I think that the one thing that all travel trailers and campers have in common is that who ever designed the beds never actually had to sleep in one

I'd love to hear what some of you are doing to make your's more comfortable.

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2001 Hi-Lo 22TL
2010 F150

We have an 18 footer, Grandpa and I sleep on the pulled out couch. Originally it had to fabric straps attached to the wood to keep it from pulling out too far (so that the bathroom door could open easily, ours has the bathroom tucked into a corner) We cut the fabric straps off, and are able to pull the bed platforms out another 5-7". You'd be surprised how "much" that adds to the bed size! I usually just stuff those long water noodles down in there since the cushions aren't wide enough and would leave a gap. Then we have an inflatable double bed sized mattress (that is self inflatable, it has an internal pump) and Viola! Comfortable bed!

Thats a great idea on the bed! It's sounds really comfy, makes me want to take a nap

Where do you store the inflatable mattress when you're not sleeping on it?

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2001 Hi-Lo 22TL
2010 F150

We deflate it, (actually we have the grandkids do that), roll it up and put it in it's bag in the storage area under the couch. The deflated mattress is probably about 15" long by about 10" wide...pretty small considering the comfort it offers!
Rolling up the sleeping bags, folding the blankets and stowing it all, really makes me want to get a bigger trailer! Especially one with a bedroom!

Noreene

Noreene thats brilliant the way you have your bed figured out.

Our 2201TL has a double goucho couch. I don't know if it's going to work yet but I bought a 2" thick piece of memory foam thats queen size. The plan is to put it under the couch cushion and fold the rest behind the back cushion. At night we'll put it on top of the cushions and then put a 'Travasak' on top of it.

It's works real well in my head, gonna have to see if it'll actually work. It's just the two of us so we don't need the bunk so I'm going to take out the mattress and then use that space to store the Travasak and pillows.

Now on the other hand if this grandiose idea doesn't pan out... I'm going to get an inflatable mattress and borrow some grandkids

Neal

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2001 Hi-Lo 22TL
2010 F150

Our first voyage out in our '94 was brutal in the fold out couch/bed. Since then, my wife found a 4" memory foam mattress topper at a local Costco. Incredible! The thing is now as comfortable as our Sterns & Foster Golden Elegance king at home! Really!!

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2002 Carriage Cameo F35CK3 5ver
2003 F350SD, SC, LB, 4.30 V10
2009 Highlander Limited w/Class III
12 x 6 enclosed toy hauler trailer

MagnaFazer -

Dang! I'm jealous. I thought our slept GREAT after we put the two inch memory foam on it, I can only imagine what four inches would be like. Where do you store it?

Neal

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2001 Hi-Lo 22TL
2010 F150

My wife will roll it up and store it in the closet in the bathroom. If we are planning to use the RV within 4-6 weeks, she will sometimes leave the bed made up.

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2002 Carriage Cameo F35CK3 5ver
2003 F350SD, SC, LB, 4.30 V10
2009 Highlander Limited w/Class III
12 x 6 enclosed toy hauler trailer

We also just recently bought one of these topper pads from Costco and just got back from 3 nights at Disney. It was great sleeping. Should of got one of them years ago! Since we have the full time bed in the back ... we will just leave it on the bed all the time.

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Steve (from florida)
HiLo 2708T
2008 Dodge Durango

The bed was just to uncomfortable for us.

I removed the couch cushsions (we leave the bed down all the time)

I bought a foldable fouton mattress & a 4" costco memory foam topper.

Next I installed a removable 2x8 with brackets and welded a custom leg extension which made the bed a true size double.

Now that we have a comfortable bed, we don't want to leave the campsite to go home.

Les 97 21ft. towlite 06 toyota tocoma