Will a cot be colder sleeping?

[MallardSX2]

What pad?

I believe I have a sea to summit. I got it from Cabela's years ago.

Its green.

 

[Packer9037]

Anybody have any success getting their cot higher off the ground so you can stick stuff underneath it?

 

[medvedyt]

Doesn’t look like much room for sleeping either

i will not trade a dog for the room. so great having them around.

 

[Macchina]

Staying warm is all about limiting heat transfer.

Solids transfer heat much better than gases...

A pad on the ground has a direct link to the entire Earth to sink your heat away.
A cot puts a layer of air between those two.

I started using a cot a few years ago. As long as there isn't air flow (like sleeping under a tarp in a wind storm) a cot with a pad will always be warmer than the same pad on the ground.

 

[Wizbang]

I used a helinox lite cot this year in November (10 deg nights) in a redclif with a stove. As everyone knows, when the fire goes out it’s cold. I also run a crazy creek chair. I unfold the crazy creek and put it on top of my cot. That with a 0 deg bag and I’m as snug as a bug.