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Old 12-08-2013, 02:27 PM   #1
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Mattress replacement

For those of you with a Greyhawk and the short queen mattress.

Have any of you replaced it and if so with what? I'm not interested in mattress toppers. Been there already.

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Old 12-08-2013, 05:14 PM   #2
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I bought a new short queen for our SENECA from: www.factoryrvsurplus.com
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Old 12-09-2013, 07:36 AM   #3
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We replaced a mattress in a trailer a few years ago. We were lucky to have a mattress company in the area and they would build a mattress to any size. It got us away from the rv mattress supply companies and into a real mattress.
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Measure carefully you may find you have room for a full size queen.. I found I did in my TT
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We will be replacing ours with a tempurpedic type. We have a tempurpedic at home and love it. The "upgraded" pillow top in our Jayco is garbage..
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Old 12-09-2013, 06:06 PM   #6
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Ours got a little "lumpy" after a few years with two ruts. We added a 3 inch pillow top topper and it is like new again. I would be concerned about the weight of a dense foam mattress. We have one at home and my wife and I can not turn it.

It is very heavy.
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Our king size tempur pedic at home is quite heavy. And most generic short queens I have looked at (amazon) do list the weight. The garbage mattress in our Jayco, while I dont know the weight, is quite heavy. The 10 inch foam is listed as 65 lbs so I dont think its that much more weight than the crap spring unit.
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Well you folks have muddied the water for me! We like practically everyone else are looking to upgrade the mattress. We have "ruts" in ours too. albeit the rut on my side is much deeper than the DW. I recently convinced her to switch sides. Once she sleeps in the rut I created we may be upgrading sooner than planned. We had the tempurpedic in our sticks & brick and are not fans of it.

So we were thinking of adding the comfort topper but after reading comments here and elsewhere I'm not so sure. So next option is replacement and because of our dislike of the tempurpedic I wanted to steer clear of foam. then I read 33 doesn't like the crap spring unit so I don't know which option is best. I hate to invest and actually downgrade my situation. It sure would be nice if there was somewhere one could actually lay down on these mattresses and actually compare before purchase.
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I replaced mine with a standard Queen Sleep number, the cheapest they had. They make one for an RV but I really didn't know what the difference was. I had to extend the base by a few inches, that was easily done with a piece of plywood. I lost a few inches around the foot of the bed, but gained it in matress lenght. Was an acceptable trade off, now my feet dont hang off the rounded corner of the matress.
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You can lay on a Sleep Number bed in many mall stores.
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The sleep numbers are more money than I want to spend. I need to stay with the short queen as well, I cannot extend the base with out losing the walk around.

Any other options?
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We just ordered one through Camping World. Read one of the almost daily e-mails they send and saw that it was on sale. The SKU is 31451 and it had good reviews. We usually only weekend camp so it won't see a ton of use. Besides, just about anything will be better than the joke of a mattress that came with the trailer!
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Old 12-17-2013, 08:27 PM   #13
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We just ordered one through Camping World. Read one of the almost daily e-mails they send and saw that it was on sale. The SKU is 31451 and it had good reviews. We usually only weekend camp so it won't see a ton of use. Besides, just about anything will be better than the joke of a mattress that came with the trailer!
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We got one from Camping World and despite not being able to lie one to test it out, we went on the good reviews from the CW website and found the mattress to be very good. Firm and well made.

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I find it interesting how many people replace their mattress or put significant toppers on them. And then every time I watch a dealer walk-through of a new model, they talk about how the Denver Mattress Eurotop is the best mattress in the RV industry, Jayco spends more money on that mattress than anyone else.

Epic Fail. After seeing numerous posts about RVers replacing or at the very minimum upgrading, and after having slept on the "upgraded premium mattress" and then investing in a topper to make it useable, I say toss that stupid thing! If Jayco spends more money on that mattress than any other manufacturer, it is NOT money well spent! It may be better than other RV mattresses, but that ain't sayin' much!
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Bought a avena foam mattress from CW.We love it Catalog Item # 56064
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We got one from Camping World and despite not being able to lie one to test it out, we went on the good reviews from the CW website and found the mattress to be very good. Firm and well made.

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Joe and Barb, did you get the same one as Bluehaul?
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Old 01-04-2014, 09:35 PM   #18
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Well.. (cough).. um.. ya..

I replaced the mattress in mine this summer. Most RV places can order them for you. They are on a "good, better, best" range. Cost ranges from $500 ish to $1400.

Bought the "better" on myself. Could not be happier! No stiff shoulders, good night sleep.. should have done this years ago.
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Hi reitrof, sorry for the delayed reply - I can finally give a fairly thorough review of the mattress - one of the benefits of living out west is year round camping. We just got home from a week at the Pt. Mugu Naval Base RV park - right on the beach. My father-in-law is a retired Marine so he got us a couple of spots to ring in the new year. Now bearing in mind that our trailer is a 2013 and so it didn't come with Jayco's much-hyped Denver Mattress, ours is 100% better than the stock piece of junk that came with the rig. I'm so glad we made this purchase.

A tip - it does come rolled up in plastic, which exploded when I got about half way through it. I mean it went BOOM! Luckily I had the mattress in the rig and on the plywood base already before opening it. Heed that advise.

Another tip - the mattress had a funny smell. Not really off-putting, but you definitely notice it. The paperwork also says you should let it sit for 24 hours before using it. I opened it a week before we set out, and didn't put sheets on it until it was time to go. The smell was all but gone, and it had plenty of time to puff up before the trip.

All in all it was a very good purchase, one that I don't regret at all. I'm sure there are better mattresses out there; I've heard very good things about Sleep Number, but the cost is way more than I could justify for a weekend warrior. Besides, if I were going to get a Sleep Number, I'd have one at home before I got one in the trailer!
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When we ordered out unit I did the upgrade to the pillow top mattress and what a joke it was, after sleeping 2 nights I was ready to buy a new sleep number but didn't want to drop another $900 that soon after purchasing the camper, my wife found THIS at kohls, yeah it look expensive but if you shop at kohls you know you rarely pay retail there, I find this more comfortable than the sleep number we have at home
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