Mattress toppers

spoon059 wrote:
We like memory foam and it performs so much better with a solid base under it, rather than a poor quality coil mattress. Besides, we don't want to deal with the topper shifting under the mattress, etc.

Haven't found either to be the case - the coil mattress in our Coachmen is about as crappy as one could be but the memory foam / gel topper changes that completely and has never shifted at all - perhaps the fitted sheet we use over it solves that issue. :@

The first thing you should know is all manufactures put in a cheap excuse for a mattress. The second thing is.. if you are not going to sleep on it a lot then go cheap. BUT if you are like us that use our TT a lot (6 months a year) Go get a proper mattress for a mattress store. Our mattress at home is a Sterns and Foster set about 2 grand new for a king why would we sleep on much less in the TT?

In a previous camper, we tried a mattress topper and it turned out to be the biggest pain the "back side" ever. It kept sliding around, and fit uneven. It was horrible and we paid a hefty price for it.

We got smart then and threw it out and just bought a brand new mattress that was comfortable. And we never looked back. The next camper had a queen bed and a really thin mattress. We just bit the bullet and got a good mattress and was done with it.

Our current camper, actually came with a really good mattress. Five years now and it's still doing great! Factory installed! No complaints.

Advise: throw out your current mattress and just replace it with something that 100% comfortable. After all, you spend 1/3rd of your life on it! That's too much time out of your life to be uncomfortable!

DutchmenSport wrote:
Advise: throw out your current mattress and just replace it with something that 100% comfortable. After all, you spend 1/3rd of your life on it! That's too much time out of your life to be uncomfortable!

My advice ... your recommendation is based on the presumption that a mattress topper isn't a viable solution but as some of us have said - it certainly is. :B I just can't answer the OP's specific question about bamboo mattress toppers as I've never tried one and have no reason to since the memory foam / gel version we have works great. :)

We put a Serra 3” topper on ours 2 years ago. It’s been fine.

Thank you for responses. I really like the idea of extending the sleeping platform.

I put an egg crate topper from a fabric store on ours and it made a huge improvement. I didn`t want to replace the mattress because it is heated. its been 12 years now and still great.

I have been really happy with a Costco mattress topper for years. I put a matress protector over both the topper and mattress before making the bed, and that holds the topper in place beautifully.