Have now totally given up on Airbeds, other than our Kingsize Premier Aerobed - that I will never part with!
Treated one of the kids to an Intex single double height airbed. On 1st outing it gained a small split & no amount of patching etc, would keep it up. Binned.
Both kids are now much happier on concertina camp beds with plenty of insulation and padding to keep them asleep and off the ground.
Hate to think of the expense over the years that has led to this conclusion.
Which camp beds do you have for your kids? Ours have been on cheap airbeds since we started camping, when we upgraded to an aerobed they got our SI mats but my daughter's complained of a sore back with that. I don't want to go back to airbeds as neither of them actually manages to stay on for the whole night, I was wondering about some way of bungeeing them in place but not sure that would be safe! They're 8 and 6 and I wonder whether camp beds might be a better option for them.
Mairi
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Not competent with links, but it's the Quest concertina that folds up into a bag, similar to the camping chairs. I found these not as rigid as the metal framed ones.
Quote: Originally posted by Wilks on 03/9/2010
Hi Mairij
Not competent with links, but it's the Quest concertina that folds up into a bag, similar to the camping chairs. I found these not as rigid as the metal framed ones.
I bought an adult ready bed for my 6 yr old for camping last year, got a few quid off in argos when prices were reduced. Loads of reviews say they deflate etc hers has been fine up to now(touch wood). Because the sleeping bag is connected to it no roll off, my lil one is an active sleeper too.
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Quote: Originally posted by Emerald1 on 03/9/2010
I bought an adult ready bed for my 6 yr old for camping last year, got a few quid off in argos when prices were reduced. Loads of reviews say they deflate etc hers has been fine up to now(touch wood). Because the sleeping bag is connected to it no roll off, my lil one is an active sleeper too.
I resurrected my two ready beds recently, since my intex double height (no splits in it) was being loaned to my fairly infirm Dad.....(brill job by the way)
The secret to ready beds is to insulate well underneath....and extra bedding on top. In this case our own duvets, a single sized one and my king sized one. We were as snug as a bug in a rug.
If I was any taller than my paltry 5'3.5'', I'd not enjoy sleeping in the Readybed, as it's barely up to my chin as it is. If you're a short arse like me then the Readybed isnt' so bad....