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We used a camp bed only once and found it really cold.

We now have a Coleman double comfort airbed, which we find as comfortable as our bed at home.

However, it is a very personal choice.

Good luck !!

well, i've done them all. I really need my sleep or i'm a terrible grump!! Have gone for the intex queenair bed - beautifully comfortable - but did go down a bit. SIM were like sleeping on the floor and camp beds not warm or cosy.

Only my opinion

So far have only used air beds, mostly sleep OK but have had problems.

1. We've had problems with them going down, with varying degress of seriousness. From waking up in the morning with the bed on the soft side to complete failure - Last year I awoke only 1 hour after going to bed on the floor with the bed utterly deflated. That was the beginning of an interesting night, but that's a long story which I might post in a thread of its own.

2. I sometimes find the lack of breathability of the airbed leads to discomfort - you find yourself getting damp on the bottom of the sleeping bag.

3. I find that I sometimes wake up with stiff and aching joints - my hips mostly. I'm not that old and never wake up like that at home.

Still, airbeds are what we have and what we know, so it would be a bit of a leap of faith to spend a load of money on some other kind of bed and find them worse!

We have just bought and used a Vango self inflating high rise air bed with built in electric pump we only had to top it up twice during the week and found it as comfortable as our bed at home and with the extra hight (47cm) found it easier for getting up, also found it warmer as cold ground does not penetrate, we also use a fitted under blanket and fitted sheet with duvet so was just like sleeping at home.

Hope this helps in the choosing.

http://www.outdoorgear4u.co.uk/category/tents-camping/airbeds-camp-beds/vango-highrise-flocked-airbed-with-built-in-pump.php

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