| Re: [GMCnet] Mattresses ? [message #94541] |
Tue, 03 August 2010 23:36  |
rallymaster
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Registered: February 2004
Location: North Plains, ORYGUN
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What we did, Carl...
Our mattress choice was one 4" layer of very dense foam with another 4"
layer of soft foam, topped by a 2" layer of memory foam. Works well for
us even without the memory foam. We got the foam at Fred Meyer in the
camping section. They are 30" x 72". We used 2 of each, trimmed and
placed to fit the space available. We liked it so well that we replaced
our home water bed with the same setup. Sporting goods places sometimes
have these pads. They seem to be just stacked somewhere, and you have to
squeeze and pick your desired density.
A fitted double sheet (for a really thick mattress) or mattress pad helps
keep the fir needles and such from sticking to the foam.
You can stack a soft one on top of a dense one on the floor at home, and
try it without the memory foam. If it doesn't work for you, return them.
Good Luck,
RonC
Ron & Linda Clark
1978 Eleganza II
North Plains, ORYGUN
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:55:47 -0500 Carl Stouffer <carljr3b@yahoo.com>
writes:
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> On our recent trip to Silver City, we had the opportunity to sleep
> in the coach for seven nights. Even with the mods I did to gain
> more foot room (
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=5490 ),
> neither my wife, Kathy, nor I slept very well. Part of it was the
> leak that would sometimes drip on my head, but I think we finally
> narrowed the cause down to a too firm mattress.
>
> The rear bedroom had been converted to a permanent bed by the PO.
> He had installed an inner spring mattress on a plywood platform, as
> many people have. It works great, especially with the additional
> foot room from my recent mod, except for the firmness of the
> mattress. I have heard some of the options, such as foam, a foam
> mattress with a memory foam topper, air beds like the Bear Bed or
> Select Comfort (what we sleep on at home), etc and am wondering how
> these various set-ups have been working out for others.
> --
> Carl S.
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mattresses ? [message #94561 is a reply to message #94541] |
Wed, 04 August 2010 07:30  |
tphipps
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If you have an IKEA store near you, look at their slatted bed base that has the curved ply formed slats. I have this in the back of my coach, with a 3" memory foam mattress from Wal-Mart. I sleep better on this combination than I do on my home mattress.
I put the IKEA slat into a bed sized frame of 1x4's to keep it in one place. Keeps the mattress on top of the slats. I used hinges to make the corners of the bed frame so that it can be easily removed.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/95844509 is a start on their slatted bed base.
Lots of neat stuff at IKEA that can be used in a coach.
Tom Phipps,
an IKEA regular
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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