mattress moisture barrier
Just Curious does any of you use a moisture barrier under your mattress?
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I used to use a sheet of 3/4" Styrofoam board way back in the ~60's and early 70's under the mattress in our TC's. Then went to closed cell foamboard until the early 90's. That's when we changed to 2 layers of Astro-Foil (the better stuff than Reflectix) and it was even better for eliminating moisture and/or any mildew at all as we'd use one of our TC's in both Summer in the northern USA and Canada and Winter even below zero in the same areas. Warmer too!
The foamboard was OK but not nearly as good as the Astro-Foil and is why we still use the same 2 layers yet today. It just doesn't wear out or crumble either and doesn't squash in pressure pushed areas like the foamboard did. An added good thing is that the 2 layers raise the mattress less than the foamboard did and make opening the cabinet doors easier.
For the last roughly 15 years we have had the same Aerobed air mattress in the TC's owned with it's inside the mattress blow up pump with the wired remote control. Only a simple inverter is needed for the 110 AC pump motor without hookups to function anytime anywhere. It's so much more comfortable for sleeping than a conventional mattress, much warmer in Winter and cooler in Summer and so easy to adjust air pressure up or down as desired with the press of a button. Sleeping on air warms up to body heat or an electric heated mattress top so much faster than any other type of mattress type. 15 to 20 minutes tops from freezing to 70. It's perfection+.
Love it so much that our 5th wheel has the very same system and so did our class A's as we had learned what really works anytime anywhere.
The foamboard was OK but not nearly as good as the Astro-Foil and is why we still use the same 2 layers yet today. It just doesn't wear out or crumble either and doesn't squash in pressure pushed areas like the foamboard did. An added good thing is that the 2 layers raise the mattress less than the foamboard did and make opening the cabinet doors easier.
For the last roughly 15 years we have had the same Aerobed air mattress in the TC's owned with it's inside the mattress blow up pump with the wired remote control. Only a simple inverter is needed for the 110 AC pump motor without hookups to function anytime anywhere. It's so much more comfortable for sleeping than a conventional mattress, much warmer in Winter and cooler in Summer and so easy to adjust air pressure up or down as desired with the press of a button. Sleeping on air warms up to body heat or an electric heated mattress top so much faster than any other type of mattress type. 15 to 20 minutes tops from freezing to 70. It's perfection+.
Love it so much that our 5th wheel has the very same system and so did our class A's as we had learned what really works anytime anywhere.
