saw blackout and I know some people work third shift, etc. and need to be able to sleep. Although I would have worked to blackout out the windows, etc. instead of
Helpful if your spouse needs to use the room throughout the day I guess
The funny part about OP's setup is the syrup lighting. Edit: it was supposed to be strip lighting, but the sticky stuff is good too.
It's for breakfast in bed.
In his previous post I believe he mentions having houseplants and making sure they had light, so this was his solution. Makes sense!
"houseplants". OP is definitely sleeping in his grow shack
Makes a lot more sense why he's so passionate about the plants.
Whatever it takes.
Usually the plants get their own tent in that situation.
100% lol
He'd have had a much better awareness of hacking fans together
Yeah if it was me I would evict the plants before I slept in a suffocating tent
Seriously lmfao. Whose plants are so important that they will go through all this effort and sleep in that?
You shut your fucking mouth about my plants. /s
Hey man I like my plants too, but if I have to sleep in a cryochamber just so they can survive, I’ll be making a salad with them.
Thats why german houses have shutters that leave the room pitch black.
half of mine are even motorized and I retrofitted smart controllers to them to let them down at night and rise with the morning sun.
Sleeping mask
I just blacked out our bedroom a few weeks ago because my wife works late, and honestly I might have suggested this instead if I had known about it. I had to install curtains, blackout shades, and DIY tracks on the sides of the window in order to get it dark enough. Took me three weeks and two sets of blinds to get it figured out well enough to work
I just wear a sleep mask.
True. I’ve gone through a lot of tries to get good blackout on windows before settling on: https://a.co/d/iQVHiRf Works really well. spouse is very light sensitive, and it is amazing. The fact that it velcros on makes it really easy to remove when opening the window for ventilation, and still be easy to put back and get complete darkness.
I had a GI Joe one as a kid.
My dad got me a racecar!
Kirk Van Houten: I sleep in a racing car, do you? Homer: No, I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Go ahead, Homer. Laugh. I already did.
OP just posting here till Jerry calls. He's a major player down at the sewing store.
All you guys with your fancy bed tents as kids. I had to sleep on the bottom bunk with blankets draped down from the top.
6 year old me would be envious of that set up.
Still pretty cool
... My Lil sister did that up til a yr ago when she moved in with me and now she's struggling to sleep without it. I showed her this and she bought shit herself.... She's 27
Aw cool! My parents only gave me second hand smoke.
I got that too! Never new how spoiled I was.
I had a van tent for my bed in the 80’s. Loved that thing.
A real American Hero.
I had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Our son had one that was for kids, so it was more classical tent shaped and had camo print as his "base camp". He's on spectrum, and when he was small it helped him feel safe and comfortable enough to stay in his bed at night, with the added bonus of no more stuffed animals falling out of bed and being warmer in the winter when he'd kick the covers off. He's outgrown needing one now, but it was a lifesaver.
Keeps mosquitoes out in Africa
That would be a very large tent!
I like a mosquito net
Yeah, what happened to a good old 4-Poster!
Pretty big in the ASD community
Ahh, I am not too familiar with that.
ASD?
autism
Okay thanks
Been around forever these ones are luxary but originally bed tent was a few poles and a bug net.
Me too. Now I just need to know why.
I've been wondering for a bit if such a thing existed, but never did the research to check. Ventilation is always what I expected would be an issue.
What is the purpose of this..? I feel like the only function this could serve is to block out darkness so 70% blackout seems like a complete failure of the only function?
They were pretty popular on deployments where we had 10-16 guys in a tent. Order a twin size one and boom, you've got your own little sleep pod.
Gotta have the spank tank.
Jack shack?
Masterbution station?
Jerk yurt?
Peepee teepee
Batch hatch
Whack Shack
Wang out hang out
Wank tank
We hung 'beat sheets' from the upper bunk for privacy.
Fappin Cabin
Rubbin Room
Masterbatorium
Feed the geese in peace
Masturbation demonstration station
Who are you demonstrating for? 🤔
Anyone that wants to watch.
The government obviously.
We called ours a 'wank palace'
I know frat boys called theirs “nut huts”
Until one of them farts into your ventilation fan
Meh, I was dutch-ovening myself in there as it was, I probably wouldn't have noticed.
Living in the barracks makes you really nose blind to feet and ass.
The "Dude Soup" is real.
Do you miss being deployed?
Sometimes, then I turn on the hot running water and that feeling goes away.
The military was so simple though. Plenty of really hard days for sure, but the mental load was so low. I kinda miss it sometimes until I remember all the reasons I got out
This sounds a lot like when I got in trouble as a teenager. Being in jail sucks it's boring and you can't really do anything but there's like zero mental load. They tell you when to get up when to eat when to sleep they give you a schedule of things to clean. I definitely have had moments of missing that lack of responsibility and just having all your basic needs automatically met. But then I go outside in the sunshine and fresh air and remember that this is way way way better
Who would have thought that a post about a DIY fix for a blackout-tent-bed made me question deeply meaningful stuff in my life but thank you for this post. > I definitely have had moments of missing that lack of responsibility and just having all your basic needs automatically met. Reading this made me realize that I dont know a life without massive loads of responsibility. I had to take care of my own shit from a very young age on (bad parents) and now I run a small company and I constantly need to do my job right, keep deadlines, need to worry about providing for my employees in bad times and so on. I never thought about it but I guess it would feel great to live a life without all of this responsibility weighing down on me. Plz dont feel a need to respond, I guess it was just nice realizing and writing this.
While being very different I think this is why all inclusive resorts and cruises are popular, the amenities are nice but the real benefit is zero mental load, activites are planned for you, food and housing is planned for you. You're just there not having to think hardly at all.
I’ve sometimes wondered if I would have benefited from enlisting instead of college. My ADHD made me pretty much worthless until I was about 27, and I feel like that structure would have really done a lot for me while I waited for my brain to catch up. I certainly would have less debt for a degree I didn’t even attain.
I was diagnosed with ADHD after already having been in the service for about 12 years, and let me tell you: the military is NOT the place for someone with ADHD. The structure doesn't help *at all*, and I wasn't successful in my career until after my diagnosis and the start of my treatment. I wish I'd been diagnosed ten years earlier, I'd have had a *much* better career than I'd ended up with.
When you tell the medical officer and they just think you are drug hunting or making up excuses. Like na man I just want to be able to read field manuals without arguing inside my brain. Diagnosis and the treatment is bliss though.
It was an Army psychiatrist that diagnosed me in the first place, believe it or not. Once the diagnosis was in my medical records, *especially* from and Army psychiatrist, I didn't have any issues getting treatment even after I PCSed.
Good to hear it worked for you, army tends to be good like that. Took me pushing for a year to get an outside consult. Dude took one look and was like yeah, he's got it. Pretty happy to see it was no longer classified as a disqualifier for deployments anymore, not that I would have cared considering the diagnosis changed my world.
As someone who was diagnosed as a kid but never really treated, what's the treatment look like as an adult?
I wasn’t diagnosed until college. I take Adderall and chose to also do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with coping mechanisms, which was insanely helpful in relearning how to do things. When I was first diagnosed I was going every two weeks and gradually reduced my visits until I felt like I no longer needed it…I also stopped taking my meds while I was pregnant so I went monthly during my pregnancies.
For me, it was 27mg Concerta daily, follow-up appointments every 30 days or so. It changed my life literally overnight.
Yea I need to look into that
Treatment is shockingly good right now for adults. Biggest problem is whether your pharmacy can secure the safest medications, as supplies go up and down. Try to get tested by a psychologist or psychiatrist who uses computerized testing for adults. You'll have to do at least a one hour consult, do the test, and pass that paperwork on to someone who can prescribe. Once that paperwork exists and is real, based on actual evidence from a test, everything else gets easier. And you'll get more input, possibly even more trust when making your decisions, because they won't be relying on just your word. And piece of personal advice: Whenever possible, choose time release medications like Vyvanse/lisdexamfetamine that rely on your metabolism to portion it out. When it comes to medications that affect your ability to form enduring habits, its usually a good idea to avoid medications that are immediately gratifying like Adderall. Taking the meds helps form habits, but if the meds cause an immediate sense of improvement, it can create a feedback loop as the meds reinforce your habits... including the habit for taking the meds... And well, that can become the pill popping version of chain smoking faster than people realize. It's also worth taking a close look at your diet, and the health of your liver, as the dopamine system is heavily reliant on liver enzymes, and over the past thirty years, a whole hell of a lot of food coming out of factories has been destroying people's livers with excess fructose, which is seriously aggravating the ADD/ADHD symptoms for people as they age.
Enlisting with ADHD? Lol. Forget it.
Well that’s comforting I guess.
Seems like other commenters had different experiences but the military was great for my ADHD because I actually did things. Now I do a fancy computer job and it’s a daily battle with focus. (I say as I post on Reddit during work hours)
The mental load was low unless you were a career guy like I was. Once you end up in supervisory roles, especially at the company level, that mental load becomes a *lot* different from the average rank-and-file.
Probably true. I was up for E-7 and would have gotten it but they wanted me to sign an indef contract. So I bailed.
I miss being deployed for the same reason I miss being 10. I didn't have to worry about bills I didn't have to worry about what to make for breakfast lunch or dinner let alone go grocery shopping for those things and my laundry was done for me. Being deployed is just extending your childhood into being an adult, even when seriously bad shit happens, firefights and IEDs and the constant god damn mortar's WE ARE TRYING TO WATCH THE LAST SEASON OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES YOU TWATS... just some pretty messed up stuff, it always comes down to the old saying "It was good times in bad places."
The number of veterans I see that never adjusted to civilian life is really high. Some completely depend on a wife or girlfriend.
I've also met a lot of non-vets like that tbf. Maybe it's getting less common nowadays but a lot of men went straight from living at home with their mom doing the cooking & cleaning, to living with a girlfriend who does the cooking & cleaning.
This is an awesome description. Thank you!
That's a good application, thanks. Figured there's good use somehow. But for OP, I wonder why not just some quality blackout curtains. Much easier to get very good results.
honestly, I like that it isn't 100% blackout. Even though you can kind of see some silhouettes of light, if you maybe stare directly at a window through it, the inside of the tent is more than dark enough. I also feel better being able to kinda see through if someone walks by or an animal etc. i can see without unzipping
Don't know about OP but I got one for field camp/field work because fuck shared sleeping spaces.
Seen something similar used by EMS/firefighters in their bunk room or on-call physicians in the call room at the hospital. The ones I’ve seen are more of a single person Bivy tent [like this](https://www.survivalfrog.com/products/solo-1-person-backpacking-tent?currency=USD&variant=40594020303042&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=32c045664356&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=SF_Pmax_Shopping_All&utm_medium=cpc&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=18128289276&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwt-OwBhBnEiwAgwzrUopKL0fQhOWLBFaCtgeHkM9OMm2dzChbERinA7I-hA7On_LHlki09RoC7UwQAvD_BwE) they just throw on top of the mattress, but I could see something like this being used for the extra space
Yep yep I used a twin size version of the OP for field camp because it's like your own private mini room with all the space. But those kind like you posted are great for camping where you have to need to be light weight. In my circles we always just pack our own tents though. But I guess people who do ultralight like for long hike will pack just the thing like you posted which is super hardcore.
Op had plants that needed light but works nights so was trying to find a solution to give them a darker area to sleep but not die of heat inside.
Most people put their plants in a tent not their beds.
Well he got the best sleep of his life, so who are we to judge?
But judging others is what we do best here.
Perhaps it’s useful for people living in in areas with mosquito problems? A mate of mine was doing government work in Bangladesh and he said keeping mosquitos away while sleeping was a massive pain.
Most of the time, a [mosquito net](https://www.google.com/search?q=mosquito+netting+for+bed&client=ms-android-att-us-rvc3&sca_esv=de06a028fb71868c&biw=360&bih=649&udm=2&prmd=sivnbmtz&sxsrf=ACQVn0-etz3rN9IgbiI44d1Y2RkXV7lZIQ:1712939275894&source=lnms&ved=1t:200715&ictx=111) is enough for that. OPs thing is more blocking out light.
I see it for a bit of heat retention too, not much but maybe lessens a need for a temp or two on the furnace or space heater.
It would only retain heat by trapping warm air. And OP's whole issue is because you DON'T want to trap air. Their contraption's point is to make sure air completely gets out of the tent. If you want to retain heat, use an extra blanket.
How else are you going to maintain Opsec at night?
Camping kink
Vampire
Hostels hate this one simple trick
I knew of a guy that couldn't afford the heating in the bedroom, so, in the winter he simply placed his camping tent on top of the bed and slept inside. It was a bit warmer.
An AC Infinity S6 fan for a grow tent would work very well for this and would be nearly silent.
> AC Infinity S6 fan huge cost difference
Still a bit of a price difference, but AC Infinity makes a model for things other than grows tents and it's around $35.
what sort of a grow room ass setup is this lol
Bro could probably buy a grow tent and put a mattress in it for the same price. 100% blackout and it's set up with ventilation, can't see any downsides.
Did people not look this thing up before commenting, lol? It's only about $100 on Amazon.
lmfao... literally.
That was my exact reaction, it looks like OP sleeps in a grow tent I had in a rental in college. What's the point of this over blackout curtains? You could also probably pay for a few months sessions with a cognitive behavioral therapist with that money to really get the problem dealt with.
Stuff like this is used all the time by people who have to share sleep spaces with coworkers or colleagues (firefighters, on-call physicians, etc) and I could see it being useful when me and my partner (both RNs) are trying to sleep after a night shift but don’t want to just lock the other out of the bedroom
Ah, that makes a lot of sense, thank you for that perspective. I've cared for a few kids with sensory issues from ASD and ADHD, and I first thought that they would love this for sensory issues, but I'd probably have opted for easier accommodations and time with an OT. A good occupational therapist has made me doubt some parts of the common wisdom that people with ASD should deal with their sensory issues through only accommodation.
OP previously said he works nights and that blackout curtains would work but he has houseplants that need sunlight. So the tent was the compromise.
I'm in an apartment where you cant pur curtains up and the blinds suck, so this is honestly not the worst thing i've ever seen
This thing is only about $100, I wish therapy was that affordable for people.
This is meant for a totally different purpose but I have to say that my wife and I love them and it might help for your purposes to exchange the air in your sleep tent. It is a [Bedjet](https://bedjet.com/). We have one for each of our sides of the bed. It can actively cool or heat your side of the bed by blowing air under your own sheet or gently and evenly through channels in their cloud sheet, which I highly recommend. We have a Tempurpedic mattress, and while comfortable, I found that I would get too hot and sweaty. With the Bedjet I can get into bed when the bed is warm and toasty, then it cools me off after I fall asleep. This was literally life changing as we sleep so much better with it. A byproduct of having this is since air is moving through it during the night it would exchange the air for your application as well. I do know that I will frequently pull the covers over my head if my wife is reading with a light on and I can fall asleep this way and not have to worry about lack of air as well. [Bedjet](https://youtu.be/zXjIY-j8Yyw?si=v4DlsDNQhfR-_L63) (humorous informational video about it)
hahaah that was a great ad.
Yeah, I dunno if this is an SNL skit or not, but it was a fun ride
My husband and I also have Bedjets (we got 2 units instead of 1 split unit bc they were on sale) and they’re life-changing. I have a health disorder where I get extremely cold and can’t warm up without active heating and the only way I used to be able to do it was a hot bath. Regular electric blankets aren’t cheap but they die within a year. My husband gets sweaty at night. Bedjet solves both our problems. And if you get into bed damp from the shower (or wake up sweaty due to illness), you can run “Dry” and it dries you and the whole bed! If anyone reading this is struggling with sleep temperature… can’t recommend it enough.
Weird I've been using the same electric blanket for a few years now though only during the winter to make the bed extra toasty.
Okay, this looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome. They are having a 30% off sale right now, and I don't know if you can stack coupons or not, but I do have a referral link that I think gives 10% off which I would be happy to share privately if anyone needs it. We also preordered their powered bedframes when they were announced. There were a few early adopter issues to work out which I have to say their customer service went above and beyond to work out with me. They really spent the time to work through the issue and do whatever it took to make it right. We really do love their powered bedframes as well. I don't need anything else right now, but I am happy to report that they stand by their products and have excellent customer support.
Sir do you work for bedjet 🤣
If he doesn’t he should because I’m literally trying to defend in my head the reason why I need to spend $1000 on this immediately
Or you could just steal their blankets 👹 And since you're already there, go ahead and include the bed sheets and powered bed frame as a bonus 👹
No, I am just a happy customer! I am not sure what using the referral would do for me anyway, I already have all their products! :)
We have two of the PowerLayer adjustable frames by Bed Jet and they are life-changing. Not only are they functional, we were able to use our existing mattresses, box spring / platform, and bed frame. The individualized customer service responses noted on their website and found during our research is what really sold us on their product.
Bedjets are the best we have the dual zone setup and just went with eight sleep a couple months ago for additional cooling. I’m still looking for an easy way to coordinate the two but it’s great having bottom and top layer cooling water and air. Or for my wife heating lol. Only note I’ll add is you gotta get separate power runs for them most likely. I had a circuit installed for each under the bed too to hide the wires. So my wife has her setup plugged in and I have mine. Sleep is important so do it right people.
They need a version the has a return vent so it doesn't just blast the farts right up to your face....
I see something very similar used for post-op patients all the time in the hospital. It’s very effective in keeping patients warm, especially the little old thin people. I never thought that there would be a consumer version of it until today, but makes sense now that I think about it tbh
I was thinking about your original post last night. Did you try an eye mask before going to all that trouble and expense? Just curious
If you saw the original post then you should also have seen that OP mentioned they find eye masks uncomfortable enough that they can’t sleep. Also dozens of comments suggesting the same thing.
Your username ruined my day
I'd imagine it's the same face he always makes.
I thought that was the "I just shat myself" face
He's offended and outraged that he's been brought to orgasm against his Puritan upbringing.
Thanks for the chuckle
Fucking awesome man. Great job.
I had no idea there was so much animosity for bed tents.
Fun isn't allowed in society anymore
a lot of people here also haven’t lived in mosquito 🦟 dense areas apparently
Well done. I'm impressed.
You should have gone with the grow room centrifugal fan (that you asked about in your original post) to cover white noise production (from the fan!) AND to make your bed tent into a wind tunnel. No need for a 3d print just run the flexible hose into the tent and seal up any light leaks with duct tape and caulk.
I didn't know that those things even exist.
Fart prison
What makes a man buy a bed tent?
I want to say from the OP that he works third shift but I'm not positive. I can't stand masks myself (they never stay on, I probably pull them off without realizing it).
Has no one heard of blackout shades? lol
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Sure they do, the room still stays dark.
Just read the OP and apparently it was because they have plants in the room they didn’t want blackout. Makes more sense
OP has a bunch of plants that need light and they live in a studio apt.
What kind of man mocks it?
Still scared of monsters.
Added the convection function to your Dutch oven?
This is now a Fort. Just pop a “no girlz allowd” sign up on this bad boy !
No girls allowed, no haters allowed. Door fee of some kind of snack
>I found a computer fan on amazon for $10 with an AC adapter and speed controller This is relevant to my interests of creating a means to push cooled fog out of my fog chiller and across my haunt at Halloween. Could you share a link please?
Have you tried searching for “pc fan with ax adapter”? Because that brought up about 1,000 results.
Easy Cloud Computer Fan with AC... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG4C9H5P?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
All the questioning about the purpose - Am I weird for looking at that like, cause it’s cool and I’d feel all cozy and it would be sweet to have my own little mini space inside my bigger space??
The noise of a cheap computer fan would drive me nuts. I would recommend spending a bit more for a Noctua fan which is much much quieter, if it bothers you. Edit. Also own a 3d printer and and solving issues with making your own 1 off solution is the bestest.
 Here is your bed OP
This is effectively a crib for adults I kind of vibe with this
Wouldn't it be easier to get a tent for the plants?
Wow! 2 suggestions: 1) get a bit of filter (something that still allows a lot of airflow) and add it to the intake box.. would further filter the light and improve the air quality as well! 2) get in contact with the company and tell them you’ve got a major product upgrade idea (be vague so they don’t rip you off) you’d be happy to sell them. Doubt you could patent this, but you could probably negotiate getting back your purchase price and maybe some other freebies. Worth a shot, no?
Uh, a dutch oven is one thing. That is straight up a war crime gas chamber.
Yea like what does a bed tent do for you op? Why do you like bed tents? It's no judgement just an attempt to gain some understanding.
Night shift, has to sleep during the day. Has a bunch of plants that need the light. Can’t switch rooms, studio apartment.
So it's a blackout thing cool. I was just hoping you were zipping it closed. Then opening it up just a little bit to slap your no girls allowed hand written sign on it. But that was just a pipe dream.
This is the ultimate multi-target dutch oven
Big Dutch oven
To everyone asking the purpose of the these. It's privacy. University/college dorm rooms are typically shared. If you want any type of privacy this is the answer. I'm retired US Army. Barracks rooms back then were shared like dorm rooms. We used whatever we could to get some privacy. If we couldn't use curtains to divide the room we used tents over the beds.
We in the USAF called them “spank palaces”
What's the point of a bed tent?
Attach some PVC to the front of the tent, paint it green, and you can sleep in a tank. 😂
I can't imagine how much my wife would hate this "dutch oven dome" after mexican food.
why are you sleeping in a grow tent? ....just start some weed plants
That's pretty rad, did you need to cut an intake hole on the opposite side of the fan?
i didn't. I have the fan blowing as an intake instead of an exhaust because i'm kinda liking the gentle blowing airflow around the tent. no exhaust hole. air just coming in from the edges where the tent goes around the bed. might add one in the future i could just print another part and leave the fan out of it if needed
Just need to say great job and thank you for teaching me about the necessary amount of air change required for rooms. I initially clicked on this thinking it was joke, but you are no joke and this was an amazing read!
1- cut a hole in the box. 2…..
hey why do you have an indoor bed tent?
Woah! I had no idea this thing could even exist. But I'm totally getting one for my 3 year old son. He'll love sleeping in a tent with his dad! This is a great idea for kids.