Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks: Cushion Replacement

Cushion Replacement

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Topic: Cushion Replacement

Posted By: ahollon
Subject: Cushion Replacement
Date Posted: 15 May 2017 at 12:49am

Hello everyone,

Sorta new to the trailer camping. Starting on my second season with a Rpod 182G. I have found that the cushions for the dinette/bed are less than comfortable. Has anyone replaced cushions for these and what type of foam? I am looking at thefoamfactory.com and they have a LUX Regular foam that looks and appears to be an improvement. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on replacement cushions?

Thanks,

Adam

Anchorage, AK

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Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 15 May 2017 at 7:06am

Hi Adam,

We have replaced all of the cushions/mattress in our 178 from The Foam Factory.

For the dinette we used:

Lux Foam - High Quality

Firm foam for regular or heavy use. Lux Foam-HQ is a high quality foam suggested for seats, chairs, cushions, benches and mattresses. It has a typical life of 16 years.

(2.8LB /ft3 density with a 50LB ILD)

The Lux is a firm foam. We really like it for sitting. For sleeping, we use a topper (self inflating sleeping mat)

For our mattress we used:

HD36 Foam - Regular

Medium foam for regular use. HD36 Foam-R is suggested for sofa seat cushions, chairs, benches and mattresses. It has a typical life of 7 years.

(1.8LB/ft3 density with a 35LB ILD)

Mattress, HD36 Foam - Reg (M) WITH DACRON WRAP

Dimensions: 8" x 39" x 74" $222.63

Custom Gray and White Striped Cover Cover

Size: Smaller than Twin 39" x 75" Thickness: 8" $69.99

We could have (should have) gone with 6" for the mattress. In retrospect 8" seems a bit overkill. It's a fairly firm mattress.

Hope that helps,

fred

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Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 15 May 2017 at 3:57pm

I just ordered a replacement from FoamTouch for our 179 dinette seat. I like that you can custom order the foam size: http://foamtouch.com/custom-cut/ - http://foamtouch.com/custom-cut/

I haven't got it yet, but it looks promising. The old foam lasted about a year, so anything has to be better.

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