Or should I consider a new mattress. It came in our 09 Cambria.

YES. The simplest thing to do is get rid of the mattress and buy a 6-8" foam mattress. I would NOT want to be sleeping on someone else's 7 year old mattress. YUCK.

Yes. Get rid of the mattress, and get a foam one. If necessary, a foam one can be cut off to fit the RV bed better. Use the cut-off to make pillows or roll cushions.

A new mattress may be the way to go,but I found that it was really hard to find one to try out first,it is the short Queen.My RV came with a brand new mattress,still wrapped from Mfg. but it was really hard and I looked at getting another one but instead went with a Foam Topper It made all the difference in the world,it is the best sleep I have had away from home.It doesn't make you hot like some I have slept on,it breathes really well. Cheaper than a new mattress and no trying to get that old one out and a new one in.

They really do make an incredible difference. Our TT had a super cheapo mattress but a 2" topper made it feel great.A couple of caveats though; The topper was always trying to move around and it also shrank a bit so that it didn't cover that last 3" of the sides of the old mattress.We eventually bought a high quality 10" thick memory foam mattress from an on-line store that specialized in RV mattresses. If it were me, I would spring for a new one in a used rig.

How do you keep a foam topper from shifting around?..

Do mattress toppers make that much of a difference.

cencerrita
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2016
Use fitted sheets which you get your co_pilot to sew on longer elastic corner straps so the topper is secured in place to the mattress. We also fitted Ikea bed slats below the mattress and this improves comfort as well:)
mountainsam
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
For me thats one reason I don't travel much without an RV. I want to know what I am sleeping on. As for the toppers, some love them, me for one, and some don't. My son bought a high end topper for their bed but he has back issues and couldn't use it. It is now on our bed and we love it. We will have one in our next rv for sure.
magnusfide
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2016
YES!!!
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
clarkster wrote:
How do you keep a foam topper from shifting around?..

You don't. That's why we ended up tossing out the foam topper, the old mattress, and purchased a new mattress. When we sold the camper for our current one, we kept the new mattress and put back in the original, thinking we'd put the new one in the new camper. But, our Outback came with a really good mattress (unbelievable, but true), so the "old" new one ended up in the house and we replaced a mattress in the house. Still using it.

Moral of the story... forget the topper. They ARE a PITA, and get a real mattress that's comfortable.
rwjejits
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
Agree with all comments above. Best upgrade we did to our 5th.
Cottontop
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
topper works for me very good.
tred0956
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
I assume you have an RV (short) queen? We ordered ours from a mattress place - Sleep Country Canada - in the RV queen size. Many of their regular mattresses can be ordered in that size. That way we could have the same mattress in our house, our ski cabin and our RV. Nice to be able to have a similar sleep experience in all 3 "homes".
dtappy3353
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
I'm gonna get clobbered over this however, we put a couple different foam toppers on our queen bed in the fiver. For us...not only did they add unnecessary height, but were way to warm.

Bit the bullet and bought the mattress of choice and never looked back. Ordered it from Camping World on sale. Went to couple of custom mattress factories who wanted significantly more than CW.

Absolutely no complaints on new one!

Just FWIW
tenbear
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
We have the same mattress that came when we bought the new RV some 12 years ago. We use a foam topper and have replaced it every few years. I trim it to the same size as the mattress and it doesn't seem to move around at all.
klutchdust
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2016
coolmom42 wrote:
YES. The simplest thing to do is get rid of the mattress and buy a 6-8" foam mattress.

I would NOT want to be sleeping on someone else's 7 year old mattress. YUCK.

I chuckled at your comment, I guess you never stay in hotels. Do a search on how often hotels change theirs. I purchased the coach from the original owners and it was used very little.