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Jeff & Mimi



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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:23 pm    Post subject: Up Gradeing our vee Berth Foam mattress Reply with quote

Hi Folk's
We have up graded our vee berth foam rubber mattress with a new one cut to fit which is made out of memory foam. What I was wondering is if it would work better to just use the new mattress as a replacement by itself or put the new mattress on the bottom and put the old mattress on top and use both. Thank you for your Information in advance.

Jeff

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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like a sea trials opportunity to me. As I get older I learn how differently we react to the forces that act on our no-longer-18 bodies. I'd certainly add an air circulating fabric below whatever you end up with to ensure that moisture doesn't build up between the mattress and V-berth platform.

Put 'em both together and try it for a weekend. If you're comfortable lying down and still have enough headroom, it sounds like you're gonna be a happy boat camper.

Good luck...
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2011 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe that you would loose the effect of the memory foam if you put the old matress on top. If anything, I would put the old matress on the bottom. I have memory foam on top of all of my beds now. Some are topper pads (such as the Tom Cat and our RV.). The home matress is a Sleep Number with about 3" of memory foam on top.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree w/ Bob. Topper on top. I did that in one of our motorhomes. It worked out great. Thumbs Up
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Jeff & Mimi



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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sam Walker wrote:
I agree w/ Bob. Topper on top. I did that in one of our motorhomes. It worked out great. Thumbs Up


I want to thank everyone for your input. I put the memory Foam on top of the original matterss today and crawled up in the vee barth and gave it about a hour and a half test and I think it is going to be very comfortable, I had a great nap..

Jeff
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just replaced our entire mattress foam this weekend. I purchased a 4 inch King size memory foam mattress from Walmart. (2 inches true memory foam 2 inches open cell foam).

Took the old mattress out of the Sunbrella cover and used it as a template. After marking the pattern on the new foam, I used an electric filet knife (electric carving knife) to cut the foam. Very easy project for just under $150.00 and it feel GREAT!

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