Blow-up beds...

[Paul in NZ]

Horrible things... Unreliable and cheap but you pay a motza..

Anyone cone across an affordable brand that actually lasts?

[oneofsix]

Horrible things... Unreliable and cheap but you pay a motza..

Anyone cone across an affordable brand that actually lasts?

dynamite?

Have a friend that has had one of those with the inbuilt fan to blow it up and can be reversed to deflate it, double height one. It has lasted 5 or more years, used it at New Year. We have tried several of the single height ones you blow up with an external pump but they all fail within a couple of uses. Some of The Warehouse ones did survived being used as a bouncy floor long enough to be use as beds, about two out of six, so guess they weren't too bad.

Another trouble with them is, because they are fill of air, they are at air temperature and therefore always cold so you need a snow foam or something on top of them.

[Grizzo]

These are no good, they keep going down on ya....too many holes I suspect.:facepalm:




Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[Maha]

We have a self inflating one...plug it in and turn it on....three mintues and its up, takes long to deflate though.
From Kiwi Camping.

Damn that reads rude!

[The Pastor]

i have a wharehouse one for $10. works well for the last 3 or 4 years. Starting to get to the point where you need to pump it up mid week when camping but its ok.

The double size (height) beds look amazing.

might be time to lose some weight fatty.

[Paul in NZ]

might be time to lose some weight fatty.

I wasn't me sleeping on it skinny.... :angry: Besides - I'm feckin gorgeous... :innocent:

I just have to buy the bloody things.... 3 new ones - only 1 stayed up... Useless....

[MIXONE]

More reliable than any girlfriend I've ever had.Always gonna go down on ya...

[MSTRS]

If you mean the Intex brand ones (Warehouse, Briscoes etc) I don't find them too bad. Does help to use a pair of shifting pliers on the bung/cap...just a smidgen more of a turn tighter than the fingers can manage.

[Akzle]

Horrible things... Unreliable and cheap but you pay a motza..

Anyone cone across an affordable brand that actually lasts?

as much as i fucking hate 'murica.

thermarest.

had my guidelite for 8 or more years. no holes no nada. and i thrash my shit.

[hayd3n]

i use a stretcher with a aluminium frame comfy and off the ground and wont deflate

[unstuck]

and i thrash my clit.

Fixed that for ya, ya wanker.:Punk::Punk:

[yungatart]

dynamite?
....
Another trouble with them is, because they are fill of air, they are at air temperature and therefore always cold so you need a snow foam or something on top of them.

I always put an old woolen blanket underneath ours (I kid you not, it is full of holes) . Even on a concrete floor in winter, I have never found it cold!

[scumdog]

We use a Warehouse one - "a blue one" C.B. said when I asked her what make.

It has lasted at least three years and is still OK.

We use a 'nelectric pump' that clips on to the bikes battery.

[JimO]

high volume pump is the way to go

[BMWST?]

never had an air bed that didnt go down overnight...except an old Li lo

[oneofsix]

never had an air bed that didnt go down overnight...except an old Li lo

yeah, agree with that. Wonder if it was the way they divided into cylinders of air, even if they were interconnected, rather than just one big slab. And you could use them as floatation devices :laugh:

[Oakie]

For camping... we were using the Warehouse ones which were OK but we were mystified by the wet spot that both developed after a couple of nights. Turns out that that is caused by the sleeping bag pulling moisture away from the body (as per design) and it wicking into the matress fabric. Dry sleeping bag ... moist matress top. Had to go online to get the answer to that one.

Anyway, we've gone to camp stretchers now and put a self inflating matress on them. Much more comfy and much easier to get in and out of than a blow up bed. ALtso means you can store stuff under the bed which leaves more room for walking around. (Remember this is all in a camping scenario)

[Banditbandit]

Damm .. I thought this thread was about terrorists

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[neels]

We have one of the blue ones from the warehouse, on about the third one now but usually get a few years out of them before they get dumped.

An old thermal backed curtain underneath works good to stop the cold from creeping upwards during the night.

[Paul in NZ]

Well I'm a fan of camp stretchers meself but miss vicki likes a double so...

Seems to be a universal issue. Cheapies are a pig in a poke and the double thickness ones are best.

[Oakie]

An old thermal backed curtain underneath works good to stop the cold from creeping upwards during the night.

A foil survival blanket does the trick too.

[cynna]

another vote for the warehouse intex brand. often on sale for half price as well.

[trustme]

Exped Synmat , not cheap but real compact for biking , strong , insulated so even when tenting in snow ground chill is not a problem, has it's own built in pump. Way better than those self inflating Thermarest jobbies . Available at Bivouac & worth the extra IMHO.
The wife & I use 2 & zip our sleeping bags together , not perfect but it works well enough. Guess who always ends up sleeping on the join, funny that.

[angelindisguise]

I survived 3 months solid on a double layered queen sized airbed brought from Mitre 10 Mega and it still goes well... they're a tad more expensive than the warehouse ones but worth it... i think i payed around $160 for it and they still sell them...