Anyone with inflatable airbed experience?

[originalpckelly]

Which brand is the best? How do they feel? As good as a regular bed?

[trof]

1. Better than regular.

Google 'discount airbeds'.
Cheaper than 'Sleep Number'.

[originalpckelly]

2. Not airbeds as in fancy kind, but cheaper inflatable kind. Think aerobed...

Or some other brand, it's temporary and I'm not looking to spend more than a $100 or so on it.

[trof]

3. Oh. Air MATRESS?

That's entirely different.
We have a Bed in a Bag that works OK.
Use it when we run out of bed room for guests.
Single mattress, electric pump.

[lizziegrace]

6. I found a Simmons model at WalMart

in the bedding department. I was about $80 and Thomcat slept on it when he was here. No complaints from him. It has a built-in electric pump and is tall enough you don't feel like you're sleeping on the floor.

[NMDemDist2]

16. they are fine for one person

suck for two

we have an AeroBed (the tall kind that stands as high as a regular bed) that we lived on for a couple weeks when we were transitioning from AZ to NM

it was pretty bad.......

[SKKY]

4. We have 2 queen-sized for guests and what-not...

...I've not had any complaints. These are Aero-bed like (I bought them here in Spain) and are quite comfortable and stable.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Same here. We use them when we go camping and love them! We even bring the

electric pump to fill them up. LOL

[tpsbmam]

5. I have 2 Aerobeds....

They're fantastic! I can't compare them to other beds as I haven't tried others for a long, long time (like 20 years).

I have a bad back and had to sleep on one when I was taking care of a family member with cancer -- slept on it for a month. NO problem! My neighbors used to borrow mine for guests -- one of their guests who also has a bad back went out and bought one because it was so comfortable for him.

I highly recommend them. They're always going on sale, too -- I'd just keep Googling until you find a good price.

[originalpckelly]

10. Oh thanks!

[nuxvomica]

7. Air beds are great as long as you don't have cats

I went through a number of Colemans and Aerobeds before I bought an expensive model enclosed in enough foam to keep my cat from puncturing it. I like a really firm bed so I prefer an air bed to the conventional spring type.

[MorningGlow]

8. I didn't like it

Slept on one when we visited my brother in Cali; it was my niece's (she slept in the living room, gods bless her). I thought it was pretty uncomfortable. It was a bit better once we let the air out of it a bit. But I wouldn't choose it over a regular mattress.

[JoePhilly]

9. My sister has an aerobed ... a TALL ONE ...

And I think the hight matters. The thin ones stink ... but her tall queen size is pretty good ... and I'm a big guy ... its probably not great for 2 people ... but its way better than a sleeper sofa.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. I had to get one when a friend stayed with me, and I

thought the Aerobeds were too expensive, so I got the Eddie Bauer brand, and my friend thought it was great.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. I'm sure you get what you pay for

I slept on one many years ago and my only complaint is that, like waterbeds, you have a lay down/roll over on them carefully so that you don't "bottom out" on the hard floor. Other than that, I slept like a baby.

[shanine]

14. I have a raised queen size

It's fine for me . . I put one of those egg crate things on top.

[haele]

15. I had a simmons a looong time ago, came with a quilted cover/sleeve-

1/2 " padding on the sides, 1" on the top; zipper close along one side. 20 mil thick vinyl queen mattress with "pockets". It was very comfortable and lasted a good 6 years before the seams started leaking. Only had to "re-fill" every other month for the first three years, then once a month until it finally started dying out. I had a decent padded box spring from my previous bed as support, most people I knew with air mattresses tended to drop them in an old waterbed frame, but I found the box spring was far more comfortable.

I had cats, too. Just kept the claws trimmed, and the quilted cover had no problems protecting the air mattress.

Haele