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27/12/2006 at 12:57am
 Location: Milands UK
 Outfit: avondale perle olympus
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New to this site and new to forums, so asking quite a bit tonight. Anyone know the best way to get a good night's sleep in an old van without waking up feeling like your back has spent the night on a stretching rack? Heard about tempur matresses but expensive and are they any good?


27/12/2006 at 1:06am
 Location: Milton Keynes
 Outfit:  Ford C Max Zetec
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Use an airbed.Lol


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27/12/2006 at 10:19am
 Location: Hampshire
 Outfit: Elddis Crusader Cyclone + BMW X5
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snails

Lots of members get a great nights sleep after they use a matress topper (Memory Foam), but you can get lots of differant grades of these so have a read on the link below.

HTH

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/search.asp?search=MEMORY+FOAM&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=8&searchSort=dateDESC&Submit=Start+Search



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Good Bye To Our Abbey Spectrum 520, Hello To Our Elddis Crusader Cyclone


27/12/2006 at 2:33pm
 Location: Southwest
 Outfit: Mondeo 2.2 Titanium X
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The seat bases used to form the bed in our old compass had ollapsed under 12 seasons of being seats all day & a bed all night & we were waking with aching backs. We decided to send them to Tockfield to be refilled with new foam. They have a foam they call Tockfield comfort system & we elected to have that.

We cut the covers off our cushions as described by them & posted them off in a box on a Tuesday morning. Tockfield called us on the Wednesday for our credit card details & the Seats were delivered back to us & were in our van by lunchtime on the Thursday. In less than 48 hours they'd gone from Brstol to Derbyshire benn refilled & were back ready for use.

The workmanship was excellent & the seats were as good as new. To be hnest, I can't remember how much it cost but it won't cost you anything to have a peep on their website & see what's on offer. They used to offer a free pitch on their own site while your cushions were being done but I'm not sure if that's stll there now.

Try www.foam.co.uk

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29/12/2006 at 11:31pm
 Location: maltby Sth yorks
 Outfit: Renault Trafic SWB converted Campervan
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I find a bottle of sauvignon blanc often gives me a good nights sleep, that and if it rains for the first night - keeping me awake, after that, the second night, I just sleep!! like a log!

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30/12/2006 at 10:23am
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Try here http://www.raskelf.com/caravan_1.htm 

 

We have one each of these and have been very pleased with them. I have a 2" density and other half has a 1" density.  My back feels every bit of uneveness & I find I get a decent nights sleep.

 

 

Motorhomer



30/12/2006 at 12:58pm
 Location: Hartlepool
 Outfit: Bailey Pagaent Burgundy Ford Kuga
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Sometimes it's the way the cushions are arranged we used to turn the face down and arrange them so the larger cushions were under our backs and the narrow one's at the foot end... fortunately we now have a fixed bed.. bliss



30/12/2006 at 8:56pm
 Location: Midlands
 Outfit: Lunar Delta
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Hi snails try Marpins advice and also add a thickish duvet to sleep on .I used to have problems with my back until i rearranged the cushions in a different way.We could.nt afford memory foam so had to improvise.


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30/12/2006 at 9:32pm
 Location: Ayrshire
 Outfit: Avondale Leda Quantock
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I followed a friends advice and got two duvets and sleep on one, it is just as comfy as the matress topper I have at home, lol have not gone anywhere yet but we could not resist sleeping in the van for a few nights.


30/12/2006 at 9:52pm
 Location: Sheffield
 Outfit: A B I Dalesman
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we have an elderly A B I 2 berth & we have never had the bed as a double it has L shape seating & we sleep feet meeting in the corner in sleeping bags- more room if you have to get up in the night & no bed to put away in the morning -- i dont sleep well usually but i sleep better in the van i can only put it down to the fact that i dont have Hubby moving about next to me or snoring in my ear (still snores but at a distance)Lilian


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01/1/2007 at 5:57pm
 Location: South Wales
 Outfit: Avondale Argente
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Been on the Raskelf site, what's the difference between a Portable Overlay and a Mattress Topper (apart from price)? They both look the same to me and do the same job.

Saying that, I've seen mattress toppers advertised in places like Rosebys for £39 so I think Raskelf are a bit on the expensive side.  This is a topic very dear to my heart because I have a full memory foam mattress at home because I have back problems and the seat cushions on our brand new van are like rock, I love being in her but dread the sleepless nights (while oh snores his head off ) A single will do me because after much experimenting we've found it better to keep to the daybeds rather than put the double up.

Any ideas???

 



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