So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Apr 9, 2010 9:35 AM
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I am trying to find something inexpensive that will still be comfortable. I think durability can take a hit here since it will only get used for a weekend every month or two..

I was thinking about getting a $400 sealy posturepedic cushion firm from Costco and then throwing a memory foam topper on it.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11504406&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|93|1924&N=4018920&Sp=C&No=2&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=67412&Ns=P_Price|0||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Mo=28&topnav=

What do you guys think of that route?

Any other ideas?

Re: So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Reply #1 Apr 9, 2010 10:33 AM
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Usually we lgve them  the worn out hellbed we stopped using ourself when the discomfort got too much to bear. 

 

My theory is that any bed is OK for a couple nights, and do you really want guests staying longer?

Re: So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Reply #2 Apr 9, 2010 2:35 PM
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hellbed wrote:

Usually we lgve them  the worn out hellbed we stopped using ourself when the discomfort got too much to bear. 

 

 

My theory is that any bed is OK for a couple nights, and do you really want guests staying longer?



I was trying to avoid giving guests a hellbed. Pretty much anyone I can tolerate for staying a single night, I would be glad to entertain for at least a week :)

Re: So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Reply #3 Apr 9, 2010 6:52 PM
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tranceFusion wrote:



I was trying to avoid giving guests a hellbed. Pretty much anyone I can tolerate for staying a single night, I would be glad to entertain for at least a week :)


We don't have a spare bedroom , so what we do is put them on our fold-out futon in the living room and tell them if it isn't comfortable enough we have plenty of memory foam they can put on top of it! (It's a very firm cotton-batting type futon.)

I actually think that when we do have a guest room some day I may just put a similar futon fold-out couch in it because they are cheap, can be folded into couch-mode when we don't have guests - to make the room less cluttered and provide for other uses - and actually they can be fairly comfortable, especially with a bit of decent quality foam on top.

I think your Sealy idea from CostCo is as good as any.

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Re: So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Reply #4 Apr 10, 2010 6:04 PM
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While I was browsing the Sam's Club website looking at their latex mattresses, I noticed they have this mattress:

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=399574&pCatg=8393

which rolls up in a bag for storage.  Since we don't have a spare bedroom, this might be a good solution for when my mother-in-law comes to visit.  It has very positive reviews.

Re: So what do you guys do for guest beds?
Reply #5 Apr 16, 2010 9:03 PM
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We got a latex mattress from foambymail as a way to find out if we might want a latex mattress for our master bed. We like it and all of our guests have been happy with it as well.

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