QS6 or QS10 Replacement Mattress?

[chuck893]

We just returned from a 10-day outing in our 8,1, sleeping on our new Spa Sensations 4'' Memory Foam Mattress Topper, queen size: www.walmart.com/ip/4569415?registryId=99540025365&listId=0d9b1a55-1880-4929-ac38-3b00cf7cda46&listType=WL

We slept fine! We used only the topper, nothing extra. It comes already in its own cover. We added our same old fun-candy-striped fitted queen bottom sheet, which fits fine even though it's intended for a much thicker arrangement. 

The topper is super soft, and when crawling in and out you can feel your hand and knee bottom out, but when lying on it, for us it is completely comfortable. (Full disclosure, I weigh about 225.) It's so soft that sometimes rolling over is a little difficult!   We don't "make the bed" (too much trouble!); we use sleeping bags. We were in lower Michigan, where it gets pretty warm and humid. The overnights were running low 50's-ish, so we were using the bags like quilts and sleeping directly on top of the sheeted topper. 

When we struck the camp I checked underneath the topper for condensation and did not find any, although with early morning humidity running up to 70% (according to our little digital indoor/outdoor thingy) [a href="https://flic.kr/p/kjMMVH"]
[img style="max-width:100%;" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7347/12683410055_4095d10edd_n.jpg"][/a][a href="https://flic.kr/p/kjMMVH"]Temperature Sensor[/a] by [a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43619751@N06/"]Chuck Haacker[/a], on Flickr

Because the topper weighs about 18# we are (as mentioned in other posts) not trying to carry it over with the bed frame as we used to do with the factory mattress. We slide it over onto the folded tent and bring the bed frame over on top of it. The challenge is that the mattress is a little wider the than the frame (length is perfect) so we are still learning how to stuff the thing under the lip of the frame so the top will close. It's tricky. I will figure it out. We are getting it closed somehow and the tonneau on for weather tightness. Coming home yesterday we had to cruise through some powerful thunderstorms, and as always there is not a single drop of water inside the trailer (Yay)! 

[mary59mac]

You were in my neck o the woods! I live in Grand Rapids. Where did you camp? I'm  always looking for new places to go.

[chuck893]

[quote source="/post/12187/thread" timestamp="1434044386" author="@lillipets"]You were in my neck o the woods! I live in Grand Rapids. Where did you camp? I'm  always looking for new places to go.[/quote]I wish I could tell you that we were in, say, Warren Dunes (a great place we have camped) or any of the other great Michigan state parks, but we go to visit "Our Kidz" who presently live in East Lansing. There is exactly one camp right in the middle of Lansing, Lansing Cottonwood Campground, and we are so glad it's there, a really lovely park only 8 miles from our kidz, but pretty civilized (water, electric, porcelain, pool &c &c). It's a great place for people who mostly camp to tour, but not if you prefer roughing it. http://www.lansingcottonwoodcampground.com/Information.html   One minor annoyance this trip was the cottonwoods spewing cotton like snow. It was hard to keep it out of the trailer. 

Here's a shot from beneath the shedding, ah, spreading cottonwoods. You can see the cotton on the grass. But it's lovely, very well maintained camp (bathrooms cleaned twice a day every day). There's a lovely little pond in the background (they have two). The shade in this site is great, worth the slight irritation of all that cotton-pickin' cotton. 

[a href="https://flic.kr/p/uwEMzD"]
, on Flickr

[mary59mac]

I had NO idea there was a campground there! It looks lovely. I just got a book about the best places for tent camping in Mich and Warren Dunes is listed. I'm gonna have to check it out!

[pilgrim]

Just bought a Novaform ComfortLuxe Gel Memory Foam 3 inch Mattress topper  from Costco which comes in at a whopping 28 Lbs.  It is  a bear to move around but We wanted something that was going to be undeniably comfortable. Place it on top of the current mattress and you are in Heaven.  We paid $139.  But feel the investment of 8 hours of comfortable sleep per night in the QS 10. is a non negotiable and makes the next day so much better.  The kids manage without one. 

http://www.costco.com/ProductDisplay?storeId=10301&catalogId=10701&langId=-1&partNumber=11765557

I was at Costco today 7/10/2015 and it was listed at $109.00. 

[susanh]

Just bought a Novaform ComfortLuxe Gel Memory Foam 3 inch Mattress topper  from Costco which comes in at a whopping 28 Lbs.  It is  a bear to move around but We wanted something that was going to be undeniably comfortable. Place it on top of the current mattress and you are in Heaven.  We paid $139.  But feel the investment of 8 hours of comfortable sleep per night in the QS 10. is a non negotiable and makes the next day so much better.  The kids manage without one. 

http://www.costco.com/ProductDisplay?storeId=10301&catalogId=10701&langId=-1&partNumber=11765557

I was at Costco today 7/10/2015 and it was listed at $109.00. 

I got the same topper for my 6.0. Will be trying it out this weekend! Glad to hear you like it. 

[alf]

What is the maximum thickness of a mattress that will still allow you to securely fold over the bed base? It sounds like 4" might be too much? Or, is it more that some mattress toppers are a little wider than the bed base?

[obadiah]

What is the maximum thickness of a mattress that will still allow you to securely fold over the bed base? It sounds like 4" might be too much? Or, is it more that some mattress toppers are a little wider than the bed base?

Our 4" fits fine but better if we move it aft where there's no sink or faucet and it's sunny so the foam compresses easier under the weight of the bed pan. But honestly every QS gets packed different so it's easier to buy from a place you can make a return like Costco since these aren't cheap. It changed the game for us and make our 10-day trip possible honestly. good luck!

[robsweet]

[quote source="/post/25061/thread" author="@obadiah" timestamp="1475291137"][quote timestamp="1474328399" author="@alf" source="/post/24751/thread"]What is the maximum thickness of a mattress that will still allow you to securely fold over the bed base? It sounds like 4" might be too much? Or, is it more that some mattress toppers are a little wider than the bed base?[/quote]
Our 4" fits fine but better if we move it aft where there's no sink or faucet and it's sunny so the foam compresses easier under the weight of the bed pan. But honestly every QS gets packed different so it's easier to buy from a place you can make a return like Costco since these aren't cheap. It changed the game for us and make our 10-day trip possible honestly. good luck![/quote]I have back problems so I decided to go with a 6" memory foam mattress.  "But won't that be too thick for the base?"  Yes, so I had to come up with a new plan.  We'd decided after the first trip with our new 8.1 that we didn't need the second bench and wanted to replace the stock table with a more more narrow/stable one.  Here's what we ended up doing:

[a href="http://imgur.com/a/iu73b"]Mattress Storage Images[/a]

[alf]

[quote source="/post/25451/thread" timestamp="1477010789" author="@robsweet"]

Our 4" fits fine but better if we move it aft where there's no sink or faucet and it's sunny so the foam compresses easier under the weight of the bed pan. But honestly every QS gets packed different so it's easier to buy from a place you can make a return like Costco since these aren't cheap. It changed the game for us and make our 10-day trip possible honestly. good luck!

I have back problems so I decided to go with a 6" memory foam mattress.  "But won't that be too thick for the base?"  Yes, so I had to come up with a new plan.  We'd decided after the first trip with our new 8.1 that we didn't need the second bench and wanted to replace the stock table with a more more narrow/stable one.  Here's what we ended up doing:

[a href="http://imgur.com/a/iu73b"]Mattress Storage Images[/a][/quote]We just bought a 6" mattress for our 6.0: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCZ0XF8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thickness is actually more like 5.5", which is about as thick as we can go and still close up the trailer. As it is, we need to do a little tucking and poking in order to fully snap the tonneau cover. The mattress is a full-length Queen size, so we had to slice 4" off one end to fit into the short Queen dimensions of the 6.0 bunk.

We tested the mattress this weekend, and felt that it was very comfortable, much more comfortable than our previous setup of the original pad (I am NOT going to dignify it by calling it a 'mattress!) plus a 3" foam topper. We also tried putting the original pad under the 6" mattress; I thought that was more comfortable, but my wife thought it made no difference at all. Either way, we are SO much happier than we were before. Temperatures fell to 40 degrees F, but we were snug and warm on our thick plush mattress and our down comforter.

[billandmissy]

We just purchased a 2013 8.1 and definitely want to upgrade the "mattress".  I like the idea of the 6 inch foam mattress mentioned above.  I can't imagine it would be anything but comfortable.  Though it does add probably 40 pounds of weight and significant bulk.  Has anybody used these or something like them:  https://www.amazon.com/Nemo-Cosmo-Insulated-Sleeping-30XL/dp/B00EYMV66W

They are insulated, 4 inches think, weigh like 3 lbs each, 2 of them would perfectly fit the 60x80 dimensions, 2 pads means you don't bug your partner when you roll around, and can be used for tent camping and other situations.  All the reviews I've seen give them very high marks.  Downside is that they cost more than the above foam mattress and, like most air mattresses, will likely fail at some point.  

Thoughts?

[billandmissy]

Nevermind - I've seen on some other threads where people have done something similar to this.  Being new here, I should probably take a look around before I ask questions that have already been answered.  Thanks!