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Marchhall
Groupie Joined: 07 May 2017 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 50 |
Topic: Mattress Replacement Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 5:18pm |
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.
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Outdoorsy Marc
2016 Rpod 179 2017 Kia Sorento SXL |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 5:53pm |
You are not the first to find the stock mattress to be unsuitable. We tried a mattress topper first and when even that was not enough, replaced the mattress with a Zinus 10" memory foam short queen mattress. 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.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 6:08pm |
...and to make the bed. |
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 7:59am |
+2 went to 10", wish I'd have gone to 8". Bed making is a pain.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 8:09am |
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.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3255 |
Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 8:39pm |
After 3 nights on the stock mattress I said, "no more!" It was already collapsing in the middle. Went online and ordered a Eurotop short queen mattress (a.k.a. mattress in a roll). Been using it for 7 years, still just as comfortable now as it was 7 years ago, a great investment.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Ephi82
Newbie Joined: 28 Apr 2018 Location: S FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 22 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2018 at 8:31pm |
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.
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Grillin and Chillin
Glamping and Amping Driving and Smiling |
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Dave & Donna
Groupie Joined: 18 Apr 2017 Location: Nebraska Online Status: Offline Posts: 55 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 12:29pm |
We just rec'd our 8" Zinus! I took out the Pod mattress but then wondered if I needed to keep it in there? At 225 lbs, I don't want to feel the board like I did with the stock mattress. Wondering your thoughts!
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D&D plus Rusty
2017.5 R-pod 179 |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 2:30pm |
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.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 3:00pm |
We took a pretty radical approach.
Converted the queen to a standard twin/sofa with end table. Then replaced all the foam in the dinette with a much superior foam. I use a Alps mountaineering self inflating pad on the dinette. We use sleeping bags with custom bag liners wife made. This has worked out great for us over many, many nights. It also gives us a slight larger and more comfortable living/lounging space during the day. We have it down to an art and only takes us a few minutes to setup @ night and breakdown in AM. We sleep well and when we had Henry, the camping cat, he loved jumping back and forth between our two beds in the morning. Pics in my sig. fred
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