Portable Beds – What Type Is For You?
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat which road to take. The cat said it depends on where she is going. That pretty much answers a question that one could ask about what portable bed to buy. It depends on where you are going, what you are doing, or what you are. Are you going camping, to college, or vacationing? Are you a backpacker, a student, a mother, someone who travels a lot?
For Campers, Hikers and Backpackers. If you are frequently going on trips to the mountains, up steep trails and camping grounds, you have the choice of sleeping pad, inflatable mattress or sleeping cot. Each has its own advantage and disadvantage. A sleeping pad is easy to use, but it is generally less comfortable as it would put you more directly over rocks and tree rots than an inflatable mattress or cot would. An inflatable mattress, being cushioned, is more comfortable than a sleeping pad while being comparable in size, ease of use and weight. But it is prone to puncture and is more complex to use as it would need inflation and deflation. A sleeping cot has the advantage of height over a mattress and a sleeping pad. But it is more complicated to set up than a sleeping pad and could take up tent space. With these considerations, it’s for you, the buyer, to balance these factors when choosing a bed.
For Mothers. Running a home would most likely mean having to accommodate relatives, the kids’ friends or other visitors in the house. Portable beds will be a good thing to have when there’s no more room space in the house. An air bed or inflatable mattress would always come in handy when unexpected guests arrive or when going over with the kids to the house of relatives or on hotels during vacation. Inflatable beds offer the advantage of being light to carry and easy to keep without the need for large spaces. They can also be rolled and folded to variable dimensions.
For Babies. Portable air beds for infants and toddlers could help a lot in making the child comfortable whether at home or somewhere else. With the baby comfy, Mommy could enjoy and relax herself. Kids’ travel beds usually have raised edges to keep the child from rolling off and falling. They’re great to carry when visiting grandma and grandpa, when traveling or napping at a visit to the park.
For Students. Going off to your first year in college and living on your own in your first apartment? Just like Mom in your home, an inflatable mattress, air bed or sleeping pad would come in handy around your dorm. You can bring it when sleeping over to friends’ place, or going on camping trips. You can also have use for portable beds if you have guests coming over and they need a place to sleep. Or perhaps an opportunity will come to you when you need to travel to another city or state to do summer jobs, volunteer works, trainings and the accommodation is such that you need to bring your own bed.
Rachel Nunez
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what to use as portable bedding.?
Hi i work shift work as a firefighter emt and i was wondering what to us as a protable bed type cover. We have beds but alot of people sleep on them and i was looking for something to put on top when i sleep
tim
3 Mar 10 at 6:39 pm
If I were you, I would take my own sleeping bag and my own blanket. That way you can take them home with you when your shifts are over, and you don’t have to mess with rubber type covers, etc., to fight off dust mites and who knows what else. May not look the best, but you can make it into a bedroll each morning. Surprised your department does not have some kind of system in place to debug the mattresses on a routine basis. In motels, at least you get clean sheets between stays (hopefully) but you wouldn’[t want to lay or sleep on the bedcover, that is for sure.
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ozarks bum
3 Mar 10 at 11:41 pm
I would use a sleeping bag if I were you. Some other camping resources include sleeping bag liners…which is simply a sheet sewed up like a sleeping bag, also used by travelling backpackers who stay in hostels (exactly the same concerns as you). Some are plain and some are made of insulators or water resistant materials. Since this is for indoors, you can probably just get away with cotton or cotton poly, or flannel or fleece…made for summer camping or boosting a lightweight sleeping bag to be warmer.
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musicimprovedme
3 Mar 10 at 11:43 pm
A waterproof mattress protector has a terry cotton top layer (like light towel material) and a very thin, yet durable, polyurethane backing material. The cover is 4 way stretch so it is not like sleeping on the much thicker, and inflexible, rubber waterproof covers. It flexes and expands to contour to your body. Yet it will effectively block bed bugs or whatever from getting at you from within the mattress.
Usually a mattress protector prevents organic material from filtering down into the mattress, which stimulates the growth of dust mites. But in your case, it would seal the critters inside the mattress and prevent them from getting at you.
The mattress protector
http://www.myluxurymattress.com/mattress-protectors
works just like a fitted sheet. It has stretchable mesh sides that fit down over the sides of the mattress and an elastic band that pulls it snugly down under the mattress to hold it on. It will accommodate up to a 21 inch mattress.
A mattress PAD is very different item. It is usually made of a cotton / poly blend material with polyester batting quilted into the top layer. It would slow down bed bugs, but would eventually allow them to get to you. The mattress pad is a more common item, but I feel the mattress protector would truly serve your needs better in this case.
Because mattress protectors are very durable, you can wash them hundreds of times without them losing their effectiveness. So you could wash it every night if you wanted, though that might not be necessary in your case. With the mattress protector down on your bed, you would be free to use a sleeping bag or any other type of bedding you wanted, but would not need to wash it every night, like you would without a mattress protector.
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http://myluxurymattress.com/blog/
Bedding Guy
3 Mar 10 at 11:45 pm