The air mattress idea is not bad - I could throw a thermorest on for extra padding. The problem is that I have a weekender. It's got the wider bench, but the rear cushion is thinner because there is a small cabinet in the rear. This makes a bed of a really odd shape so while a blow up mattress won't fit too well, I can cut foam to any shape. Honestly, I've been thinking of taking that small rear cabinet out, but there is so little storage in the van as it is (loosing all that space to the rear engine) that I'm going to live with it for awhile first and see how my home built boxes/cabinets work. Dan L.A., CA '85 Westy Weekender On May 19, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 20:03 -0700, Ellen in Oregon wrote: > > >> I don't know when the last time was you slept on an air mattress, but >> they are cold and it is near impossible to warm up sleeping on one. >> The memory foam, on the other hand, is quite cozy once you've warmed >> it with your body heat. > > > An air mattress with a thin backpacking type closed-cell sleeping > pad on > top is both warm and mooshy. The two take up less space when deflated > than any thick topper of open-cell foam, memory or otherwise, which I > find to be sweaty on warm nights anyway. > -- > Rocky J Squirrel |
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