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Subject Topic: Raclet Solena - Extra mattress on bed? Post Reply Post New Topic
06/12/2010 at 11:14pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
 Outfit: OUtwell Vermont L
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As I mention in my other (!Sorry!) thread, we just purchased a Raclet Solena.  We haven't had much chance to use it yet but one of the things the OH would like to do is have an extra mattress on top of the main mattress that we can put on the floor for our daughter to sleep on when we don't want to bother putting up the awning and bedroom annex.

Does any one who has a Solena or similar know if we could get away with keeping an extra foam or memory foam mattress on top of the main mattress in the bed and still be able to close the lid?  We were thinking that we might perhaps get away with a two inch memory foam mattress or someting similar.

Has anyone tied this or know if it will work?  I don't really want to spend the money getting something only to find out we can't get the lid closed!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Marcus



07/12/2010 at 12:45am
 Location: stoke-on-trent duck
 Outfit: swift coastline clas
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  hi  we used to have the solena great trailer tent, when we took our grandaughter away in the solena we used an air bed on the floor for her to sleep on then in the daytime we just picked it up and put it on top of the bed,or outside,when finshed with the airbed at end of holiday we just deflated it fold it half and layed it flat on top of the bed for next time


07/12/2010 at 10:09am
 Location: Wirral
 Outfit: Swift Freestyle 520 on seasonal pitch
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We've got the Alklegra, big brother of yours. we keep a memory foam topper on it all the time.


07/12/2010 at 12:03pm
 Location: Warwickshire
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To be honest, unless you really like hard beds then you will need extra padding on top of the standard foam Solena bed anyway.

We used to have a single Duvet on top of the mattress with an elasticated double mattress protector cover over the lot all the time. This added about 50mm to the depth.

I think a good thick self inflating camping mat would be a better idea for sleeping on the floor. It could be rolled up & stored under the bed.

I fitted two twin electric sockets with an electric hook up into our Solena, which cut down on loads of trailing cables everywhere.

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