Mattress ideas

[KCStudly]

I slept on one at a friends house as a guest setup and by morning my arse was bottomed out on the floor. No bueno.

[Breytie]

For me - no thanks! Either too hard or too soft, often both in one night as it leaks, sometimes so slowly you can't find the leak to fix it. Most that I came across are just to noisy, it's like sleeping on a drum skin! And I found them cold? Very little insulation from the cold ground. No thanks, I am doing the foam mattress thing.

[grantstew8]

Thanks for the thoughts. I've found some 4" mattress toppers that will be ideal.

[working on it]

The reasons I built my teardrop were:

A) to keep from sleeping on the ground, and
B) to minimize the "hassles" and setup time for camping, particularly for a short weekend duration.

For both of these reasons, I used a foam mattress in my teardrop instead of an air mattress.

Well said.

[markhusbands]

I built mine for the chicks. BOUND to pay off at some point.

[TPMcGinty]

I built mine for the chicks. BOUND to pay off at some point.

I find chicks sleep fine in a cardboard box and don't need a mattress. The problem is they can "peep" all night and are better off out in the chicken coop!

[grantstew8]

[TPMcGinty]

I LOVE IT!

[DudKC]

http://www.foamforyou.com/CustomCutFoam.htm

The above link has a nifty calculator that calculates the cost of your exact size mattress you need, for 5 different foam types.

[andreuther]

Overstock.com has some great deals on mattress toppers. I'm going with a 3'' memory foam topper.