We have a 14 ft expanda which we are seriously thinking of up grading just due to the fact we cannot get comfortable in it. We have 2 kids. Just got an annex to help for extra space. I just find the beds so uncomfortable in this van! Has anyone had a similar problem? I have put on our bed a woolen underlay and a mattress topper which has done nothing! are the mattresses the same in bigger model expandas? I know this has been brought up before but fresh ideas and advice would be great tia
14' Series Beds
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Hi @Mattanddeb and welcome.
If you search around, you’ll find the subject of hard and uncomfortable beds is very common.
We have a 2014 21.64-1 which also has a very uncomfortable mattress.
We originally had a foam mattress topper on there for about 18 months, but I still woke up with very sore hips in the morning.
I recently purchased an IKEA Tussoy memory foam topper - 8cm thick.
Spent 3 nights on it over the long weekend just gone, and it was fantastic.
Very comfortable, no sore hips and even SWMBO was happy with it.
Mattress comfort is a very subjective, and I suspect upgrading the van in the hoping of getting a more comfortable mattress would be a very expensive gamble. Case in point, my van is the same year, single ended version of @Bellbirdweb's van and I quiet like the mattress in ours as does the Princess. Everyone's version of comfortable to different
You sound like you otherwise enjoy your current van, visit a mattress manufacturer and have a replacement mattress custom made. If your lucky you may be able to have the manufacturer of your home mattress make you a van replica. It wont be cheap, but it will be cheaper than the gamble of a van upgrade.
I enquired with the Rockdale mattress factory to get a custom mattress manufactured for our van as we sleep on one of theirs at home.
It is around $800 so decided to see how the Ikea topper goes before spending the $$$
How old is your van as some had different mattresses. Ours is 3 years old with a 50/50 split mattress and both the wife and I commented after 3 nights away just this last weekend that we were reasonably comfortable. Have also spent a 2 week trip away and multiple 2-3 nighters with no issue. No mattress topper or anything like that, just the mattress only.
We have the 'egg shell' foam topper on our bed and sheets + doona and easily fold up the beds with bedding attached- the trick istomake sure the folds in the mattress arenotobstructed, this means folding up thedoonaseveral times to fit in the gap... works a treat.
So just bought a Tuossoy topper to give it a go, seems okay with a 5-10min “nap”
My question is - how on earth do you guys still manage to fold up the bed with the topper on???? I’ve taken all bedding off, removed the little end foam piece, and done up the straps as hard as I can, and the bed end still won’t go all the way in!!
I really don’t want to have to remove and store the topper elsewhere in the van, I’d rather go back to a pillow topper and put up with a sore back.
My question is - how on earth do you guys still manage to fold up the bed with the topper on???? I’ve taken all bedding off, removed the little end foam piece, and done up the straps as hard as I can, and the bed end still won’t go all the way in!!
I really don’t want to have to remove and store the topper elsewhere in the van, I’d rather go back to a pillow topper and put up with a sore back.
This appears to vary from model to model. On my van it folds up fine with the topper and sheets on, we just take the doona's off. It is much bulkier than previously but I can still close the lid without any undue pressure.
I have seen posts from others however where they can't fold it up with the topper on the bed.
Same same. We leave sheet & topper on and she folds down sweet.
Make sure that the hoop folds down properly over the topper and matress. I found that mine was catching on the foam and it was a mongrel to close properly.
How does Donna feel about that, not happy I am sure