Things to Look for When Choosing an Air Mattress

When you’re getting ready to make a new purchase it can be frustrating figuring out how to decide what’s a good option. Below is a short list of things to look for when choosing an air mattress that will help you make sure you’ll have what you need.

Something that’s very important that easily gets overlooked is to make sure they come with a pump, or that you’ve purchased one separately. A lot of inflatable beds don’t come with these and there’s nothing worse than getting home and realizing your options are to head back to the store or blow it up manually. This isn’t to say that it has to come with the bed–you might be able to find a cheap deal that doesn’t come with one and buy a pump at a good price separately, just make sure to take this into consideration.

Do they come with a bag or something easy to store them with, and do they mention how large they are folded up? If you’re going to be using your air mattress for camping, or for guests, it will spending most of it’s time in storage, so how easy it is to store it really does matter. You should be able to get the air out and fold the bed up neatly into a bag.

Look at reviews and consider the common complaints. Most websites have star rating systems and an area for reviews. Unless the air mattress is a very new model there should be a few reviews with some complaints–take these the most seriously when they’re all complaining about the same issue.

Whenever you make any purchase you’ll of course want to consider the price. You can find an air mattress is virtually any price range–you can find them as cheap as twenty dollars, or up to a few thousand (these are usually ones that are used as primary beds). You’ll of course want to decide how much you’ll looking to spend to narrow down your results.

Is it vinyl on top or does it have a nice soft cover? On a hot night, even with a sheet on top, a vinyl/plastic mattress can be very uncomfortable. With a nice, soft, material on top you won’t even realize your sleeping on an inflatable bed, and if you put a sheet on top it’s much more likely to stay neatly where you put it.

When you go out to make a purchase keeping these things in mind will help save you time and stress by narrowing down the list of things to look for when choosing an air mattress.

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Choosing The Right Air Mattress For Your Needs

An air mattress is an inflatable mattress, usually made of plastic or textile-reinforced plastic or rubber. The deflated mattress can be rolled up and carried or stored relatively easily, making air mattresses a popular choice for camping trips and for temporary bedding at home for guests.

They are inflated either orally, by blowing into a valve, or with a manual, foot-powered or electric pump. Traditional mattresses sizes are available — twin, full, queen, king, etc. — and standard sheets should fit, albeit sometimes more snugly. Lightweight, reduced-size air mattresses specifically intended for camping and backpacking, often called sleeping pads, are also available.

Ruggedly-built air mattresses have come on the market in recent years that are intended for full time use in the home. Often mounted on a special foundation, they are made of durable plastic- or rubber-impregnated fabrics, and are usually equipped with an electric pump and a firmness controller.

For double beds they have the advantage that each half of the bed has its own firmness control. This type of product is usually called an air bed, to distinguish it from camping mattresses. Some individuals who relocate frequently prefer an air bed over a traditional mattress due to its portability.

The term air mattress may also refer to a certain inflatable swimming pool toy, which has an air-sac “pillow” and several (usually four or five) tubes running its length. Also called a “lilo” (UK), “pool air mat”, “air mat”, “pool lounge”, or “float(ing) mat(tress)”, it is used to recline on the surface of a swimming pool. Although it bears some resemblance to an air mattress, it is typically not built as strong and may not reliably stay inflated all night long, making it impractical for use as a bed.

They call it an air bed. Air bed, as if that changes the fact that it’s nothing but an ordinary air mattress with a little automatic electronic pump attached to it. I’ve had to sleep on this air mattress for the past two weeks now. And I’ll continue to have to sleep on this air mattress for another month, while my sister and her fiancee are in town.

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