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01-05-2016, 11:38 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockfordroo
We have a 2" memory foam from Walmart. Works OK. If your Walmart only had egg-crate, try another Walmart.
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We got a Queen sized memory foam topper at Wally-world; really improved the quality of sleep in the trailer.
I think was about a $200 cdn investment, and worth every penny...
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01-05-2016, 12:04 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tipp City, OH
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We also use the memory foam topper from Walmart. It's best to let them air out for week before you put them on the bed though.
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01-05-2016, 12:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pensacola, FL
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The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses because they have bad table manners or they are too fat or thin or not beautiful. One stormy night a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected, unwitting guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by 20 mattresses and 20 feather-beds. In the morning, the guest tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed that she is certain has bruised her. The prince rejoices. Only a real princess would have the sensitivity to feel a pea through such a quantity of bedding, so the two are married.
My princess is just like this one, and loves a #' MF topper.
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01-05-2016, 05:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 221
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluepill
The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses because they have bad table manners or they are too fat or thin or not beautiful. One stormy night a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected, unwitting guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by 20 mattresses and 20 feather-beds. In the morning, the guest tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed that she is certain has bruised her. The prince rejoices. Only a real princess would have the sensitivity to feel a pea through such a quantity of bedding, so the two are married.
My princess is just like this one, and loves a #' MF topper.
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Add to this story a one degree drop in temperature and then she froze to death all night! Then you have my princess.
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01-05-2016, 07:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Big brown desert
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When we had our pup, we had 2" topper that we trimmed down. Worked great with the heated mattresses. Only problem was closing up the top also but if we didn't lock the door to the roof it was fine.
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01-06-2016, 09:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Texas
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I purchased a 1 1/2 inch topper, I place it on the couch and dinette when ready to tear down camp. The topper was to thick for lid to shut with out forcing it down to lock. Plus the weight of topper is over the axel and not adding to on tongue weight. Still have room to store flat items between other bunk and topper.
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01-20-2016, 11:35 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Colorado
Posts: 28
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Thanks for the information on using the topper with a heated mattress. We used two on our Prowler the whole time we owned it. It does make a world of difference. We used a one inch and that was enough to make the mattress very comfortable. The nice thing about the one inch is that it folds easily, if there is a problem closing the trailer they can be folded and placed on the floor. Had a queen for the bed and a twin for the convertible sofa. They will now go into our HW.
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01-25-2016, 01:28 PM
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#28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 119
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mattress toppers
We purchased 2 3 inch memory foam toppers from Amazon (Cloud 9) branded and really love them. One word of caution would be whether you can easily close and lock up the pup with them in place.......not an easy thing with our 2514G. I finally figured out that if I fold up the queen size and store it under the dinette and then after I have pushed in the ends pull the king size to the center of the coach so it spans both bunks that I can much close and lock the top much easier. Seems that our old Viking had alot more head room after closing than the new one does....lol
As far as comfort goes, they are fantastic. The coach already has a decent innerspring mattress in it but now is almost like home! I like mine a bit firmer so I purchased a level 4.3 and the other half like it softer so a level 4.2. We don't sleep together when camping because our huskies like to bunk with us as well and even in the king there is crowding going on with all of us...
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01-25-2016, 02:00 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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I'd be apt to consider replacement foam for the mattresses before adding a topper. Measure to see how much height you have, but a higher density foam would still be comfortable yet would be easier on the body.
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01-26-2016, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Franklin County, PA
Posts: 3,526
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Mattress Topper
I replaced the mfg crummy mattress with a ten inch memory foam mattress. From Walmart. DW loves it.
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03-04-2016, 08:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 221
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Ended up getting a Simmons 3" gel memory foam topper through Amazon. It feels great, but I did not consider the size when folding the thing. Its very bulky. Guess I will get some some sort of straps for it once it is rolled.
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03-08-2016, 08:31 PM
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#32
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Ok so we are getting a new 2306 rockwood this Friday and we want to purchase a 10" memory foam mattress for out Murphy bed. But we aren't sure if the heating part would still work. Any insite?
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03-09-2016, 11:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
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Our heated mattress never seemed to get very warm, I am not sure you would feel it with a 10" pad, we bought an electric blanket and it warms the bed up very nicely.
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03-09-2016, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 10,907
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The heated mattress is only about 150 watts (about the output of a large light bulb). It doesn't "get hot" like an electric blanket. It mainly keeps the chill out. It works very well at that in hybrids. We used it in our Roo all the time. We have not camped in cold weather yet with our Mini Lite. Our pass-through/folded down sofa is under our mattress. Not QUITE the same as full outside air like in a hybrid, but somewhat better. So I can't yet comment on it's use in a Mini/Micro Lite.
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03-09-2016, 04:14 PM
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#35
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 23
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So is it a heated mattress or just like a huge heating pad under mattress?
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03-09-2016, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 10,907
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Quote:
Originally Posted by countryluvengal
So is it a heated mattress or just like a huge heating pad under mattress?
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It's inside the bottom of the mattress. It's not something you can "see." If you didn't have the electrical connection, I don't think you'd ever know it was there.
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03-09-2016, 04:43 PM
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#37
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 23
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So it sounds like I should stick with a 4"memory foam topper than replacing the whole thing with 10". I know my back won't handle just that mattress. But living in south texas I'm not sure we would ever need to use the heat..lol
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03-09-2016, 07:15 PM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Big brown desert
Posts: 3,003
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We are all just roughing it , right? 😉
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03-09-2016, 07:22 PM
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#39
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 3
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Is it possible to add a topper to the murphy bed style? Want to make sure it'll fit before I decide to buy one... Thanks
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03-09-2016, 08:11 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 23
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I have heard it will. I won't know till this weekend after purchase:-)
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