Blowing up airbeds

[Glast0baby]

I am considering purchasing an air bed base from Decathlon as I have back issues and improving the my sleep situation would really help.  Sticking point is that it seems to require pressurised air to 6PSI, which your handy battery pump can't manage.  I seem to recall that the campsite shops would blow up airmatresses for a small charge.  Am I right?  Seems to make sense that they would use a powerful pump?  Does anyone know?

[TheDayman]

6PSI sounds very high, are you sure that's correct? My Decathlon air mattress is 1PSI.

[Glast0baby]

That's a valid question, which has made me realise I perhaps should have been clearer in my explanation.  It's not an air mattress I'm looking to inflate, it's a bed base: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/single-inflatable-camping-bed-base/_/R-p-309887?mc=8595949

[Wherethewildthingsare]

26 minutes ago, Glast0baby said:

That's a valid question, which has made me realise I perhaps should have been clearer in my explanation.  It's not an air mattress I'm looking to inflate, it's a bed base: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/single-inflatable-camping-bed-base/_/R-p-309887?mc=8595949

I have this exact bed! Works a treat with a SIM. I do take a proper pump with me but stay in worthy view (sticklinch this year) so not a big deal to strap on to my trolley. We use it a lot at home as a spare bed and I don’t think you could get it fully inflated with a basic air bed pump. Huge advantage is that it’s the most comfortable camp bed I’ve ever slept on and you can store stuff inside it 

[Crazyfool01]

11 hours ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

I have this exact bed! Works a treat with a SIM. I do take a proper pump with me but stay in worthy view (sticklinch this year) so not a big deal to strap on to my trolley. We use it a lot at home as a spare bed and I don’t think you could get it fully inflated with a basic air bed pump. Huge advantage is that it’s the most comfortable camp bed I’ve ever slept on and you can store stuff inside it 

Prompts me to retry my one with a better mat on it … I did one night at last glastonbury and ditched it …. Hoping it was the mat not being thick enough … the bars seemed to dig into my back 

[Glast0baby]

15 hours ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

I have this exact bed! Works a treat with a SIM. I do take a proper pump with me but stay in worthy view (sticklinch this year) so not a big deal to strap on to my trolley. We use it a lot at home as a spare bed and I don’t think you could get it fully inflated with a basic air bed pump. Huge advantage is that it’s the most comfortable camp bed I’ve ever slept on and you can store stuff inside it 

That sounds promising.  I think I'll have to just deal with the size of the pump.  Unfortunately I'm going by coach, so I was hoping to try and get away without taking it.

[Wherethewildthingsare]

3 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

Prompts me to retry my one with a better mat on it … I did one night at last glastonbury and ditched it …. Hoping it was the mat not being thick enough … the bars seemed to dig into my back 

I think it must have been as I can’t feel anything through mine. I have a 10 cm SIM, more bulk obviously but worth it to me!

[Wherethewildthingsare]

9 minutes ago, Glast0baby said:

That sounds promising.  I think I'll have to just deal with the size of the pump.  Unfortunately I'm going by coach, so I was hoping to try and get away without taking it.

The manual pump itself isn’t heavy, more bulky, might be worth researching a more portable version (even a basic foot pump might do it?) if you’re staying in sticklinch you can borrow mine!

[Crazyfool01]

8 minutes ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

The manual pump itself isn’t heavy, more bulky, might be worth researching a more portable version (even a basic foot pump might do it?) if you’re staying in sticklinch you can borrow mine!

The pumps are fairly common as they do tents and the beds … with 50% fresh and black on site according to poll finding and borrowing one shouldn’t be an issue … I leant mine out a couple of times last time .. 

[TheDayman]

I just mentioned in an other tread that I'll be in Paines Ground from Wednesday morning. If you're close by, I'm happy to wander across with my pump if that makes things easier for you.

I'm just wondering though, for a bad back would you be better off with a decent air mattress rather than the bed frame and whatever you're sticking on top of it? That'd also solve your PSI issue too

Edited April 24, 2022 by TheDayman

[Wherethewildthingsare]

3 hours ago, TheDayman said:

I just mentioned in an other tread that I'll be in Paines Ground from Wednesday morning. If you're close by, I'm happy to wander across with my pump if that makes things easier for you.

I'm just wondering though, for a bad back would you be better off with a decent air mattress rather than the bed frame and whatever you're sticking on top of it? That'd also solve your PSI issue too

Honestly this declathlon air bed frame (with a sim)  is so much better than an air bed

[TheDayman]

1 hour ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

Honestly this declathlon air bed frame (with a sim)  is so much better than an air bed

I'm a side sleeper so those thin foam mattresses kill my shoulders... and if I sleep on my back there's a good chance someone will kill me with the snoring it causes!

[Wherethewildthingsare]

8 hours ago, TheDayman said:

I'm a side sleeper so those thin foam mattresses kill my shoulders... and if I sleep on my back there's a good chance someone will kill me with the snoring it causes!

My SIM is a decent 10 cm and on top of the decathlon air bed it is heaven to sleep on, great support 

[TheDayman]

8 hours ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

My SIM is a decent 10 cm and on top of the decathlon air bed it is heaven to sleep on, great support 

I was going to buy a SIM but then this reaction changed my mind...
 

 

[Wherethewildthingsare]

1 hour ago, TheDayman said:

I was going to buy a SIM but then this reaction changed my mind...
 

 

IMO that’s not a sim because he had to blow it up… mine literally self inflates and is 10 cm. My eldest son sleeps on it when he visits alone and assures me the sim/air bed combo is more comfy than the sim alone. I do sleep on my side and I’m not skinny! 

[Wherethewildthingsare]

2 hours ago, TheDayman said:

Edited April 25, 2022 by Wherethewildthingsare
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[Wherethewildthingsare]

I have the single version of this one. No blowing up and nice and thick. My husband is 6’6” so when we camp together we have a full height double air bed but I still prefer my Glasto combo

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15904970/airgo-cirro-double-dlx-self-inflating-mat-15904970

[TheDayman]

36 minutes ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

I have the single version of this one. No blowing up and nice and thick. My husband is 6’6” so when we camp together we have a full height double air bed but I still prefer my Glasto combo

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15904970/airgo-cirro-double-dlx-self-inflating-mat-15904970

Stop tempting me, I've already spent a fortune this year! 🙈😂

[Wherethewildthingsare]

59 minutes ago, TheDayman said:

Stop tempting me, I've already spent a fortune this year! 🙈😂

😂