New Foam Mattress Oh Ya

[Nomad]

Just bought a 4 inch soft foam mattress I am hoping it will help with my hips as they were getting sore with just the 1" backpacking foam under my heated sleeping bag.
I am hoping it will be enough.
Foam mattress is not cheap I had prices of up to $247 I paid $125
What is your bed setup for a com-fee sleep?

 

[MOAK]

We went all in on a queen size Hest mattress on top of the Froli nylon spring system. Not cheap, but worth every penny.

 

[Uniquely Us Adventures]

Just bought a 4 inch soft foam mattress I am hoping it will help with my hips as they were getting sore with just the 1" backpacking foam under my heated sleeping bag.
I am hoping it will be enough.
Foam mattress is not cheap I had prices of up to $247 I paid $125
What is your bed setup for a com-fee sleep?

I’m a pretty big dude and the foam mattress is super comfortable for a night or two, but I was having issues with my hip hurting from sleeping on my side so we have a Luno mattress that’s inflatable that we fill up underneath and it gives us a little bit more, but it also deflates so that we can keep the footprint of the mattress down and went with the 2 inch foam but it works great.

 

[rgallant]

I went with a cot and folding 3 inch mattress in the back of my LR4/Discovery 4. Having a 6 foot long load space helps a lot.

 

[grubworm]

yeah, memory foam is the way to go
when we had our tear-drop trailer, we used a 5" tri-fold memory mattress since it could fold into bench/chair and do double duty in the limited space. 5" foam was nice, but now that I bought a cargo trailer and converted it, I was able to go with an 8" memory foam mattress.

the memory foam is really nice because the wife and I can climb over each other in the middle of the night and not wake each other up. cant do that with a conventional mattress because they transfer movement really bad. the tri-fold was nice, but it seemed like I was always having an elbow or knee go into the fold and hit the hard bedpan and that wasn't comfortable.

I still consider the 8" foam mattress "roughing it" because there is a 12" mattress available that I don't have yet...

 

[Nomad]

Nice

 

[CSG]

In the van, I have an Exped (don't recall the model but it's about 30x80) I use on the convertible sofa. Works great. Had it for years now.

 

[Nomad]

I’m a pretty big dude and the foam mattress is super comfortable for a night or two, but I was having issues with my hip hurting from sleeping on my side so we have a Luno mattress that’s inflatable that we fill up underneath and it gives us a little bit more, but it also deflates so that we can keep the footprint of the mattress down and went with the 2 inch foam but it works great.

Uniquely Us Adventures - I like the idea of an inflatable mattress under the foam one I have I will see if I can find one for a decent price here may as well be as comfortable as possible...

 

[jimmyjamson]

I'm a pretty big dude and the foam mattress is super comfortable for a night or two, but I was having issues with my hip hurting from sleeping on my side, similar to what many people experience before switching to Orthopaedic mattresses designed specifically for pressure point relief, so we have a Luno mattress that's inflatable that we fill up underneath and it gives us a little bit more, but it also deflates so that we can keep the footprint of the mattress down and went with the 2 inch foam but it works great.

Good upgrade, 4 inches of soft foam should make a noticeable difference for hip pressure compared to 1 inch backpacking foam. If hips are still sore after a few nights try placing a pillow between your knees as it takes pressure off significantly even on a softer surface. My preferred setup is a firm base layer with a softer topper on top rather than one thick soft layer, it gives support without pressure points. $125 for 4 inches is a fair price given what you were seeing out there.