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Topic: bed comfort
Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:01am

What modifications have you made to make the bed more comfortable?

DePere WI podder

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Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:44am

Replaced the mattress!!!

Enjoy Life!!

StephenH

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Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:49am

Hello and welcome! What RPod do you have?

We have a 2016 RP179. I have changed the mattress, first to a Zinus 10" memory foam mattress.That was too heavy and hard to move to access the valves and the under-bed storage compartments I made. Now we have a 6" Dreamfoam mattress. http://https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B019EMSP5Q/ I had tried the Zinus 6" mattress, but it never expanded fully. In some parts it only got to 3". That was because it had been manufactured about 4 months before I ordered it and it had been compressed too long. The Dreamfoam mattress is made in the USA and is apparently not compressed and rolled until ordered so it expanded quickly to full height. We have not had the opportunity to test it since our travels this year are on hold until my wife recovers from knee replacement surgery. However, I have tested it briefly after installing and it seems like it will be very comfortable.

StephenH
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jato

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Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 7:28pm

As many others have done, replace the mattress. This has been an ongoing issue at least since we purchased our 177 back in January 2011. After a few 'bad' nights attempting to look at the inside of my eyeballs, which hardly ever happened, we replaced with an 8" EuroTop mattress from Camping World. Not cheap but after 8+ years it is still just as firm and comfortable as the day we purchased it. You won't be disappointed.

God's pod
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Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
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Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:07pm

I have a 2017 178 and although we did not like the mattress as received, we added a 1" dense foam topper and then enveloped the whole thing in a quilted mattress cover from Walmart or some place like that. Seemed to do the trick for us.

2017 RP-178
2021 F150 5.0l
"Lead me on a level path"

lwilsn628

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Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 4:44pm

Hi -- we bought a foam mattress topper at Costco and laid it over the existing mattress. The bed is now much more comfortable and we sleep very soundly. One small problem w the mattress topper: one corner curls up so our sheets don't stay put. But I think I can resolve this. Good luck -- enjoy your r-pod -- we certainly enjoy ours

LWW

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Camp NEW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 2019 Location: WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: bed comfort Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:01am
	What modifications have you made to make the bed more comfortable?
	DePere WI podder

ArenaBlanca Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Sep 2016 Location: Alamogordo, NM Online Status: Offline Posts: 158	Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:44am
	Replaced the mattress!!!
	Enjoy Life!!

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6422	Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:49am
	Hello and welcome! What RPod do you have? We have a 2016 RP179. I have changed the mattress, first to a Zinus 10" memory foam mattress.That was too heavy and hard to move to access the valves and the under-bed storage compartments I made. Now we have a 6" Dreamfoam mattress. http://https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B019EMSP5Q/ I had tried the Zinus 6" mattress, but it never expanded fully. In some parts it only got to 3". That was because it had been manufactured about 4 months before I ordered it and it had been compressed too long. The Dreamfoam mattress is made in the USA and is apparently not compressed and rolled until ordered so it expanded quickly to full height. We have not had the opportunity to test it since our travels this year are on hold until my wife recovers from knee replacement surgery. However, I have tested it briefly after installing and it seems like it will be very comfortable.
	StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS

jato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3340	Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 7:28pm
	As many others have done, replace the mattress. This has been an ongoing issue at least since we purchased our 177 back in January 2011. After a few 'bad' nights attempting to look at the inside of my eyeballs, which hardly ever happened, we replaced with an 8" EuroTop mattress from Camping World. Not cheap but after 8+ years it is still just as firm and comfortable as the day we purchased it. You won't be disappointed.
	God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

Kup-Pod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 Jun 2017 Location: Guelph, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 153	Posted: 18 Apr 2019 at 8:07pm
	I have a 2017 178 and although we did not like the mattress as received, we added a 1" dense foam topper and then enveloped the whole thing in a quilted mattress cover from Walmart or some place like that. Seemed to do the trick for us.
	2017 RP-178 2021 F150 5.0l "Lead me on a level path"

lwilsn628 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Sep 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 4:44pm
	Hi -- we bought a foam mattress topper at Costco and laid it over the existing mattress. The bed is now much more comfortable and we sleep very soundly. One small problem w the mattress topper: one corner curls up so our sheets don't stay put. But I think I can resolve this. Good luck -- enjoy your r-pod -- we certainly enjoy ours
	LWW