Queen Mattress

The Jennings

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We just bought an Imagine 2500BK and the mattress has to go. I have looked on line and don’t trust reviews. I would rather hear from people who aren’t making their living writing reviews. Has anyone found something they LOVE? I am not rich but I will spend enough money to get a good nights sleep.
 
We just bought an Imagine 2500BK and the mattress has to go. I have looked on line and don’t trust reviews. I would rather hear from people who aren’t making their living writing reviews. Has anyone found something they LOVE? I am not rich but I will spend enough money to get a good nights sleep.
Lol why does it have to go? Just kidding. We replaced it with Zinus bought on Amazon. After some reached, it had really good reviews and is one of the lightest. We got the 8" but could have went with the 10". We really like it. Its night and day with the original one. Lol.
We found the padding on our dinette cushions to soft so I cut up the original mattress and made cushions for the dinette.

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I can vouch for Casper original, as I’ve slept on that bed for 5+ years and we just moved it into the travel trailer as we upgrade to a larger bed. The new Casper original is upgraded versus what I have, but we have laid on it and would buy the current version. We put a mattress breather thing under it in the trailer.

I am currently sleeping on a Tuft and Needle original destined to become our guest bed. Very happy with it as well. I read reviews that said >200lbs would find this particular bed too soft and would agree, but at 180lbs I love it and so does my (smaller) wife.

Both of these beds are on the medium to medium firm side, and neither has that sink-in feeling of, say, a tempur pedic. Depending on your preferences, that can be good or bad. For me it’s good and we sleep comfortably.

Between the two, I would buy the Casper again as my everyday bed, but would buy the T&N for a trailer in a heartbeat - it’s half the price and still very comfortable. One of the biggest plus factors for both is that they do not sleep hot - a lot of foam beds do in my experience. Both are very highly rated in numerous places. Some Macy’s have Casper in the store, some Lowe’s stores sell the T&N but don’t have a display, just the bed in a box.
 
Keep in mind a different mattress may make using the under bed storage difficult
If the weight exceeds the strut arms they won’t hold the mattress up


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
 
We just went to the mattress store and bought a queen size that was on sale. There you get to try them first. They also delivered and took the old one away.
 
Good point. I was wondering if that would work or if we needed something like a platform bed mattress since the will be no box spring. Thanks.
 
Good point. I was wondering if that would work or if we needed something like a platform bed mattress since the will be no box spring. Thanks.

I will say the new mattress is thicker than the OEM and it makes harder to get into, especially for the dogs. Had no problem just using the mattress.
 
Keep in mind a different mattress may make using the under bed storage difficult
If the weight exceeds the strut arms they won’t hold the mattress up


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew

I thought that is what the back of your head was for? :loco:
 
We also replaced our original mattress with a Casper. We liked it so much that we bought another one and put it on our bed at home. Costco now sells them for less than online. It was a lot heavier than the original so we had to replace the struts underneath.
 
Hi all. Less than a week in with our ‘21 2800BH and are looking to replace the mattress. We are trying to find the most comfortable option with the least amount of chemicals and are down to weight and thickness as a determining factor. Are there any specs around re how thick we can go while clearing the bedside cubbies and ,more importantly, the max weight the struts on the platform can handle?

Thanks
Matt
 
Hi all. Less than a week in with our ‘21 2800BH and are looking to replace the mattress. We are trying to find the most comfortable option with the least amount of chemicals and are down to weight and thickness as a determining factor. Are there any specs around re how thick we can go while clearing the bedside cubbies and ,more importantly, the max weight the struts on the platform can handle?

Thanks
Matt
There are many threads on this topic, and ask 10 people and you will get 12 different answers on the mattress.

However, most residential mattresses are fine replacements for the RV one. As for the shocks, some of us use a broom handle or 2x2 to hold it open, others use their spouse...

The height of the mattress is up to you. If you are tall and like to sit up in bed, you might want a thinner mattress...

The most important thing is to find a mattress you all like, don't worry about the rest.



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Fair enough. I searched specifically for the weight and I guess I didn’t find an answer based on the alternatives mentioned. This is helpful, thank you.
 
Fair enough. I searched specifically for the weight and I guess I didn’t find an answer based on the alternatives mentioned. This is helpful, thank you.
We couldn't stand the mattress that ours came with and because we are very close on our towing limits my research was about comfort (based on reviews) and weight. This lead me the Zinus. The bonus is the price was reasonable and we really love it.

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Get the size you want

My original Solitude mattress was great the first night, OK the second night,.... and terrible by the third night. That was it, my hips were done, I was replacing it.

I went looking for a simple foam mattress. The one I found was on Amazon and is under the name "travel happy". There we a lot of sizes and variations so I had to contact them. I ended up talking to them on the phone about standard sizes and they said they would make one to the size I want. There was an amazon listing (hard to find) that you had to enter the desired dimensions for a custom size. I have no idea if they still do this, but it might be worth checking out.

It fits perfectly and I have been happy with the comfort so far. (I ended up with a 10" thick one). We made no modifications to use this mattress.
Rob
 
We just bought an Imagine 2500BK and the mattress has to go. I have looked on line and don’t trust reviews. I would rather hear from people who aren’t making their living writing reviews. Has anyone found something they LOVE? I am not rich but I will spend enough money to get a good nights sleep.

We bought a Casper, love it. I've seen a large handful of good reports here about a Costco foam mattress for less money. Lotta people here have bought the expensive Sleep Number mattress; they love it.

Good luck with your choices.
 
I finally talked DW into a new mattress. The original was like sleeping on a slab of granite...she liked it. Bought one from Brooklyn Mattress, they are out of Phoenix Az. (go figure the name), Got their Arctic Dreams in a RV King, it's about 10 1/2" thick w/individually encased coils. (rvmattress.com). Not their most expensive, but it went into the trailer.
Only slept on it for a few nights but really like it so far.
 
We have had a Tempurpedic for over 6 years and wouldn’t have anything else. The one that mattressive.com recommends.
In that time, it has stayed perfectly flat, no identations. Never need to turn it (although I do rotate it about every 6 months).
We put a sheeps wool mattress pad on it which we really like.
 
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I finally talked DW into a new mattress. The original was like sleeping on a slab of granite...she liked it. Bought one from Brooklyn Mattress, they are out of Phoenix Az. (go figure the name), Got their Arctic Dreams in a RV King, it's about 10 1/2" thick w/individually encased coils. (rvmattress.com). Not their most expensive, but it went into the trailer.
Only slept on it for a few nights but really like it so far.

We're thinking about this one, too. So, after 4 months, what do you think?
 
We went with a 10" Zinus from Amazon. Weighs 51 pounds and no need to change struts, etc. Great mattress, we sleep well on it.
 

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