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Raymondo
Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2012 Location: Vancouver, BC Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Topic: Queen mattress Posted: 28 Dec 2012 at 10:40am |
The mattress (if you can call it that) was more of a painfull spring assembly in a cloth bag. Our dealer would not budge on getting us something we could sleep on without significant cost. I ended up removing the contraption, and replaced with firstly a 3" high density flat foam mattress, cut 3" shorter to fit R-Po, and on top of that a layer of egg crate sleeping foam (spikes upward). Wow what a great bed that created. Very supportive, and form fitting. Now to dispose of the aforementioned torture device! Happy Camping, Happy Sleeps!
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2011 RP-171 Hood River Edition
Towed by Dodge Dakota Sport |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 9:45pm |
Hey!! I would never put a fellow in the dog house..
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rpodcamper.com
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 8:36pm |
ok i stand corrected. Sorry Furpod .... Guess im in the dog house again....
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curieuse
Newbie Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Location: Montreal Online Status: Offline Posts: 29 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 8:21pm |
Thank you very much, will do!
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Manon
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 7:18pm |
I hate the doghouse.. But this mattress isn't foam. It's a steel interspring mattress, with a pillow top. How they roll it up and get it in the box, I don't have a clue, but I know it sure wouldn't go back in.. lol. mattress |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 7:12pm |
It is. We have sold a couple I would guess, after people see how nice it is... |
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Camper Bob
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Portland Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 913 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 7:08pm |
Furpod, is that mattress not the best? Safe Travels.
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Camper Bob and Camper Sue
Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
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rpodcamper.com
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 5:16pm |
Furpod - yes foam mattress can be rolled up or folded up in half. The original mattress that was in ours was a steel frame around the outside with steel springs in the middle. they bent the steel frame on the outside. I have yet on any of my campers felt a need to replace them myself but everyone sleeps different and I could sleep on the park bench if needed since I'm always in the Dog House Anyways
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 5:01pm |
I will say this, my parents have been RVing for 40+ years. They have had at least (and flat wore out) 5 new rigs, from B van to Class A, including a very high end TT, and never once have they been happy with the stock mattress(s), or thought they were of any real quality.The Class C they have now, got a new mattress before it was slept in a second night.
We knew going in that was the way of the world, so the same day we picked up our pod, we ordered a new euro pillowtop from CW. BTW.. they come rolled up and you open them in the camper where you want them.. doesn't seem to hurt them a bit. |
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rpodcamper.com
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 1:12pm |
We have a very early 2009 171 RPod and have watched Forest River Get away with putting the cheapest and most unusable mattress in the rpods since then. With your camper still under warranty I would go back to the dealer and let them handle this defective mattress. Do not take a no from them but be firm and ask for a replacement that will work with no out of pocket from you. Also remind them that you have a 1 year warranty and you will keep coming back if it keeps failing. On our 171 the first weekend we used the Camper we had a valley form from how you need to get in and out of the bed. In talking to Forest River I also asked them how they installed the steel spring mattress and they told me the fold them in half and put them in that way (no wonder it failed so quickly) Forest river did end up replacing ours with a futon mattress. Has work very well since June of 2009.
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