I'm thinking of change the mattress
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Topic: I'm thinking of change the mattress
Posted By: Damour
Subject: I'm thinking of change the mattress
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 6:13pm
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But I hesitate between a memory foam or a real mattress "sur-mesure"
If I go for the real mattress , I'll wait 'til next year coz $$$ ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
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Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 6:48pm
We changed ours for a memory foam mattress from "bedinabox" and liked it so much that we ordered one for home as well. ------------- Heinrich and Elly 2010 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab 2010 Prime Time Tracer 205M |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 6:59pm
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I don't know where I can find : bedinabox ?
------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 7:01pm
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Is it the good size for the Pod ? 60 x 74 ? ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: Caverkim
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 7:46pm
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I am waiting to finding one too. I don't mind paying for one, if it does the trick. However, today we bought an eggshell foam pad queen size from walmart and it fits perfectly! We are going to be camping for the next week and its gotta help! Hubby didn't want to get it, and I told him we could double it up and he didn't have to sleep on it. LOL
------------- caver*pod 175/Louisville KY |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 7:54pm
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Where I live we have a place that make the mattress for us the size we want and it's a extra of 50 $ of the regular price.
For example : Is a queen size cost 600$ regular size, it'll be 650 $ .
I think that it's worth the 50 $ but for this year I think that i've bust my camping budget ! ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 10:05pm
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We had a memory foam topper we used with a prior mattress at home, and when we got a new one that included a pillow topper the memory foam was put in storage. When we got the 'pod we pulled the cover off the 'pod's mattress and put the memory foam on top, then recovered it. My wife likes it better than the $$$ mattress in our bedroom! I'm undecided - it's comfortable but its not perfect.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 10:07pm
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Finally I will try the memory foam (or gel) at Costco ..
for almost 160 $ ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 10:14pm
http://www.bedinabox.com/memory-foam-mattresses.html - http://www.bedinabox.com/memory-foam-mattresses.html scroll down to the very bottom. ------------- Heinrich and Elly 2010 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab 2010 Prime Time Tracer 205M |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 10:16pm
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It's only in order ?
Because I live in Québec ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2011 at 4:37pm
They now have a Canadian website:http://www.bedinabox.ca/memory-foam-mattresses.html (It's the same site with a different address) Shipping should be cheaper now, my understanding is that for Canadian customer they ship from Canada now, ours still came from the States. Give them a call, doesn't cost anything.... ------------- Heinrich and Elly 2010 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab 2010 Prime Time Tracer 205M |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2011 at 9:54pm
We use the RPod mattress an put our camping Thermarest mattresses under it. Makes a firmer mattress with a good firmer "box spring" foundation. It also uses items tha would just moudler away otherwise.  ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2011 at 1:54pm
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Having never slept on a RV mattress that was really comfortable, we opted for some custom ones in the AS, and just as soon as we knew we were going to buy furpod, we ordered a new euro pillow top from camping world.. caught a sale even!
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Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2011 at 2:19pm
Diane ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2011 at 4:26pm
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Diane- Chris reminds me that we leave them with the valves open. Works pretty well.
Walt ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: secretbard
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2011 at 4:01am
I'm planning on replacing my mattresses as well. It's not that they are uncomfortable (especially after I added two layers of walmart bought memory foam), but all that foam makes it uncomfortably warm for me as my body temperature really rises aided by the all the foam. What I am going to buy is an innerspring mattress, but I can't afford it until September.  I plan on ordering two twin size innerspring mattresses from these folks. http://www.exceldistributors.com/I'm going to be buying the RV Travelers Plush Innerspring mattresses. The prices are pretty good too. ------------- 2010 Rpod 172 :) 2004 Chevy Trailblazer |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2011 at 10:38am
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Has anyone tried this 5.5" thick InnerSpace RV mattress? It's fabric covered (cotton ticking) foam mattress. I've found several websites online that sell it, and the reviews on each of them are pretty good. I just wonder if anyone here on this forum has bought one and if so what they think of it.
http://www.amazon.com/Luxury-Mattress-Super-Soft-Mobile/dp/B003C1BUL2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1312122692&sr=8-13 - http://www.amazon.com/Luxury-Mattress-Super-Soft-Mobile/dp/B003C1BUL2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1312122692&sr=8-13
Diane ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 1:21am
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I contacted "Bed-in -box" about making a mattress for me. Two inches shorter and 2 inches narrower so it would be easier to make the bed. They could do it...for $769.00! I think not! Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 1:44am
$ 200.00 to make the mattress a little smaller seems like an awful lot of money. We left ours the way it came and yes it's not easy to make the bed but one sort of figures it out and after a while it seems to get easier. Take care,
------------- Heinrich and Elly 2010 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab 2010 Prime Time Tracer 205M |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 8:56am
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Finally , we slept a night number 2 in our R-Pod and we will not make a change for this year.
With the 171 model , it makes it easy to but the sheets on because the mattress is thin and we can fold the corner to pass the sheet under.
If we had a real thick mattress, it's be more difficult even to but it on the "whole" where it belongs.
So .. at least it'll be a memory foam or nothing . ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: g4royce
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 9:23am
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We added Novaform Gel memory foam pad to our bunks and our dinette-bed. It's not perfect but it is much more comfortable than just sleeping on the mattresses the Pod came with. We got ours in Costco and I know that both US & Canadian Costcos have the same stock and both are currently having a promotion of $20-30 off. I think the price before discount was approximately $169/189. Because of the exchange rate, the prices are the same too :) My only advice when looking at this, is that you'll need to make a zippered case for these mattress pads. The ''gel" feature is lots of tiny blue gel beads in the memory foam and they fall out and rub off and basically make a mess. ------------- ChaiPod 2009 RP152 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5L V6 |
Posted By: tpierce220
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 9:50am
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We're using a 3" memory foam mattress topper that we bought from Costco, and it works like a dream. We leave the table in bed mode all the time and eat outdoors, so it's not been a pain in the you know where to remove it every day. ------------- Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys. |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2011 at 4:05pm
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We got our euro top inner spring mattress from CW two nights ago. Night and day difference from any RV mattress we have ever slept on. Is a "RV Queen" 60x74, $345 to the porch. Highly recommend. ------------- |