under mattress insulation
what is a good thing to use undermattress to insulate from cold?
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The foam tiles would work ... we use fold up exercise mats under the mattress in the truck camper. They are a little thicker than the roll up ones and if we ever need to sleep youngun's on the floor... we can yank them from under our mattress pretty quickly.
We found regular blankets can feel damp so we've switched to micro fiber/fleece blankets. I don't use regular cotton or even flannel anymore. Fitted sheets don't stay in place so we've just gone to the blankets being tucked under the mattress (I use a cutting board with a handle to push them under at the sides in the class A. In the TC I use foam noodles between the mattress and the wall. Slice them so they have one flat side.)They whisk moisture away from us ... they dry out in a few minutes in the morning. Then after showering I make the bed.
In the winter we have a small heating blanket (lap size) we turn on during the day to heat up the blankets and the mattress. We turn off the heating pad at night because you don't want to sleep under that electrical current.
And the secret to holding in the heat... is a small wool blanket as the top layer. We've fulltimed in a class A for 10 years... the TC is our get-away for the weekend rig...and a guest house for the Winnebago.
We found regular blankets can feel damp so we've switched to micro fiber/fleece blankets. I don't use regular cotton or even flannel anymore. Fitted sheets don't stay in place so we've just gone to the blankets being tucked under the mattress (I use a cutting board with a handle to push them under at the sides in the class A. In the TC I use foam noodles between the mattress and the wall. Slice them so they have one flat side.)They whisk moisture away from us ... they dry out in a few minutes in the morning. Then after showering I make the bed.
In the winter we have a small heating blanket (lap size) we turn on during the day to heat up the blankets and the mattress. We turn off the heating pad at night because you don't want to sleep under that electrical current.
And the secret to holding in the heat... is a small wool blanket as the top layer. We've fulltimed in a class A for 10 years... the TC is our get-away for the weekend rig...and a guest house for the Winnebago.
