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Old 09-06-2016, 08:09 AM   #21
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I am a big guy,so those springs [21] offered little support.Jim Bennett mentioned a local RV mattress maker in Calgary.I have used it all this year,like it alot..Thanks Jim
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Old 09-06-2016, 10:30 AM   #22
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We have a Tempur-pedic mattress at home so opted to bring our own 6" memory foam mattress bought from Amazon to orientation. Got the thinner foam to increase head room in the 5.0 TA. ETI gave us credit for their mattress. Absolutely comfortable during 120+ nights on it in the past year.
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Old 09-06-2016, 10:37 AM   #23
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The Escape mattress seems to be good quality and we have had no problems with it in our 3yr old Escape. Whether or not you are comfortable and can sleep well on the mattress is very subjective and is likely different for every individual. My wife says that she likes the mattress and has few problems sleeping on it. I myself find it not quite as comfortable as I would prefer, and it usually takes me 2 or 3 days of restless sleep at the start of a trip before I start to sleep better. I have suggested to my wife that getting a memory foam topper would be nice (for me), but so far my loss of sleep has not been a big enough selling point for us to get the memory foam.
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Old 09-06-2016, 09:27 PM   #24
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Our Escape 21's mattress is more comfortable than our home mattress. I guess we now need to get a new one for home.

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Old 09-06-2016, 09:34 PM   #25
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We plan on sticking with the Escape mattress when we get our camper, and if we have any issues will just buy a 3 inch memory foam topper to put on top and we will be good to go. After years of tent camping and sleeping on the ground anything will be an improvement. Hoping for no more hip joint pain in the morning.
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We plan on sticking with the Escape mattress when we get our camper, and if we have any issues will just buy a 3 inch memory foam topper to put on top and we will be good to go. After years of tent camping and sleeping on the ground anything will be an improvement. Hoping for no more hip joint pain in the morning.
The stock mattress is plenty comfortable for us Mike, but if you've got issues with joint pain, you might benefit from a Memory Foam or Latex mattress instead of the conventional spring one. The support is way different. I used to have backaches on occasion before the wife and I switched to a TempurPedic - and that was over 12 years ago. I've probably only had one or two backaches since, and that wasn't from sleeping, it was from forgetting I'm not 25 anymore.
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After years of tent camping and sleeping on the ground anything will be an improvement. Hoping for no more hip joint pain in the morning.
We don't have a permanent bed with mattress. We use the cushions in the rear dinette to make up a bed. By the third day of sleeping on them, my hips hurt, so we added a two inch topper.
Now, I sleep just fine, sleep like a baby, except for the bladder alarm.
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Old 09-07-2016, 05:07 AM   #28
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The stock mattress is plenty comfortable for us Mike, but if you've got issues with joint pain, you might benefit from a Memory Foam or Latex mattress instead of the conventional spring one. The support is way different. I used to have backaches on occasion before the wife and I switched to a TempurPedic - and that was over 12 years ago. I've probably only had one or two backaches since, and that wasn't from sleeping, it was from forgetting I'm not 25 anymore.
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We don't have a permanent bed with mattress. We use the cushions in the rear dinette to make up a bed. By the third day of sleeping on them, my hips hurt, so we added a two inch topper.
Now, I sleep just fine, sleep like a baby, except for the bladder alarm.
After sleeping on a traditional mattress for years we recently switched to a memory foam mattress at home and it has been wonderful. I used to toss and turn from side to side due to pressure points and aching joints but with the new mattress that is no longer an issue. They might not be right for everyone but they sure work for us.
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Old 09-07-2016, 06:58 AM   #29
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anything is better than sleeping on the ground or an air mattress in a tent....
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Old 09-07-2016, 07:06 AM   #30
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anything is better than sleeping on the ground or an air mattress in a tent....
Hi: cpaharley2008... Or an air mattress with a slow leak. Alf
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Old 09-07-2016, 08:37 AM   #31
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anything is better than sleeping on the ground or an air mattress in a tent....
Actually, nothing beats sleeping on a down filled air mattress in a tent. For me, It indicates you are in some beautiful backcountry.
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Hi: cpaharley2008... Or an air mattress with a slow leak. Alf
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........then wifey wakes up with a 'red' face......
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We already had a memory foam topper and felt that the mattress was still too firm given that it sits directly on plywood.

We bought one of these for another mattress that also sits on a wood base without a box spring. What a difference, love it. So the next project will be buying a similar one for the trailer. One benefit may be that there will be lots of air circulation under the mattress.

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Ok! So Ron's post on the slatted bed base from Ikea got me thinking. We like the ETI mattress and think it is of good quality, but a little harder than our Sleep-Number (my number is 55). A little more give would be nice. The other day I was near an IKEA, so I checked out the Lonset Slatted Bed Base. The full size is 75"X53" and I studied the construction to see if I could modify the bottom right corner to fit the mattress on our 21. I saw where a 2X4 (actually finished at 1 1/2 X 3 1/2) cut at an angle would fit nicely into the corner and allow support for the slats to be shortened in that one area. So, I bought one and brought it home. $77.00 with tax.
I modified it today, installed it, and will test it out camping the next two days. It is very sturdy, very well made, and fits nicely in a 21. It actually consists of two identical slatted bases, each 26 1/2" X 75". They lay side by side. In addition to cutting out the corner, I shortened the left one by 5" to better fit into the rounded left front corner of the bed. The right one was left full length, with the corner cut only:
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The bed made up and ready to go. The slatted base raises the mattress 2 1/2" and when I lay on it, I find a noticeable give/improvement, similar to a normal box spring. I will give it the 8 hour "Hip Test" tomorrow night:
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With this set up you will not need any of that Hypermesh except around the perimeter , no?
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With this set up you will not need any of that Hypermesh except around the perimeter , no?
Correct Jim. ETI left our mattress 1" short on the left and right sides. We have air flow, and have experienced no condensation around the mattress, even before the slatted base. As Ron reported, this ought to provide even better circulation.
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