Just give up and use a airbed?
Sep 8, 2009 2:50 PM
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Anybody ever give up for awhile on getting a good mattress and buy a $50 airbed?  I say this because the mattress I have now causes me great pain, and it's only a year old so I need to save up for another one.

In the meantime, I'm thinking of buying one of those $50 airbeds and using it because the couple of times I slept on one, they were the most comfortable things.  Not aesthetically pleasing in a bedroom but this is just a temporary thing until I can afford a new mattress.  I can't afford to wake up so sore and miserable every day?

Anybody every do this?  Was it comfortable?

Re: Just give up and use a airbed?
Reply #11 Sep 16, 2009 10:07 PM
Location: L.A. area
Joined: Jan 18, 2008
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Amy1 wrote:
I was considering sleeping on an air mattress, but I have a cat who likes to climb onto the bed.  So I decided to buy an inexpensive mattress, then found this forum and figured that mattress sugery was the best way to go for now.  I just cut my mattress open last night, will post more detail soon.  :)

Adding a topper to the air mattress might help prevent the damp feeling of sleeping too close to the plastic layer. 

     ---Amy


So you did mattress surgery, eh?
I look forward to your experience. Please tell us what kind of mattress, what kind of springs, how old, what you found inside (any bicycles in there??!), etc.
Please start a new thread for the post.
Re: Just give up and use a airbed?
Reply #13 Sep 23, 2009 9:17 PM
Joined: Sep 23, 2009
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Thye just aren't worth the money if you ask me!
Re: Just give up and use a airbed?
Reply #14 May 4, 2010 3:40 PM
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Points: 72
I have found that the big airbed-type air mattresses can be extremely comfortable if you use them with a foam eggcrate topper, a proper cotton mattress cover and a fitted sheet. The eggcrate somewhat moderates the bulgy feeling of sleeping on air, and the mattress cover lets it breathe, 

I would be tempted to try this full time, but the air mattresses I have used over the years always seem to develop leaks fairly soon, and even when they do not have leaks lose enough air that they need to be pumped back up every few days or weeks, which means the feel and comfort are change from day to day and it is hard to keep it just where you want it. Otherwise I would probably be sleeping on one now.  There may be better quality air mattresses that will hold it longer, but I have only used the Coleman-style camping ones.

Re: Just give up and use a airbed?
Reply #15 May 21, 2010 2:56 AM
Joined: May 18, 2010
Points: 49
I think you might be on to something. But I heard they sleep cold. My brother use to have a blue one with the velour velvet feel on top. He kept it in the back of his SUV,mmmm wonder why he kept it there?,lol

anyways have you tried just throwing a few layers of latex on the floor like those college kids do on youtube?. they seem happy.

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