Air Mattress Beds | Airbeds

An air mattress (a.k.a. airbed) is an inflatable mattress that can keep you comfortable in a couple of ways. Firstly, it protects you while camping on hard and/or uneven surfaces. Secondly, it provides the much needed insulation/cushioning between your body and the cold ground surface. Most air mattresses are made of PVC vinyl plastic although recently developed textile-reinforced urethane plastic or rubber version do exist.

Air mattresses are inflated either orally by blowing into a valve, or with a manual foot-powered or more commonly inflated via an electric pump. Some are even automatically inflating just by opening the valve.

The deflated mattress can be rolled up or folded and carried or stored relatively easily, making them a very popular choice for camping trips and for temporary bedding at home for guests.

Following the considerable improvement in airbed technology, air mattresses that were once used mainly as temporary beds have now transformed into a permanent form of bedding used in many households.

Air mattresses (or airbeds) are widely used for the following purposes:

Most air mattresses come complete with air pumps. If not, you'll have to buy an air pump separately. Click here for pump choices.

Air mattresses and airbeds come in several sizes:

• California king Size: 72 x 84 inches (182 x 213 cm)
• King Size: 76 x 80 inches (198 x 203 cm)
• Queen Size: 60 x 80 inches (153 x 203 cm)
• Twin Size: 39 x 75 inches (99 x 190 cm)
• Full or Double Size: 54 x 75 inches (137 x 190 cm)

Some air mattresses are specifically designed to perform both functions (camping and guest use) while others are specifically designed for one purpose alone (permanent use in the home or RV).

There are also air mattresses designed in shapes with wheel well cut outs specifically intended for use in vehicles such as pickup trucks or SUVs.

1. Air mattress beds are affordable, in fact they can cost much less than many other types of conventional bedding.

2. Comfort - You're in control of the firmness of sleeping surface to your requirement by adjusting the amount of air.

3. No need to spend money buying a bed for your overnight guests since you can easily convert any room into a guest bedroom with air mattresses.

4. Healthy sleep - Air mattresses are believed to reduce the pressure against your body while lying down on it. In other words, your body weight is more evenly distributed on an air mattress as opposed to a regular bed.

5. An air mattress offers you multiple usages - outdoors camping, temporary home use for the guests and permanent use in the bedroom.

6. You can easily deflate an air mattress for storage. It doesn't take up much space.

When buying an air mattress, there are dozens of brands you can look into. The top brands, as well as the most popular ones are:

Aero or Aerobed

Coleman

Intex

SimplySleeper

Smart Air Beds

Wenzel

Inflatable Toddler Travel Beds

Inflatable Toddler Travel Beds are inflatable air mattresses specially designed and made for kids. They help protect kids from cold, damp floors while providing a comforting place to sleep while traveling (or at home). Portable kids' travel bed such as the PeaPod is great for outdoors because of its UV protection and wind screens. Zippered panels allow parents quick and easy access to children from virtually any angle. The slick, easy to fold design makes it ideal for storage and use anytime.

Some toddler travel beds come complete with the convenience of a backpack. Such as the toddler travel bed by Gentle Air, the bed has side bumpers to help a child to stay securely inside of the air bed.

Important!

Portable toddler beds must be made from materials that are safe, containing no lead, phthalates or BPA. Buy only trusted or reputable brands so that you can have confidence your child is not exposed to harmful materials.

Reputable brands you can consider:

KidCo PeaPod Travel Beds

Gentle Air Toddler Travel Beds

The Shrunks Toddler Travel Beds

Air Pads - Self-Inflating Pads

If weight becomes a critical consideration while choosing your sleeping gear for your camping or backpacking activities, then air pads (or self-Inflating pads) might be your perfect solution. Air pads are lightweight and can easily be rolled up to pack.

Unlike the conventional air mattresses, self-inflating pads don't rely on any air pumps. Self-Inflating is an extension on the conventional manually inflated mattress, this type is capable of self-inflation due to the open-cell foam that fills the internal cavity.

An air pad consists of an airtight fabric cover filled with a sheet of low density, open-cell polyurethane foam and fitted with a valve. When the valve is opened, the foam expands and draws air into the pad. When the pad is fully inflated, the user simply closes the valve.

Most popular air pads:

ALPS Mountaineering Pads

Big Agnes Pads

Therm-a-Rest Sleeping Pads

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