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Quattro15's avatar
Quattro15
Explorer
Feb 28, 2016

Mattress Upgrade?

I've been a tent/hammock camper for years. Having a mattress in my TT is awesome BUT this mattress that my camper came with is horribly firm. In a thought to upgrade I'm looking at Memory Foam Mattresses since they are cheaper than a regular mattress and I feel they would be more comfortable also.

I'm also drawn towards some weight savings though...and am thinking about getting a pair of Thermarest Dreamtime air mattresses instead. I've never slept on a Dreamtime but all the reviews are great.

Has anyone else gone this route to save some weight? Does that mattress compare to a 8 inch memory foam?
  • Dennis_Smith's avatar
    Dennis_Smith
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    Got our memery foam from overstock.com. it's a rv queen short and we love it. Best $400 we have spent,
  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    My rig weighs 7500 lbs when loaded so saving a few pounds is not practical for me when I will spend 8 hours each day lying on it.
  • Quattro15's avatar
    Quattro15
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    There is a Sleep Revolution RV Short Queen at WalMart for 217.00, any thoughts on that one?
  • Jack_Diane_Free's avatar
    Jack_Diane_Free
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    We use a very good memory foam topper on ours and it is very comfortable. You may not need a new mattress just a topper but do not go cheap on it.
  • Quattro15's avatar
    Quattro15
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    I've also been looking at the Dynasty Mattresses on Amazon if anyone has one of those.
  • seaeagle2's avatar
    seaeagle2
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2016
    We got a memory foam topper from Costco.com, solved our mattress issue
  • whjco's avatar
    whjco
    Explorer
    Feb 29, 2016
    Dennis Smith wrote:
    Got our memery foam from overstock.com. it's a rv queen short and we love it. Best $400 we have spent,


    We too! Love our overstock.com memory foam mattress. Makes it tough getting up in the morning, though. :)
  • nineoaks2004's avatar
    nineoaks2004
    Explorer
    Feb 29, 2016
    We use a memory foam topper too and it sure makes a difference.
    When we decide we will get a sleep number mattress to replace this one
    But since we have only had the TT for 3 months we are determined to get some use out of the mattress and the foam topper does the trick for now anyway.
  • rbpru's avatar
    rbpru
    Explorer II
    Feb 29, 2016
    We bought a foam pad for about $50.00. It works fine.
  • Community Alumni's avatar
    Community Alumni
    Feb 29, 2016
    They're definitely not mattresses that you want to fall face first into lol. For us, adding one of those modern egg crate foam toppers was perfect. Weighs next to nothing.

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