We use a mattress heated pad in both of our RV's and have for the last 31 years in our truck campers and 26 years in our Carriage 5th wheels. Both have air mattresses as we like them to sleep on.
The Lance TC's have had a queen Arrow Bed with an internal pump and has a 4 ft wired remote control that has dual side control for inflation so inflation level can be adjusted anytime on either side with just a push of a button. Haven't had to make any ajustments during the night and the Aero Bed mattress on the TC bed was purchased in 1997 and never leaked and still works fine. Never had a problem with inflation level due to heat expansion. Certainly couldn't tell any difference in inflation. The Aero Bed mattress was $120 when we bought it in 1997 but so glad we did.
We litterrally hate a cold bed at night and the air mattress with the heated mattress pad keeps the bed toasty warm. Remember that the mattress in a TC sits right on the cab over floor and has no air flow under it to warm it. The OEM mattress got so cold as we would use the TC in the winter in the U.P. of Michigan pulling our 2 Snowmobiles behind for many years hitting ther trails and the outside temps would be way below freezing and even had nights of -20F and one night of -29F. Imagine how cold that unheated OEM mattress would have been! Yup, I still have the 3 OEM mattresses out of our TC's and 2 out of our 5th wheels stored out in my finished unheated toy barn building yet. Basically unused... Maybe our grand kids might need one for one of their RV's and we have it and it's free for them.
Aero Bed quiit making the air mattress that we have in the TC so for the 5th wheel I only have used Coleman and Intech air mattresses and they work fine too.
They are real cheap and of course they don't last as long as the Aero Bed air mattress has. We usually only get around 5-6 years use out of them before they start losing air but that's OK as they are cheap to replace. We carry an extra new one under the bed storage area so we are prepared if a failure happens. No big deal!
No way would we go back to a normal mattress in our RV's because we are spoiled now being pampered. We're both 78 yrs now and still RV'ing a lot!
A superb CC LB 4X4, GM HD Diesel, airbags, Rancho's, lots more
Lance Legend TC 11' 4", loaded including 3400 PP generator and my deluxe 2' X 7' rear porch
29 ft Carriage Carri-lite 5'er - a specially built gem
A like new '07 Sunline Solaris 26' TT
