Super-dumb newbie mattress question.

[Backroads4me]

Our queen sized mattress was custom made by the Verlo company, and was an option the teardrop maker (TCTeardrops) offered---cost $250. I've noticed the price has gone up ($264), since we bought ours. Very well made, and extremely comfy, yet malleable enough to fold into a u-shape. Takes both of us to maneuver it out the door though. Will be easy to occasionally turn it over (to even out the wear) and air it out, before and after camping seasons.

There's Verlo outlets/manufacturing centers around the country, and I believe they'll make and ship mattresses of any size or shape needed. Then there's the option of contacting Todd at TCT, perhaps he could sell/ship one through his company (located in Wausau, Wisconsin).

Here's a photo of mine, before I unwrapped it and sewed up a fitted cover for it.

[planovet]

A regular mattress that you normally see on a bed won't fit in the door. My mattress is a foam mattress from Ikea. It came rolled up and fit nicely through the door.

We used an IKEA mattress also. Easy to roll up to put in or take out. Very comfortable also.

Also, a regular mattress would not have fit in my trailer. Because of the walls, it is 3" narrower than a regular queen mattress. A full mattress would have been 3" too short. The IKEA queen mattress allowed me to trim off 3" of the sides or the foam to make it fit perfectly.

[susswood]

Thanks for the tips. Bill at TeardropsNW also suggested IKEA..... IKEA IT IS!

[markhusbands]

I think that there are at least a few people that have installed bolt-in galley cabinets so they can slide a regular mattress in from the rear.

[Oldragbaggers]

An "egg crate" or memory foam type topper would do the trick, however I have my mattress in two pieces, but my fitted bed pad and fitted sheet fit snugly enough to hold the two pieces firmly together so I we don't even know the crack is there at all.

[Fyddler]

We are going to go with the 4" Walmart queen mattress topper. I built a dinette that drops down to a bed so I will be cutting into 4 sections and making a cover for it. They seem to get good reviews, and for $100 seems reasonable. I'll post reviews in a couple weeks!

[jstrubberg]

For any of you that cold-weather camp, be aware that memory foam mattresses get very, VERY hard when they get cold.

[markhusbands]

For any of you that cold-weather camp, be aware that memory foam mattresses get very, VERY hard when they get cold.

So...you could end up like this?

[Oldragbaggers]

I have the super soft 5" foam from Foam Factory. $87 for double bed size, shipping is FREE, it is super comfortable and no worries about sleeping on a rock when it's cold outside.

[Kharn]

For any of you that cold-weather camp, be aware that memory foam mattresses get very, VERY hard when they get cold.

for those that stay in established camp sites, the solution to that problem is to turn on your electric blanket before you go to bed so it can warm the foam and soften it.

[KCStudly]

Sectioned and covered foam panels can be sewn along one of the abutting corners, alternating top and bottom corners so that the sections don't slip apart (and you do not fall thru the crack), but they can still be folded like an accordion, either to stack at one end of the cabin while hauling gear on the floor, or to ease removal.

Picture three sections sewn into individual covers, one at your legs and feet, one under your butt and lower back, and one under your shoulders and head. Sew the joint along the top corners between your butt and shoulders together, and the seam between the bottom corners of the butt and leg sections together. Now you can lift the seam between the leg and butt section up and fold it onto the head section. At least that's how I can imaging it working (maybe sounds easier than it is in real life?).

Just another way that I have heard of it being done somewhere on here. Makes a lot of sense to me, tho I have not seen it first hand nor slept on one in real life.