Air mattresses

[Simpo Two]

Not the £14.99 camping kind, but I hear that you can get them for permanent use on beds...

Wikipedia says: 'Air mattresses use one or more air chambers instead of springs to provide support. Quality and price can range from inexpensive ones used occasionally for camping, all the way up to high-end luxury beds. Air mattresses designed for typical bedroom use cost about the same as inner-spring mattresses with comparable features.'

However I'm having trouble finding them for sale anywhere. Does anyone have any experience of them or know where they can be purchased/tried out?

[pmanson]

What is it with you and mattresses?

[GreenDog]

I have seen the guest bed type which stand about as high as a normal divan and have an inbuilt pump which runs off the mains. Now thats the way to go camping :-)

Ebay have those ones, they were circa £35 when we last looked.

[anonymous-user]

We use an aerobed for guests/camping but they have a huge range, the king size 5ft width bed we have has a built in 240v electric pump and quick release air vent, it goes up and down in seconds and can give as firm or firmer mattress than a convential sprung mattress, not cheap though £100 our one was.

Have a look here

http://www.aerobed.co.uk/

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 7th June 14:24

[lewes]

I can also highly recommend the aerobed.

We have the Active one and we use it as a spare in the house and also when we go camping. The Outlaws have also used it when they go to visit the sister in law.

[Simpo Two]

Thanks guys, I've contcated Aerobed to see if their stuff is up to everyday use.




Last mattress failure was a Silentnight Miracoil 3 which was lovely for about 4 nights before it started subsiding

[Roy E6]

Try a waterbed, had one for 15 years now. Wouldn't consider anything else. And add the latest component a water pillow then you better get a loud alarm clock. If you don't fancy the movement then you can get motionless mattresses!

[Simpo Two]

I'm interested - any links please?

[Flintstone]

GreenDog said:

.... an inbuilt pump which runs off the mains. Now thats the way to go camping :-)

Want to rethink that one?

[anonymous-user]

Flintstone said:

GreenDog said:

.... an inbuilt pump which runs off the mains. Now thats the way to go camping :-)

Want to rethink that one?

I reckon he either has a 12v DC to 240v AC converter to run the pump off his car or the campsite has electric hookups.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 8th June 09:50

[Flintstone]

OneDs said:

Flintstone said:

GreenDog said:

.... an inbuilt pump which runs off the mains. Now thats the way to go camping :-)

Want to rethink that one?

I reckon he either has a 12v DC to 240v AC converter to run the pump off his car or the campsite has electric hookups.

Edited by OneDs on Tuesday 8th June 09:50

Call that camping? I remember when all around the campsite were, ummm........... fields.

[furtive]

I've got an aerobed. Cost me £200-odd. Used it once. Most uncomfortable thing I've ever slept on

[Simpo Two]

furtive said:

I've got an aerobed. Cost me £200-odd. Used it once. Most uncomfortable thing I've ever slept on

That must have been the whole bed not just the mattress. Why was it uncomfortable BTW?

[Mobile Chicane]

I've slept on water beds and air beds and would never have one out of choice.

Too clammy / sweaty. Same with 'memory foam' mattresses.

Ghastly.

[Yelly]

Mobile Chicane said:

I've slept on water beds and air beds and would never have one out of choice.

Too clammy / sweaty. Same with 'memory foam' mattresses.

Ghastly.

Your opinion. Not mine. Love my memory foam mattress. What's good for one isn't necessarily good for another, though.

[Simpo Two]

Yelly said:

Your opinion. Not mine. Love my memory foam mattress. What's good for one isn't necessarily good for another, though.

'Lying in ditch' was a good description of a memory foam mattress!

I have two ideas left. Next is latex over coil springs; if that fails (good old Argos!) I'll try one of those solid foam 'mattress in a box' things. Note that's reflex foam not memory!

Apparently the best kind of latex is 'Talalay' but it's very scarce.

[GreenDog]

OneDs said:

Flintstone said:

GreenDog said:

.... an inbuilt pump which runs off the mains. Now thats the way to go camping :-)

Want to rethink that one?

I reckon he either has a 12v DC to 240v AC converter to run the pump off his car or the campsite has electric hookups.

Edited by OneDs on Tuesday 8th June 09:50

I was referring to campsites with electric hookups. Lovely coming back to the tent from tyhe pub and you've left the fan heater on low to take the chill off

[Mobile Chicane]

Simpo Two said:

Yelly said:

Your opinion. Not mine. Love my memory foam mattress. What's good for one isn't necessarily good for another, though.

'Lying in ditch' was a good description of a memory foam mattress!

I have two ideas left. Next is latex over coil springs; if that fails (good old Argos!) I'll try one of those solid foam 'mattress in a box' things. Note that's reflex foam not memory!

Apparently the best kind of latex is 'Talalay' but it's very scarce.

Go to Harrod's and get the best quality traditional mattress you can afford.

This may seem like a strange recommendation, but sale prices are keen, and they deliver.

Once you've slept on the best, nothing else compares.

[furtive]

Simpo Two said:

furtive said:

I've got an aerobed. Cost me £200-odd. Used it once. Most uncomfortable thing I've ever slept on

That must have been the whole bed not just the mattress. Why was it uncomfortable BTW?

With 2 people on it, we just rolled together. And when the air pressure was increased it was like sleeping on the floor. If the floor had been covered in plastic sheeting first. Horrible and sticky

[mattdaniels]

I've got one of those double aero bed matresses. Inflates in seconds - you charge up the cylindrical pump on a mains supply then it twist-locks on to a large valve on the side of the mattress and inflates it in seconds.
Better than a normal air bed because the pockets mean that if one person moves around alot the other one doesn't get bounced out of the bed. Also the upper surface is a suede/cotton material so not plasticy and horrible.
We used it for about 6 weeks when we moved in to the new house whilst waiting for the proper bed to be delivered. Needed topping up about once a week.
Good, does the job, still use it for guests. No substitute for a proper mattress though.