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Car Camping Q- Inflatable MattressView MessagesViewing posts 1 to 9 of 9 messages posted.
Car Camping Q- Inflatable Mattress “I know this is not related to hardcore backpacking, but I'm looking to purchase an inflatable full/double mattress for my GF and I on a week long trip down to the Ozarks. In the car I have your typical cigarette adapter tire air pump. I'd love to use my tire pump to inflate the mattress (buy an adapter?) but I don't know how to make it work. Here is the mattress I am considering: http://www.summitcampinggear.com/codoflqu.html And the Pump they recommend I purchase: http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-91181333552265_2004_1267152 Anyone else used an inflatable mattress w/out purchasing a separate pump? I'd be open to other brands of inflatable mattresses w/ different air pump attachments if it worked out for the better. thx. Bryce” 8:56:21 AM 6/19/08 “Don't know. I would think you could find a pvc fitting the size of the opening in the mattress and then a series of reducers to bring it down to the size of the output hose on your pump. A couple of band clamps and you might make it work. My question would be "would your existing pump deliver the volume of air needed?" It might deliver psi for a bike tire, but the tire won't use anywhere near the volume you need for the mattress.” 9:13:54 AM 6/19/08 “I bought an air mattress and the pump that was made for it. Extra money, but it works. That said, I am not at all happy with the air mattress. If I inflate it fully it's too hard and if I inflate it less the damn thing wobbles and billows like waves on the ocean. Back to the old reliable TermaRest.” 10:30:18 AM 6/19/08 “The few times I used one geobeet, I had the same problems. There must be some trick to it I can't figure out.” 10:39:51 AM 6/19/08 “We have an air mattress and have found that the best way to make it feel like a regular bed is to put our spare memory foam mattress (about 3 inches thick) on top of it.” 10:44:59 AM 6/19/08 “Yeah Chili ... a trick we can't figure out. Like some SOB getting rich by ripping us off for the price of something that isn't worth what it cost. I tried using my ThermaRest on top of the air mattress and realized that the air in the air mattress was colder than if I put the ThermaRest on the floor of the tent. That was a Homer Simpson "Doh!" moment.” 11:03:22 AM 6/19/08 “I find that if you get anywhere near the edge it just launches you off the mattress like fighter being catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier.” 12:02:50 PM 6/19/08 “LMAO, yes! Apt description. You wake up and wonder, "How the hell did I get here?"” 12:58:17 PM 6/19/08 “good point about volume, I purchased the associated mattress pump, wish me luck! thx.” 1:29:23 PM 6/19/08
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