Is it worth buying an airbed?

[Dave20046]

http://www.outdoormegastore.co.uk/ac...p_Bed.html?279

Wish that site had pictures of stuff packed up.

[embee]

Since there seems to be quite a lot of scepticism, believe me the Thermarest mattresses really do work.

When I first came across them in an outdoor store (abroad) they had a demo arrangement set up with a few cobbles on the shop floor and you could try the mattress. I got one there and then. You don't think something an inch and a bit thick could be comfy, but they are.

If they didn't live up to the reputation it would have been shouted about by now.

I don't know how good the "copies" are, I'd guess something like Vango would be fine, Gelert probably not equivalent quality (the Gelert similar pillow I had lasted 2 seasons then started leaking).

I once came across a Canadian chap camping in France, and he had an extra thick Thermarest for Canadian winter camping but I haven't seen the equivalent for sale in the UK.

Originally Posted by Swin

That's what I thought too Paul - the air gap in the mattress traps the warm air from your body and creates a layer between you and the ground.

airbeds do take the heat away from your body, cos its not a thin layer of air that you can warm up, its a 6inch layer so maybe if you have a very large body?. but if it's warm weather it's not going to be a problem is it.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

airbeds do take the heat away from your body, cos its not a thin layer of air that you can warm up, its a 6inch layer so maybe if you have a very large body?. but if it's warm weather it's not going to be a problem is it.

Soooo if we inflate our airbeds with our farts we should be toasty warm all night??

Originally Posted by bluefishman

so maybe if you have a very large body?

Maybe that's why I've never felt cold on an air matress then

I'll ask the wife, she's only 9 1/2 stone, or maybe I keep the double air bed warm enough for both of us. I do radiate heat, I'm one of these people whose hands are always really warm, most people I shake hands with feel cold to me.