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When we were first married, my husband and I used to camp several times a year. It was nice to get away from the neighbourhood on weekends since we lived in a duplex. And because camping was so much cheaper than staying at a hotel, it fit our budget. The worse part about camping for me was sleeping on the ground. We tried using the floating air mattresses that we used in the lake, as our camping mattress in the tent. The sleeping bags slipped off and the mattress was noisy every time we shifted even slightly. We decided we should spend some money for a good camping mattress if we were going to continue camping.

At that time the best camping mattress was too expensive for us. We ended up buying thick foam from a fabric store and used this as our camping mattress. It was better than sleeping on the ground, but it was difficult to bring along and to store when we were not using it.

For several years, we stopped camping, but we have recently began to take an interest in it again. I told my husband that a camping mattress is the first thing we needed to get. We began to look at what is on the market now and ...
... found that there are a lot of choices for a camping mattress. There is the inflatable camping mattress that seems to be a small step higher than the floating air mattress that we had tried in the past. There is a camping mattress that is self inflating. It inflates as it is rolled out.

You close the valve once it has inflated itself. Then you press down on the camping mattress to deflate it. This looked simple to do and easy to store, however it was not very thick, so we questioned the comfort level. We also considered another camping mattress that was inflatable with a separate pump. This particular camping mattress is made in many sizes. The inflation time was about five minutes. The pump is equipped with batteries that are rechargeable, so you can bring it to the camp site already charged and then plug it in when you return home. This seemed like a nice reasonably priced option for a camping mattress, however it did not come with any possible way to store it.

The camping mattress that we finally bought was a queen size mattress that has a built in pump. The camping mattress inflates in about a minute and deflates flat in even less time. The mattress and pump fit into a duffle case which is the size of a sleeping bag. This camping mattress is more expensive, but we can also use it as an extra bed on the situations when we have more visitors than bed space. We will be camping and sleeping in comfort with our new camping mattress.