Mattress Replacement

Anyone have trouble sleeping on stock RPod mattress? Even my college dorm mattress was better. Got a new mattress at home, so modified my former home Serta ICloud Memory Foam mattress to fit my Rpod 179. Bought an electric kitchen knife and sliced off 6 inches of foam to make standard Queen into RV Short Queen. Sliced like buttah, and then hand sewed back up netting. Bought an RV Queen mattress cover and now sleep in bliss on 10" of memory foam. 

Originally posted by StephenH If I had it to do over again, I would go for the 8" to save a few pounds and make it easier to move out of the way for getting to the water heater and winterization valves.

...and to make the bed.

We bought a piece of 4" dense foam custom cut for the bed space.  My wife made a removable cover with cotton cloth and it couldn't be more comfortable; but, we like a firm bed.  It's light weight, comfortable in both the heat and the cold, light weight, and easy to lift to get to the below bed storage.  And, it was not expensive.  If I recall correctly, I think we paid about $120 for the piece of foam, the cloth for the cover cost about $25, and my wife's labor sewing the zippered cover ----- priceless.  

I believe the brand is Zinus.  8" memory foam for under $200 and is a queen short.  Fits perfectly and is very, very comfortable.  I am just finishing a month long trip and it was a great choice to upgrade the mattress.  

If you got the Zinus 8" mattress, you won't need the original also. Once you get it in there and it is fully expanded, lie down on it. I think you will find it more than adequate. If you think it isn't, get a mattress topper locally and trim to fit. It will be far better than adding the stock mattress.