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I was fed up this weekend, went away on Thursday afternoon, blew 3 double airbeds up Campingaz ones'................... had a fab night sleep then noticed that all 3 started to deflate on Friday, didn't think too much about it but come Saturday they were all flat as doormats so OH blew them up (when it was hot may I add...... told him not to but wouldn't listen) when we went to go to bed they were nearly down again, same thing happened on Sunday night .............

Can anyone explain to me why 3 double airbeds would go down like this we had a footprint under our SIG and I put car rugs under the airbeds so nothing sharp so they wouldn't get punctured................ i just don't understand any help, info would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Val

I haven't got a clue to be honest OH is the operator and as you suggest i think it is probably down to him, although he would argue it wasn't.  But i can tell you it was damn uncomfortable waking up on hard ground on Sunday and Monday morning.  He wanted to throw them all out before we came back yesterday I said no and we are going to test them at home.

Thanks for the advice.

Quote: Originally posted by langleys on 05/4/2007

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Also, air beds are vastly affected by temperature.  If you inflate it on a hot day and then it is vastly cooler ( say at night for instance ), the air bed will appear to have deflated.  Air is at a higher pressure the hotter it is.

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I use the Argos rubberised cotton airbeds, bit on the heavy side but then they are heavy duty. Mine work fine for about 3 years, then they usually need replacing, no problems up till then though, they stay inflated for days.

They just seem to develop a leak after 3 seasons for no reason and that is the signal to get rid and buy new. Cheap to buy as well. Been using the type for years.

One of ours deflates overnight when it's in the living room lol

Better order a new one before we go again.

Quote: Originally posted by DizzyDi on 10/4/2007

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I was fed up this weekend, went away on Thursday afternoon, blew 3 double airbeds up Campingaz ones'....

when we went to go to bed they were nearly down again, same thing happened on Sunday night .............

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did you ever get to the bottom of this

we  our campingaz air bed.