Spacer for air circulation under the bed?

[mlts22]

While looking at a used TC, I happened to lift under the mattress... black mold. Needless to say, I decided to look elsewhere.

What do people use between the mattress and bottom of the bed to help with air circulation? I was looking at two things:

1: Froli coils. These provide some functionality as box springs, but keep some separation between the mattress and the TC's edge.

2: Dri-Dek. This is thinner, and provides no box spring support, but does a decent job at allowing air underneath.

What do other people use? I live in Texas, so in the summer, mold can be a problem due to the humidity, so want to make sure it doesn't have a foothold under the mattress.

[Wardster]

mlts22 wrote:
Hypervent looks cool, but I've never used it... would it get into your lungs when sleeping due to all the fibers?

There's nothing to get into your lungs because it's a durable hard plastic. If you want, PM me your address and I will send you a small piece of it to look at. I bought ten feet of it for my installation, but they sent me a little more than that.

[deltabravo]

mlts22 wrote:

What do people use between the mattress and bottom of the bed to help with air circulation? I was looking at two things:

Nothing. I've never given any thought to needing a spacer.

But, now that the subject comes up, it's worth considering if I were doing winter camping.

[Dave_Pete]

For one idea start here and read through 3 or 4 posts.

[LanceCamper845]

Remember when camping in cold weather, your bodies heat is being transferred through the mattress. It will cause moisture under the mattress. With no where for the moisture to escape, mold will form. I've been using Hypervent for 10 years and have no mold or mildew under my mattress. Hypervent keeps the air flowing under the mattress.

[harley4275]

Try a piece of the stuff used along the outside of a basemant wall between the tar barrier and the soile . think it is called a dimple barrier .

[billyg]

When we are using the camper nothing goes under the mattress. when its in storage I use the foam tubes that wrap pipes to create an air space. I use 6 spread under the mattress. I also wipe down the air space with Clorox wipes. Bill

[tonymull]

Whatever you use make sure you don't raise the mattress enough to obstruct the bottom of your wardrobe doors...speaking from experience when I rebuilt our cabover floor. 😉 The Hypervent looks very much like a furnace prefilter, very inexpensive at HD, you might need a double layer.

[mlts22]

Hypervent looks cool, but I've never used it... would it get into your lungs when sleeping due to all the fibers?

[Wardster]

Yukoners wrote:
Someone posted this a while back I forget who.

Hypervent

That's what I installed under the mattress of my TC

[HMS_Beagle]

I have had this problem on the boat, when in humid climates. I put in the Froli system, problem solved. Makes the bed a bit more comfortable too. One downside of them is they tend to catch on the sheet when you are making and unmaking the bed. Not a big deal, but a negative nevertheless. I have used DriDek under other things on the boat to allow drying, but I don't think it would work very well under a mattress and bed clothes. They will just sink into the spaces and seal it because they are so thin. Some say that whatever you use should be springy, because it is the motion of the sleepers compressing/uncompressing which pumps air in and out that makes them effective.

[Yukoners]

Someone posted this a while back I forget who.

Hypervent