matress is terrible
The mattress that came with my trailer is the worst. Can it be replaced by an ordinary queen matress sold in stores?
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In our Amerilite 21MB I added a piece of plywood to the bed platform so that I could use a standard household queen mattress. The added length helped and made chosing a mattress easier.
We went with the Dreamfoam Bedding 12 in 1 foam mattress because I did not want a foam mattress that was too soft or too hard (unlikely for me) and you can change the different layers of foam around to find your perfect fit. I weigh in at about 450lbs and my wife about 140 and the bed frame has never even creaked from the weight (and Amerilite trailers are not built very well). Since the Dreamfoam is heavier than the stock mattress the struts will not hold the bed up to access the underneath storage, but I plan to merely place a hinged pole (like on a lot of car hoods) to hold it up.
With the Dreamfoam we now sleep very well. We used various queen air mattresses for a couple of years but none of them would take the strain.
I did a lot of research on the foam mattresses. If you can afford a Talalay foam mattress then go with that, but for the seven or eight weeks out of the year that we use the camper spending $700-1200 on a mattress did not make sense...especially since the largest expenditure is gasoline.... From my research I determined that Dreamfoam had the best quality mattress for under $400 and so far I find that it meets my demands:
http://dreamfoambedding.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=70
Also, if you wish to research mattresses this web site is loaded with great information related to almost all mattresses made with unbiased reviews:
http://www.themattressunderground.com/
Good luck, we are now trying to find some decent quality foam for our dinette cushions...another place the RV manufacturers cheap out on... Good luck!
We went with the Dreamfoam Bedding 12 in 1 foam mattress because I did not want a foam mattress that was too soft or too hard (unlikely for me) and you can change the different layers of foam around to find your perfect fit. I weigh in at about 450lbs and my wife about 140 and the bed frame has never even creaked from the weight (and Amerilite trailers are not built very well). Since the Dreamfoam is heavier than the stock mattress the struts will not hold the bed up to access the underneath storage, but I plan to merely place a hinged pole (like on a lot of car hoods) to hold it up.
With the Dreamfoam we now sleep very well. We used various queen air mattresses for a couple of years but none of them would take the strain.
I did a lot of research on the foam mattresses. If you can afford a Talalay foam mattress then go with that, but for the seven or eight weeks out of the year that we use the camper spending $700-1200 on a mattress did not make sense...especially since the largest expenditure is gasoline.... From my research I determined that Dreamfoam had the best quality mattress for under $400 and so far I find that it meets my demands:
http://dreamfoambedding.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=70
Also, if you wish to research mattresses this web site is loaded with great information related to almost all mattresses made with unbiased reviews:
http://www.themattressunderground.com/
Good luck, we are now trying to find some decent quality foam for our dinette cushions...another place the RV manufacturers cheap out on... Good luck!
