My husband and I used to camp several times a year when we were first married. It was nice to get away from the neighbourhood on weekends since we lived in a duplex. Camping also fit our budget because it was so much cheaper than staying at a hotel. Sleeping on the ground was the worse part about camping for me. We tried using the floating air mattresses that we used in the lake, as our camping mattress in the tent. The sleeping bags slipped off and the mattress was noisy each time we shifted even just a little. We decided that if we were going to continue to camp we could invest in a camping mattress.

At that time the best camping mattress was out of our price range. We ended up using a thick foam that we bought from a fabric store as our camping mattress. It was better than sleeping on the ground, but it was difficult to bring along and to store when we were not using it.

We stopped camping for several years, but we have lately started to take an interest in it again. I said to my husband that the first thing we must have is a camping mattress. We started looking at what is available these days and found that there are various choices for a camping mattress. There is the inflatable camping mattress that seems to be a small step above the floating air mattress that we used earlier. There is a camping mattress that is self inflating. It inflates as it is rolled out.



You close the valve once it has inflated itself. To deflate, you open the valve and press down on the camping mattress. This looked simple to do and easy to store, however it was not very thick, so we questioned the the level of comfort. Another camping mattress we considered was inflatable with a separate pump. This particular camping mattress is sold in several sizes. The inflation time is about five minutes. The pump had batteries that are rechargeable, so you may bring it to the camp site already charged and then plug it in when you go back home. This option is not too expensive for a camping mattress, however it did not come with any possible way to store it.

The camping mattress that we finally purchased is a queen size mattress that has a built in pump. The camping mattress inflates in about a minute and deflates flat in even less time. The mattress and pump can be stored into a duffle case which is the size of a sleeping bag. This camping mattress is more expensive, but we may also utilize it as an extra bed on the situations when we have more visitors than bed space. With our new camping mattress we will be camping and sleeping in comfort.

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