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Hi there....when we had a tent..i couldnt sleep comfortably on an air bed...so we got a fishing bed each..nice and wide and obviously higher..so no strugglin to get on and off..we found these alot better than mats or air beds...i spose its just if you have the room for them....

Sal :-)

We have a coleman double comfort... I would highly recommend one!

me and OH are both on the tubby side LOL and it never needed more air over the 3 nights we stayed.

Very comfy too, because there are 2 seperate air chambers you hardly feel the other person move not like cheaper air beds! It really is as comfy as my matress at home and I slept better than ever... all for £25 you can't go wrong!

I recently made the switch from airbeds (which I hated) to a self-inflating mat. I read advice on here that you should aim for a thicker one if you're on the heavy side, so ended up with a 7cm Outwell one. I'd wanted the fat airic but they were out of stock and I needed one quickly.

I can highly recommend them. Very firm but comfy. I felt that I couldn't even sit on the airbeds without forcing air out of them and it was just ridiculous if I spent the night sleeping next to my little girl - every time I turned over she was practically bounced up into the air

So it was either buy a really decent two chambered one or go with the mats and I thought I'd give the mats a go. Now I wouldn't go back if you paid me!

Sounds like you and your OH are the same as us. We have tried every permutation bar the self inflating mattresses.

Flocked double air bed - not great

2 aluminium camp beds cable tied together with the flocked double air bed on top - better but still the same problem with the air bed when heavier person turns over.

Intex double height air bed - better again but still the problem of turning over.

We go away on Monday and have just decided on seperate single airbeds on top of the aluminium camp beds and then pushing the beds together. Tried it out at home definately the best so far. Have bought the rubberised cotton li-los as these are only about 8 cm thick. I got the idea from someone on here who put a self inflating mattress on a camp bed and as we have every permutation of airbed, and camp bed going I was loath to shell out for the more expensive self inflating mattresses.

Quote: Originally posted by floggitt on 12/8/2009

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Try an areobed believe me it is nothing like an airbed, it feels like our devan at home easy inflating and let down. should not leak as they are tested for 24hrs by manufactorer if it does in the first 12months send it back to tescos direct they are half price on some just now. tesco here

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