179 Dinette sleeping
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Topic: 179 Dinette sleeping
Posted By: RoyToy
Subject: 179 Dinette sleeping
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2017 at 8:13pm
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Hello, we need to make the dinette/sofa of our rpod 179 comfortable for sleeping on. The cushions are not the same thickness and move. How do you make the sleeping area even and comfortable?
all suggestions are welcome.
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Posted By: Podwan
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2017 at 10:46pm
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 9:11am
If you are on Facebook's R-Pod Owners group, you will see where some have discarded the stock cushions in favor of a futon. That would seem to be the best option for a comfortable sleeping surface for the 179's dinette.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods
Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS
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Posted By: texman
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 9:18am
i have a 182g and use an air mattress. i think the dinette area is the same on yours and mine.
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TexMan 2015 182g
2018 Sequoia
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9122&title=texman-182g-mods - TexManMods
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Posted By: RoyToy
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 9:29am
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Thank You Everyone. We are not on Facebook, can we access photos thru this site? We purchased this model so we would have the option of allowing one of our adult children to camp. A bit disappointed the dinette needs improvement This is our first travel trailer. For many years the six of us camped in a series of large Coleman pop-ups. Really excited to camp again! We have a 2015 Model 179.
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Posted By: Subzilla
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 9:30am
Used our 179 for the first time last weekend. Loved the layout of the dinette for eating, lounging and even sitting on to get items from wardrobe or tying shoes. Read about the cushions before we bought ours so I tried out the main one and it was firm and comfortable enough for me. However, the 2 "ottoman" cushions are of different densities! One is firm like the bench seat and other is definitely softer and slippery on the base. In fact, we could not keep the cover straight as it would move because the cushion compressed so much....great Forest River quality control. Thought about contacting them to see if they could send me 2 new ones.
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Mark
Concord, NC
2017 RP 179 "Podzilla"
2011 Silverado 1500 4X4
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Posted By: pedalho
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 9:44am
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Our 18 y/o son loves to sleep under the r-dome.
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 4:32pm
If it is just one person, the main cushion is adequate. One of my fellow church members slept on it (remove the back and corner cushions), and you are left with a cot-width bed, which is perfectly adequate for one. However, the situation remains when you are trying to fit more than one.
Other alternatives I have seen are to make a board that slides under the seat cushion and have blocks made that put it at the same level as the seat when it is pulled out and laid over the ottomans. The table may have to be left out. I'm going from memory and I don't have a picture in front of me to which I can refer. One then has a cushion made which replaces the back and corner cushions. Since you can have the seat and back cushion at the same thickness and since the seat and extension board are at the same level, this should address the problem. Some decorative pillows can replace the corner cushions.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods
Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS
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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 7:08pm
Re foam cushions of different density: How about going to your local foam/fabric store and buying two pads of the same size as are there now but also of the same density. You can probably take the old ones out of the covers and stuff the new ones in. If the covers don't quite fit right, you could take them to your local seamstress and have her make some modifications to the covers. You could even make new covers for the old foam and use it for something else. We've done this in our sewing shop for some of our customers and it's worked nicely.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
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Posted By: COSPod
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2017 at 8:18pm
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After 2yrs and several options, to get our 172 dinette into comfortable bed we have:
1) IKEA foam mattress that is 3 or so inches thick. We had this by itself, however it was way too firm for us 2) ~1 inch soft foam topper, this eases the firmness of the mattress and makes the combo pretty good.
downside is we almost never use/convert the dinette, as the Ikea mattress is not very movable, so it's mostly a permanent bed now.
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 12:29pm
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My wife bought some foam from one of the local craft stores and cut it to fit the area where the back cushion and strip cushion go. We then switched to an air mattress. Finally, we installed an IKEA futon.
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Posted By: rynosurf
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 3:15pm
I use the strap that holds the table on the couch to hold the cushions on the bed. It doesn't help with the comfort though. . I'm planning on making bunks in the slide out for my kids so that I will always two seats and the table available when they are both sleeping.
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2016 179 Hood River Edition
2006 4x4 Tacoma DC short bed
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Posted By: ronahue
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 4:27pm
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I'm going to try a twin size inflatable mattress if I ever need to use the dinette as a bed.
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Ron & Sharon
2015 R-Pod 179
2022 Nissan Frontier
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Posted By: TigerPawd
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 7:22pm
I have a posting with pictures elsewhere in the forum about this. We ordered a duplicate of the seat cushion cover from FR and went to a local foam shop to get a piece of foam cut to size. They even did the stuffing of the foam into the cover for us, no small chore.
I had a piece of cabinet grade plywood that we had moved to two other addresses through the years. Not necessary to use quite that high quality, but in the end, it looks pretty good and with staining, almost matches the other wood trim.
I took aluminum L-angle and made tracks, mostly just to eliminate the ends of the plywood rubbing against the walls. They are attached only with gorilla glue and have held up well for two years now.
Then we got folding TV tables from Target to replace that quirky table, which is now in storage. The corner cushions are with it, but the smaller flat cushions make good armrests when watching TV or reading. And if we want a table outside, those tables are a LOT easier to move than that original thing,
The new cushion is interchangeable with the original, so it doesn't make any difference which ends up as the seat or the back. When used as a couch/dining area, the new cushion does stick up some, blocking the view a bit. That's none too good to start with, but we live with it. We think that's the only real compromise.
There is about 3/4" of difference in height vs the original bed height when the plywood and cushion are out, but I have a couple of short pieces of 1x8s that we stick in place on top of those hassock-type gizmos. So far, everything has stayed in place overnight.
Fairly simple changes, and the improvement in sleeping comfort is hard to overstate.
When traveling, the TV tables and 1x8s stow on the floor between those two hassocks.
Fairly simple changes, but the result is good.
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Joan, Jerry and the two Pugs
2015 R-Pod 179
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