…people who properly think ahead don’t have problems like this. 🙂
A month ago when I hurt my shoulder and couldn’t climb the ladder to the loft, I faced the question “well then where will I sleep?” Finally remembered that I did in fact own an air mattress, that had been in storage in the attic of Landlady’s barn since 2008. Hauled it – and a whole lot of packrat nest material – down. You can guess how well it worked.
Today I got another from Big Brother.
“What’s that, Daddy? That looks very interesting.”
“Wait. Wait. Bad touch! Stranger danger!” LB does not think the new emergency backup bed is a good idea at all.
I inflated it in just a few minutes with the built-in electric pump. This thing has about three times the volume of my old air mattress and would be no fun at all to fill with my old bellows pump, which has also seen better days. Fortunately I don’t have to worry about the grid power going out. If my non-grid power goes out, there are several alternatives. Now I’m just sort of leaving it there to make sure it’ll hold air over time. LB does not approve. But I think it’s pretty cool.
That thing looks downright luxurious.
If you leave it there too long, LB might claim it for himself. Look! Daddy got me a new BIG bed.
I wouldn’t leave it there, given LB’s non approval especially. One claw through it and it’s toast. I’ve never found a way to actually repair even the smallest leak in the two I’ve owned.
Very nice, your brother is a great guy. It’s nice to have somebody from far away looking out for you. The double high air mattress means you don’t have to face rolling out onto hands and knees then getting up. The other nice thing is if the battery fails you can always pump it up with the air compressor from the jeep. Then if the air compressor fails last but never least you have the billows pump. Just watch LB’s claws don’t puncture the mattress as my bro-in-law’s lab did to theirs on a camping trip two years ago.
It occurs to me that in cold weather you may need the same covers under your body as over it. Being filled with air, that thing won’t insulate like a normal mattress. That might be an advantage in the summer, not so in the winter.
I agree with Ben’s comment, cold weather will require some materials between you and mattress. But should be nice, if rolling out of it is comfortable for you.
Great minds, etc.
I e-mailed Joel last nite with my similar experiences with the lack of insulating properties of air beds.
We have found that unrolling those self-inflating foam camping pads on top of the air-bag works wonders.
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That would work. 🙂 Long before there were such things as foam pads or inflatable beds… we kept warm in camp by letting the big black Labrador into the sleeping bags that were zipped together. It was a bit crowded, but warm. Yes, he snored… but he didn’t fart much. LOL