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    Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 12:29pm
We just rec'd our 8" Zinus! I took out the Pod mattress but then wondered if I needed to keep it in there? At 225 lbs, I don't want to feel the board like I did with the stock mattress. Wondering your thoughts!
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I believe the brand is Zinus.  8" memory foam for under $200 and is a queen short.  Fits perfectly and is very, very comfortable.  I am just finishing a month long trip and it was a great choice to upgrade the mattress.  
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Posts: 3346 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 8:39pm
After 3 nights on the stock mattress I said, "no more!"  It was already collapsing in the middle.  Went online and ordered a Eurotop short queen mattress (a.k.a. mattress in a roll).  Been using it for 7 years, still just as comfortable now as it was 7 years ago, a great investment.  
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We bought a piece of 4" dense foam custom cut for the bed space.  My wife made a removable cover with cotton cloth and it couldn't be more comfortable; but, we like a firm bed.  It's light weight, comfortable in both the heat and the cold, light weight, and easy to lift to get to the below bed storage.  And, it was not expensive.  If I recall correctly, I think we paid about $120 for the piece of foam, the cloth for the cover cost about $25, and my wife's labor sewing the zippered cover ----- priceless.  
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Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 7:59am
+2 went to 10", wish I'd have gone to 8". Bed making is a pain.
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Posts: 1407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 6:08pm
Originally posted by StephenH

If I had it to do over again, I would go for the 8" to save a few pounds and make it easier to move out of the way for getting to the water heater and winterization valves.


...and to make the bed.
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Posts: 6428 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 5:53pm
You are not the first to find the stock mattress to be unsuitable. We tried a mattress topper first and when even that was not enough, replaced the mattress with a Zinus 10" memory foam short queen mattress. If I had it to do over again, I would go for the 8" to save a few pounds and make it easier to move out of the way for getting to the water heater and winterization valves.
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Posts: 50 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 5:18pm
Anyone have trouble sleeping on stock RPod mattress? Even my college dorm mattress was better. Got a new mattress at home, so modified my former home Serta ICloud Memory Foam mattress to fit my Rpod 179. Bought an electric kitchen knife and sliced off 6 inches of foam to make standard Queen into RV Short Queen. Sliced like buttah, and then hand sewed back up netting. Bought an RV Queen mattress cover and now sleep in bliss on 10" of memory foam. 
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