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Old 04-13-2011, 08:47 AM   #1
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Mattress quality

Our Eagle TT will have a queen mattress in it. What are your opinions on the quality of their mats? Has anyone felt the need to replace one right away?
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One of the first things we thought we would change in the new RV was the mattress, based on recommendations from other RV'ers, however, since we are still weekenders, we have not felt a need to do so. Whatever Jayco installed in our Eagle is comfortable enough that we will wait till we start spending more time in it before deciding to change the factory mattress out. We may be the exception to the "rule" here but so far, we have had no aching backs or complaints the next morning.
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They are ok - but I can feel the springs in mine. We are weekenders too, so I was not going to spend the money on a full replacement. I purchased a 2" memory foam pad for around $80 and I am very pleased. It sleeps much much better.



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I put a 2" costco memory foam on it before I first used it... Just remember your mattress is like the space shuttle... built by the lowest bidder..
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Old 04-13-2011, 10:38 AM   #5
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If the mattress in the Eagle is like the one in the Jayflight you will probably be adding a topper or changing it out sometime as the others suggested.
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:02 AM   #6
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We are picking up our new 2011 Jay Feather 23K in exactly one month. We were able to negotiate the upgraded "pillow top" mattress in our purchase. Anyone know if this one is comfortable?
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We got the toppers with our 21M. They help, but the memory foam we use in our popup is more comfortable. I'm not complaining, they're good enough for us.
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Mattresses are such a personal preference but I think it depends on how many nights you spend in a row in the camper. Our backs could take one night but by the second night we could start to feel the pain. By the third night, neither one of us could walk in the morning. We replaced the mattress in our first camper with a memory foam mattress we purchased at Walmart. I fell in love with that mattress, if that's possible, I almost cried when we sold it with the camper. :hihi:

When we purchased the Eagle, it came with an "upgraded mattress" but it didn't seem like much of a pillowtop to me, so it was off to Walmart's website for me. They have different brands and thickness of mattress. Here's a link to the one we purchased: http://www.walmart.com/ip/12-Spa-Sen...ttress/7695950. The 322 FKS has a "king" size bed but camper mattresses are not standard sizes so we purchased a king size mattress and had to cut it down to fit. To cut it down we measured the old mattress and drew lines on the bottom side. Make sure you unzip and pull back the cover and draw your lines on the foam. (The green foam is the memory foam and is the top of the mattress.) We then used an electric knife (the one we're supposed to use to carve meat) and cut through each layer of foam. Pull the cover back, zip it up and then I safety pin the excess cover on the underside. Put your sheets on and you're ready to go! A helpful hint...if you do your cutting before the mattress has fully expanded - it's much easier than trying to cut through 12 inches of foam.....just ask my DH! Also, DH had a great idea for carrying it out to the camper. We used tie-down straps and looped them under the mattress, while it was standing on it's side, and then looped the straps around our wrists. Much easier to carry because they are heavy and awkward. We've seen delivery people and our movers use this method and it works!
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We use a memory foam topper on ours, makes a big difference.
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Our Eagle TT will have a queen mattress in it. What are your opinions on the quality of their mats? Has anyone felt the need to replace one right away?
We put a $30 Walmart topper on ours. It's fine.

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We put a topper on ours that we got from Costco. It is a blue memory foam/gel topper and is very comfortable to sleep on, I would highly recomend it. we looked at a number of different toppers. The Costco one was much heavier than the rest, we figured more memory foam and less regular foam in it.
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Old 04-13-2011, 08:20 PM   #12
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Thanks, all. As HTTL observed, mattress comfort is personal. We've avoided memory foam for two reasons. First, DW is a hundred pounder and I've read that's a problem. And secondly, we live and often camp in cold country, and foam's reputation in that area wouldn't suit her at all. We'll just sleep on it a while and see for ourselves.
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We haven't done anything on ours yet, but we plan to. When I sit on the factory mattress I go right to the plywood. We are planning on a memory foam topper (probably from wal-mart).
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I had had good luck with the ones I have purchased on Amazon - they actually have a pretty good selection. Just watch that they are either sold or fulfilled from Amazon and you will have free shipping as well.



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We haven't done anything on ours yet, but we plan to. When I sit on the factory mattress I go right to the plywood. We are planning on a memory foam topper (probably from wal-mart).
We added the walmart foam topper after the 1st weekend,much better, and we got the mattress upgrade.No costco in our area to choose from.
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We live in our Eagle 8 to 9 months a year. So far the memory foam topper is working for us.
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Our Eagle TT will have a queen mattress in it. What are your opinions on the quality of their mats? Has anyone felt the need to replace one right away?
We replaced it durning delivery with the top of the line Serta, it fit right in. The main reason we did it if we are spending 30k on a condo on wheels why not spend an extra $1100 on the best mattress. I layed on the one that jayco calls top of the line its like a youth quality mattress with no support. I weigh 190lbs I like support under me.
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Hey Clutch, how much does wally world get for thier topper ?
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Hey Clutch, how much does wally world get for thier topper ?

I think it was around $60 on special. We used it in our Montana for 4 years and now in our Jayco.
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We got the 2" memory foam topper from Wal Mart for $67.00. Made all the difference for us.
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