Mattress Options For A Softer Mattress

dirty6 said:
You have a tri fold in a CI?? I’m very curious about getting one and using it to partially fold the mattress out of the way in transit. In my head, if this works, it leaves a good space for hauling cargo that sits in the plywood floor of the camper instead of on my sheets. Can you speak to that? Does folding the mattress back give way to a space that is good for hauling all the dirty camping gear? Does folding the mattress back still allow room to access the cabinets at the aft?
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Well, like I said, the fact that our trailers are just a bit narrower than a standard queen makes it a snug fit so sliding it up and folding it is not as easy as it could (should!) be. You could certainly still do it though the exposed area would be down at the feet where there is less room and accessibility. For us, covering the bed with an old bedspread when travelling loaded up is an easier solution.
...but get the mattress anyway. It is excellent and a bargain.
 
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gregangsten said:
Well, like I said, the fact that our trailers are just a bit narrower than a standard queen makes it a snug fit so sliding it up and folding it is not as easy as it could (should!) be. You could certainly still do it though the exposed area would be down at the feet where there is less room and accessibility. For us, covering the bed with an old bedspread when travelling loaded up is an easier solution.
...but get the mattress anyway. It is excellent and a bargain.
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We have the 4” Milliard trifold mattress as well and slept on it for about 10 days now. It sleeps remarkably well for only 4” thick. As mentioned, it fits tightly so we cut off about an 1”-1.5” of the width. There is another fabric cover underneath the outer cover that zips off. It’s more like a webbing. There is enough slack that you can stretch it and run it through a sewing machine to sew it back together. Fits just snug between the doors but narrowing the mattress made it much easier to put the sheets on.
 
Rutger Puts said:
We have the 4” Milliard trifold mattress as well and slept on it for about 10 days now. It sleeps remarkably well for only 4” thick. As mentioned, it fits tightly so we cut off about an 1”-1.5” of the width. There is another fabric cover underneath the outer cover that zips off. It’s more like a webbing. There is enough slack that you can stretch it and run it through a sewing machine to sew it back together. Fits just snug between the doors but narrowing the mattress made it much easier to put the sheets on.
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Based on this and gregansten’s response, it sounds like I can’t use this mattress to fold the sleeping side out of the way and expose the floor space / floor bins when traveling. Is that how you see it as well?

We cover the mattress with a tarp so that our crap (ahem, cargo) doesn’t get the bedsheets dirty or wet … and yet, it always seems to happen anyway.
 
Has anyone used a self inflating camping full size mattress:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TTHDSW...=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWw

I currently have a full size, 5 inch mattress and like the little bit of space around the mattress edges. The mattress is about 6 or 7 years old and is really firm. That's ok but some times I'd like it a bit softer and this inflating mattress sounds like you could have options. And this one could be gotten in and out of the trailer easier.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this kind of mattress? Maybe it's already been discussed?
Thanks!
 
For our previous camper and our CI we added a 2+” reversible mattress topper over the existing and it is wonderful! Easy to roll up out of the way and not too heavy or inflexible when accessing under mattress storage. Almost as soft as our home bed and absolutely enough padding to not “bottom out” for side sleepers.
 
On our 1st Camp-Inn Camp-Outt, maybe 2018 we met a couple, although I don’t know their names, they had two trifold mattresses that they folded up in the daytime and put the in the footwell, and then had their seat in the couch position and had a beautiful wall to wall rug on the floor, so it truly looked like a living room. If I remember correctly they also had a little dog, maybe a Yorkie. Does anyone know these people, I’d just like to find the brand of the trifold mattresses they have and where they bought them. Thanks!
 
Jenny n Rob #943 said:
On our 1st Camp-Inn Camp-Outt, maybe 2018 we met a couple, although I don’t know their names, they had two trifold mattresses that they folded up in the daytime and put the in the footwell, and then had their seat in the couch position and had a beautiful wall to wall rug on the floor, so it truly looked like a living room. If I remember correctly they also had a little dog, maybe a Yorkie. Does anyone know these people, I’d just like to find the brand of the trifold mattresses they have and where they bought them. Thanks!
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I remember them. From Indiana I think. They don't have their Raindrop any more. That was a great setup! There are some great speciality rv mattress companies now that will make what ever you want. The whole van life, teardrop industry exploded and these companies came with. There is a company in Oregon...I'll go find the name... Roam Rest. I.liked that they went as organic as possible.
 
Not that I’m aware of. Never heard of them. Not willing to spend a ton of money until we find something we can try before making it a permanent thing. We’ll probably just keep using the standard mattress with a topper.
 
Post chemo induced dual “frozen shoulders”, being a side sleeper shoulder pain put me in a recliner. That was where I had to sleep until finishing shoulder injections and physical therapy. Our home sleep number mattress is set very soft for me to be able to sleep. Having read reviews we were hoping I’d be fine on the soft side of the “stock” CI mattress.Could fall asleep, but only for a couple hours before shoulder pain would awaken me. Read about all sorts of solutions on this site and tried a couple easy ones. Mainly tried to emulate our home mattress with soft toppers. A taller mattress didn’t work for foot room but also did little to improve my sleep.

Listening to Cary and others about cold weather Memory Foam mattresses horror stories, didn’t want that. Came across a HEST camping mattress at REI advertising that they’d overcomes the cold weather issue. This is not a cheap matress, but no modification was required. Just pull out the factory mattress, squish the Queen size dually in (it is an inch or two wider than the CI so squishing is required) but it did work. Everything else is the same as usual. WIth sheets and a blanket and we were sleeping well in the fall. Finally moving past shoulder pain every night camping is exciting.

As we use it more I expect it will take on the shape of the CI better. Being the same thickness as the supplied CI mattress meant no problem with thickness. A benefit came from it being more flexible than the CI, flexibility does make access to the under mattress storage easier. No fighting the stiffer mattress. I have the impression that HEST, being a small business, enough interest from the CI community might encourage them to make a mattress that fits perfectly. Attaching the link to HEST for anyone that wants to check out their products. REI doesn’t keep all the mattresses in their stores, but that is one spot you can try one out if you’re near a store.

Also, if you find us out camping we’d be happy to let anyone interested see what we’ve done.

hest.com

The Dually

The Dually, our two-person camping mattress pad, was designed for flat and dry sleeping spaces found in truck bed campers, rooftop tent pop-ups, and tents. Dually Long 50"x78", Dually Wide 60"x72", Dually Short 50"x64" & Dually Queen 78"x60".
hest.com hest.com
 
Matt 25-560 said:
Post chemo induced dual “frozen shoulders”, being a side sleeper shoulder pain put me in a recliner. That was where I had to sleep until finishing shoulder injections and physical therapy. Our home sleep number mattress is set very soft for me to be able to sleep. Having read reviews we were hoping I’d be fine on the soft side of the “stock” CI mattress.Could fall asleep, but only for a couple hours before shoulder pain would awaken me. Read about all sorts of solutions on this site and tried a couple easy ones. Mainly tried to emulate our home mattress with soft toppers. A taller mattress didn’t work for foot room but also did little to improve my sleep.

Listening to Cary and others about cold weather Memory Foam mattresses horror stories, didn’t want that. Came across a HEST camping mattress at REI advertising that they’d overcomes the cold weather issue. This is not a cheap matress, but no modification was required. Just pull out the factory mattress, squish the Queen size dually in (it is an inch or two wider than the CI so squishing is required) but it did work. Everything else is the same as usual. WIth sheets and a blanket and we were sleeping well in the fall. Finally moving past shoulder pain every night camping is exciting.

As we use it more I expect it will take on the shape of the CI better. Being the same thickness as the supplied CI mattress meant no problem with thickness. A benefit came from it being more flexible than the CI, flexibility does make access to the under mattress storage easier. No fighting the stiffer mattress. I have the impression that HEST, being a small business, enough interest from the CI community might encourage them to make a mattress that fits perfectly. Attaching the link to HEST for anyone that wants to check out their products. REI doesn’t keep all the mattresses in their stores, but that is one spot you can try one out if you’re near a store.

Also, if you find us out camping we’d be happy to let anyone interested see what we’ve done.

hest.com

The Dually

The Dually, our two-person camping mattress pad, was designed for flat and dry sleeping spaces found in truck bed campers, rooftop tent pop-ups, and tents. Dually Long 50"x78", Dually Wide 60"x72", Dually Short 50"x64" & Dually Queen 78"x60".
hest.com hest.com
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Nice!
Ya, old shoulders here ache unless cushioned side sleeping too...
Just snagged a similar one, one step down,
at REI on-sale for son to sleep in truck bed, baja style camping.
Old guy guru of the store 22yrs suggested it based on sleeping in his 4runners.
I'll steal it if I need to do a bomb run in Alltrack no CI to crash in back.

Let us know how it works...
the elusive One True Way mattress in the CI...
Sleep truly is the best medicine...
 
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