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Old 03-13-2016, 01:03 PM   #1
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Has anyone used an air mattress for occasional guests? Any tips at best brands?
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Old 03-13-2016, 04:53 PM   #2
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We love ours.... Our 6'1" 17 yr old grandson leaves the sofa bed folded up and puts the air mattress on the floor and love it...

Our mattress has a built-in pump and you can set the firmness you want. The pump then maintains that setting throughout the night.... The pump then deflates the mattress...

It stores in a bag and we put it on top of the washer/dryer....


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We love ours.... Our 6'1" 17 yr old grandson leaves the sofa bed folded up and puts the air mattress on the floor and love it...

Our mattress has a built-in pump and you can set the firmness you want. The pump then maintains that setting throughout the night.... The pump then deflates the mattress...

It stores in a bag and we put it on top of the washer/dryer....


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So do you deflate it during the day?
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Old 03-13-2016, 05:22 PM   #4
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Party for 6, dinner for 4, sleep for 2. Grand kids are the exception. We tryed te air matress for grand kids, just was always in the way since there is not much room in te coach.
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Mattress is a stand-alone one.... Not associated with sofa at all.... We deflate it in the AM, bag it and store over washer until next night needed.... Works perfectly....

We only used that thing they call a sleeper sofa once.... Awful....


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We have an air mattress that we have to put on top of the sleeper sofa to make it comfortable enough to sleep on.
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Old 03-13-2016, 07:28 PM   #7
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We have an air mattress that we have to put on top of the sleeper sofa to make it comfortable enough to sleep on.
We do that too. We also can put another air mattress in the kitchen and sleep two adults or three little kids on each. We have had as many as nine during a storm last summer when it was too stormy for the tents some were using. It was tight, but doable in our 26 ft. TT.
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Old 03-13-2016, 07:35 PM   #8
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We use an air mattress on our main bed in lieu of the cheap one we got initially. We also use a topper pad and it performs very well. We deflate it when we return home.
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Any recommendations on brands? So many to choose from. Thanks for the help.
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Old 03-14-2016, 11:35 AM   #10
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We have an air mattress that we have to put on top of the sleeper sofa to make it comfortable enough to sleep on.

We do the same, use a electric pump to blow it up at night and deflate it in the morning and leave it under the couch. Works great and guests love it.

We use a queen one that Coleman makes. Works for us.


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Any recommendations on brands? So many to choose from. Thanks for the help.
We have two Intex air mattresses and both seem sturdy and comfortable.
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Old 03-14-2016, 07:01 PM   #12
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Has anyone used an air mattress for occasional guests? Any tips at best brands?
Although many things have remained the same in Berkshires over the years, the type of sofa and mattress seems to have gone through many changes for which I don't know all the variations. I've heard that some model years had what's called an air-coil sofa-sleeper.

My 2012 came with an odd shaped separate air mattress. The mattress sets on the sofa with its cushions removed and extends into the aisle. The mattress has an integral appendage that supports the portion of the mattress that extends into the aisle. It is really odd, but works.

We have found however to use the dinette as a bed or the bunks as the first priority and only mess with the air mattress when necessary.

It would be good to hear what other styles of sofas the FR installed.
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Our 390bh has a queen pull out sofa that uses the cushions. We put a 2" memory foam mattress topper on top of cushions and store it under sofa when not used. It is extremely comfortable with the topper. East to set up and put away.


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Old 03-17-2016, 01:43 PM   #14
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We use an Intex Fast-Fill Model AP619R with an internal air pump. These are single units which come in handy storage bags and inflate in less than 1 minute.


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Old 03-17-2016, 03:51 PM   #15
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Our Berk has the L-shaped jackknife sofa which opens to sleep maybe one small person uncomfortably. I ordered an Intex air mattress today which we'll put on the floor when our daughter and granddaughter come later this month. Eventually, we will replace this couch with recliners. Thanks to everyone for the input.


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We bought ours at Walmart. Works great for us. Has internal pump. During the day just let air out and fold & store on master bed.

If I had it to do over again I might look for a smaller one. A queen takes up most of the floor space. Hard to walk around. Maybe we use it 10 days a year for grandkids. Works great.

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Old 03-18-2016, 08:05 AM   #17
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I swapped the new mattress that came with the TT with the air mattress I have in the winnebago. It is a Colman queen camper mattress and does not loose air. I would recommend this mattress as a standby or everyday mattress.
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