RE: Can I use the airbeds in the PU ?

birol · Sep 28, 2003, 07:05 PM

Can I discard(read save) the foam matresses in the PU and use the air beds I have ? It was very comfortable when we used them in the tent. Is this something most people do or recommend or is this a stupid question ?

tlhdoc · Jul 18, 2003, 05:09 PM

birolYes you can use the air beds. Many people use air mattresses when camping. In colder months the air mattress will be colder than the mattress that came with the PU. The air in the mattress will not retain heat like the regular mattress.

birol · Jul 18, 2003, 05:10 PM

birolWell, we won t be camping much in the colder months as cold for us means COLD.

Thanks

Wayfarer · Jul 18, 2003, 05:29 PM

birolBirol:

Yes, use the mattresses - many folks do. We used air mattresses in the Coleman Utah and now use them in the hybrid. Much more comfortable, and much less weight. On cold winter nights used a blanket as a sheet and then an electric blanket over us. Warm! [

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birol · Jul 18, 2003, 07:29 PM

Wayfarer

QuoteORIGINAL: Wayfarer

Birol:

Yes, use the mattresses - many folks do. We used air mattresses in the Coleman Utah and now use them in the hybrid. Much more comfortable, and much less weight. On cold winter nights used a blanket as a sheet and then an electric blanket over us. Warm! []

Sounds good, DW will love the idea of electric blankets and get it all for herself, I just know it [

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Jo Ann · Jul 18, 2003, 09:32 PM

birolalso you can put a wool blanket and then a mattress cover under your fitted sheet...this will trap the cold in the airmattress and the heat from your bodies will stay with you.

Gone-Camping · Jul 19, 2003, 12:28 AM

birolBirol, those mattress that I gave you have been used in my Pop-up on several occassions!!! They work great, the big one fits perfectly on a full size bed too!

debbiedee1957 · Jul 19, 2003, 10:44 AM

birolBirol,
I place airbeds on top of the small foam things they call mattresses. The foam protects airbeds from punctures.

birol · Jul 19, 2003, 11:08 AM

debbiedee1957

QuoteORIGINAL: debbiedee1957

Birol,
I place airbeds on top of the small foam things they call mattresses. The foam protects airbeds from punctures.

Good idea ! Thanks for letting me into the secrets of succesfull camping. I love learning from others experiences.

Opie431 · Jul 19, 2003, 02:22 PM

birolWe use an air mattress on top of the PU mattress. We had one from our tent camping days and loved it so we just moved it into the PU. It does not have to be removed when we pop-down but we do have to remake the bed from scratch.

don · Jul 19, 2003, 04:58 PM

birolFirst we had the egg crate on top of matteress. Then we got a air mattress. Now we have them layered from bottom to top like this. Orgnial mattress, air bed, egg crate. I like the egg crate on top of the air bed. It keeps me from sleeping on plastic and sweating (only down fall of air bed for us).

birol · Jul 19, 2003, 06:02 PM

birolWhat does the egg crate achieve ? Don t they poke you

? Or do you crush them ?

tlhdoc · Jul 20, 2003, 09:57 PM

birolBirol they are wavy foam, they are soft.

Tim5055 · Jul 21, 2003, 11:46 AM

birolWe have used the Coleman airbeds with no luck. They don t last a single trip with Natasha jumping on the bed.

Last year we started using egg crate fom on too of the stock Coleman matress with thin self inflating matresses on the bottom.

Well, this year I decided to try an AeroBed.

I picked up an [link=http://www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/38]" AeroBed Sport" [/link] at Sears. It has held up very well to Natasha. Additionally I like the battery powered inflator on the Sport model. The length of the AeroBed is the exact width of the Coleman bunk, so you sleep with your head to the side.. As we have a King bunk, there is about 10" that is not covered by the AeroBed, but this gives Natasha a spot to jump up to on the bunk.

birol · Jul 21, 2003, 12:23 PM

birolThanks for the feedback all ...... We will definitely use the airbeds in our future PU as I found them to be evry comfortable.

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