Date:         Thu, 19 May 2011 14:21:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sleep Comfort
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Thanks all for the input!

After thinking about it, I think the easiest at this point is to do as
Loren and Troy suggested - I'll go for a 3-4" topper from Costco or
some such place.  If I get ambitious in the future I'll redo the bench
with some nicer foam, but I suspect the topper will make it
comfortable enough.  The only problem with the topper is the room it
will take up.  I'm finding that there is not a lot of storage room
with the engine in back and all - I'll be changing that with the
addition of some storage boxes behind the two front seats.  I have an
idea of making them stacked so they can convert to a bench/cot across
the space behind the front seats.

As to medicinal help - be it beer or melatonin...well, that takes care
of the symptoms, not the problems.  I find that a good massage by my
girlfriend does just as well :-)

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
'85 Westy Weekender

On May 18, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Daniel Rotblatt wrote:

> The bed in my Westy is very uncomfortable - really hard.  If i was
> 25 it would be fine, but at 54 my hips start to kill me, etc...  I
> guess my two options are to replace the foam in the bench or get a
> topper.  I thought I'd get a pad to put on top of it and was
> wondering what others used.  There's a Costco gel memory foam topper
> pad that might work for $115.  Any suggestions?  Thoughts?  What do
> you guys/gals do.
>
> Dan
> L.A., CA
> '85 Westy Weekender
>