bdm 47 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 The family hitched up and took off for a 4 days mid week trip to a local state park this week. Came home this morning and both the wife and I decided "Its time to upgrade the mattress in the camper". Have any of you replaced the factory mattress with a upgrade or replacement? I know its not a real queen size mattress but something called a RV queen... We looked online and prices go from a few hundred to well over a thousand. Trouble is none of the RV centers around us have the mattresses on display so you can "test drive them". What are you using? BTW we tried a mattress topper, helped, but not enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhall 115 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 When we got our new king bed several months ago we took the queen pillow top mattress our bodies were used to and jammed it into where the bed was. It was such a pain to get it in there that we decided it's staying in there whenever finances allow a new camper, but at least we're comfortable now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmarz 72 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 depending on your price point, I would look into the mail order mattress like Casper/ Ghost / Helix and the like for install they are super simple as they suck all the air out and its vacuum packed, once you cut the bag they go back to normal size its a foam type mattress so if they cant make a custom cut, you could if your handy as there are no springs to deal with or you can use Denver mattress, as they are an RV supplier, they do sell direct and have shipping included Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 We just got the Denver mattress supreme euro top 11 inch from lazy days I believe the list price there was 649.00 it's a short queen and fits perfectly. I haven't slept on it yet but my mother has and says it's great! It's not memorable foam so it's not hot, light weight (for a mattress) and you don't bottom out when sitting on it like some of the thinner foam mattresses. It is a little taller than either of the other two we have had in there being the one from the factory and a standard queen we put in till we could get the new one, but I do think the platform for our bed sits higher than most so that may not be an issue. It came rolled up and air packed and was easy to get into place. Just make sure you have it where you want it before opening the plastic. They said it would be ready to sleep on in an hour but we left it for about 6 hrs it was fluffed up and ready for sleep, no smell or anything that I have read about on amazon from other foam mattresses. Just make sure that your current one is a short and specify that when purchasing as they do sell it in a regular queen size as well. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdm 47 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Thx for all the help, I'd like to use our old queen pillow top but there is no chance getting that in the camper. I'll look into those others, just wish you could test them out before buying but such is life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
disneylitch......Debbie 61 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 We bought ours from IKEA. It is very comfortable and because they come rolled up, it was no trouble fitting into the motorhome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhall 115 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Thx for all the help, I'd like to use our old queen pillow top but there is no chance getting that in the camper. I'll look into those others, just wish you could test them out before buying but such is life. We used ratchet straps to fold the mattress in half like a taco that I pictured above. That's why we're content to leave it there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdm 47 Posted August 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 On 8/13/2016 at 1:23 AM, bhall said: We used ratchet straps to fold the mattress in half like a taco that I pictured above. That's why we're content to leave it there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Took some measurements, our current mattress in the trailer is about 6" tall, our extra queen mattress is 18" tall.. That could cause problems.. On 8/12/2016 at 10:49 PM, disneylitch......Debbie said: We bought ours from IKEA. It is very comfortable and because they come rolled up, it was no trouble fitting into the motorhome. Thats a great idea... We have an IKEA about 20 miles north of us.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 I read a lot of complaints that the rolled up foam mattresses don't necessarily expand back to full dimensions. I guess that depends on the quality of what you buy. We have a regular Serta Queen on ours, with a Fleetwood label, indicating a special order. It's comfortable. Now if we could just improve the sofabed. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Now if we could just improve the sofabed. :) For the sofa bed, we have an air mattress and then on top of that we put a mattress topper on it. Between uses, we suck the air out of it with one of those vacuum bags. It compresses down quite nicely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 For bdm, we upgraded to a Sleep Number bed in the camper and couldn't be happier with it. It comes in a variety of RV sizes. The only real hassle was getting it shipped turned into a comedy of errors. But maybe they're better at that by now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 IKEA is a good thought as a majority of their stuff is smaller in scale, so you might find one that is the right size. We purchased our home mattress from Casper and I can tell you that their customer service is amazing! I too was worried about ordering a bed, without trying it first, but they really do stand by their return policy. They really will take it back and issue you a full refund. We were going to return ours, because we thought it might be too firm, and the customer service rep I spoke with said no problem and was going to set up to have the mattress picked up, but when she heard me say that I thought it might be too firm...she asked if she could send us a free topper to try. She explained that if it didn't work, no worries, they'd pick it up and refund us. The topper made the difference for us, and we kept it? Ironically, my husband now doesn't use it on his side. It softened up just fine for him, I do use it on my side. If you want to try a Casper, let me know. As a past customer, they will send me a link that I believe gives us both $50? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Speaking of Casper mattresses. I don't know if they were one of the 3 or 4 that the Technomads (bloggers) have tried for the 90-100 day trials. Each company lives up to its word about taking them back and refunding their money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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