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[Bombsight]

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I have a Temperpedic memory foam mattress and pillows at home which are great. I made the mistake of taking the pillow on a late season hunting trip and that thing was no better than a using rock for a pillow.

Great info. Thanks

Cant help but wonder how cold it has to get in a heated FWC before its not a good thing.

[rotti]

Great info. Thanks

Cant help but wonder how cold it has to get in a heated FWC before its not a good thing.

 

Good point....I never run my furnace while sleeping. The cycling of it off and on is annoying and is also a battery drain. I depend on a good down bag and a little Wild Turkey.

 

On that trip I think the nighttime temps were in teens and twenties.

 

[craig333]

I've never had my memory foam mattress get hard but I'm not squeamish about running the heater. 

[hoyden]

I have a 1" memory foam topper in my Fleet and it works great and makes for more comfy sleeping!

I do often run the furnace at night around 52F (for the doggies, y'know ;-) ) and keep my Fantastic fan open a wee bit. 

[park]

Well after spending last week in the camper, I think I was out 8 nights http://nowheretobeto...oastalmost.html, I'll have to say the Ikea mattress I mentioned in the initial post was much better than the factory issue.  Looks like I'll be leaving the Ikea in place.  I'll still have to fill the open area, or maybe not, haven't decided yet.   Final conclusion is that it was $90 well spent.  Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions.  Love this forum for new ideas and suggestions from fellow campers.  Something of note did happen to me as well on this trip.  For the first time, ever, I had the back end of the camper come down during a very heavy windstorm.  No damage, but in the middle of the night it collapsed.  Luckily with the unit all shut up the air vacuum created gave it quite a bit of buffer as it came down.  Afterwards, I dropped the whole thing and slept on the side dinette set up due to the high winds.

Edited by park, 27 January 2017 - 04:31 AM.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Park, did you have the strap snapped in place? That must have been some wind! I'm glad you and Petey were not hurt.

[park]

Park, did you have the strap snapped in place? That must have been some wind! I'm glad you and Petey were not hurt.

 

No, Petey and were fine as it was the door end that came down.  I'm not sure on the sanp.  I was wondering that once I got up when I realized it had come down.  I may have forgotten to snap it but who knows.  It was some major wind.  They were forecasted gusts up to 50 and I think we got that.  I've camped before in some high winds but nothing like that.  When it's that windy I just can't sleep anyway with the rig being buffeted about.  Even with the top down and sleeping on the dinette, it was bad so I just broke camp about 3 that morning and started working my way north.  It was a long night as I think I got maybe an hour or so of sleep.

[craig333]

My topper is great. Funny thing about the winds. It is hard to get to sleep with the camper being buffeted. However, once I do get to sleep I can sleep through anything:)

[park]

My topper is great. Funny thing about the winds. It is hard to get to sleep with the camper being buffeted. However, once I do get to sleep I can sleep through anything:)

 

You're a lucky man.  I suck at sleeping.  Someone can fart  50 yards  from the rig and I'll wake up.  Petey, on the other hand, can sleep through a nuclear explosion

[ETAV8R]

I just got back from 3 nights using my new Klymit insulated V-Luxe. It is the best pad to date.

And to date let me list what I've used:

 

USMC Isomat:1993-2000

Thermarest self inflating pad: 2000~2013

Kelty Recluse:2013

Klymit Static V:2016

Klymit Static V-Luxe Insulated:2017

 

Klymit also offers a double size but I think it wouldn't be enough for the width of an Eagle/Finch. Not sure about the new Swift widths but I'm pretty sure two of the V-luxe versions would fit perfectly. I use my pads on top of the FWC pads/mattress and it works great.