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Someone put up a tent on their balcony to escape their heat-trapping apartment during the night. (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

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[–] 72 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (12 children)

That's not even a tent tent, it's a child's pop-up toy "tent". An adult can barely fit inside it and there's no way to stretch out and sleep.

Edit: Ooo, which means it is not vented, and so it likely gets very hot inside.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I once lived in a basement one room suite, so no balcony or any outdoor space. During the summer it was hotter than the outside. I remember lying down in the bathtub running pure cold water to cool down, then trying to sleep for a bit but having to repeat cooling off every 2 hours.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I have a tent like that. It's for two people. Probably the most common type of cheap tent I see in Finland

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The tent is barely wider than the door it is next to. Assuming Germany (though most countries will be similar) the standard residential minimum is 90cm door width. Even if you add 10-20cm for a more generous width of the door behind it no adult at 170cm will be sleeping in that tent.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    They are pretty small. Some measurements for the tents I looked up were 205 x 150 x 105 cm and 200 cm x 140 cm x 100 cm. It probably looks smaller here than what the actual floor measurements are.They're not spacious but adults do fit in them

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I think it might be some kind of minimal beach camping tent, like this one:
    https://www.ironsnow.com/products/ironrain-camping-tent-beach-play-tents-2-person-waterproof
    Had to probably do with a tiny one, as it would be the only one to still fit the limited space.
    The opening would be directed at the balcony door.
    So no ventilation issue, but you might have do deal with some mosquitos (but those thankfully haven't been much of a problem here this year as it has been also exceptionally dry so far...)

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Nope, not even that fancy. It doesn't have separate poles, they're just permanently integrated. The whole thing folds up into a circle. And without real ventilation, even with that circle door, they get hot inside.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You can see the separate poles

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Gah, you're right. I have not had enough coffee yet.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I have slept in one of those children's tents before. I was going backpacking, and a friend offered me his "backpacking tent" that was much lighter than mine.

    It turns out it was lighter because it was a children's tent that was about 80% the length of my body, so I had to sleep with my knees up. We got snowed on, and luckily it held up.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago*

    Yes, this is correct. A standard residential doorway in Germany is required to be at least 90cm/~35”. Even if we say this is another European country, the width will be similar. Let’s be generous and add another 10cm/~4” for a total width of 100cm/39”.

    The tent is hardly wider than the door it is next to.

    No adults are sleeping in that tent.

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