Let's talk about SLEEP!

We've had a lot of conversations about sleep and comfort of the mattresses that come with the camper. Let me tell you, we started tent camping and literally sleeping on the ground so this is kind of funny to think about, BUT, we currently have a queen size bed with not one, not two, but three mattress pads on top. 

Our camper came with a mattress that is thinner than some books I have read...seriously, wish I would've held a book next to this picture for comparison. 

Not to mention, its a spring-loaded mattress so you can kind of feel every spring in it when you lay down. We went on approximately one camping trip with this bad boy before we started buying mattress pads. 

So, we started with this green 2" DreamFoam Memory Foam topper (found here on Amazon) because it looked good and it was less than $100. Unfortunately, we still needed a little extra something. In hind sight should have opted for a 4" pad and just coughed up the money to begin with but you don't know until you try.

A few months later, we ended up with this 2-inch Lavender Memory Foam Mattress (found here on Amazon) which had great reviews and was infused with Lavender so it truly didn't smell like chemicals when we unrolled it. The scent dissipated after a month or so, but together, the two definitely got closer to what we needed in a pillowtop mattress and we still barely spent over $100 for both. 

Now, the trick is that queen mattresses in campers are the same width but are "short"  in length, meaning they are approximately 5 inches shorter than a standard queen mattress. As you can see from the above picture, mattress pads are then several inches too long. Good news is, you don't actually need any special tools to shorten them. I just used sharp kitchen shears and voila!

Sleeping on these pads can sometimes be hot so I thought one more layer would do the trick. We bought this Utopia quilted fitted mattress topper (found here on Amazon) to help smooth the edge of the mattress and provide a teeny bit of bonus cushion. Look how thick that mattress is now! Sleeps like a dream! 

We then add a fitted sheet, flat sheet, coverlet, the original comforter that came with the camper on the edge of the bed for colder winter nights. All-in-all it's a pretty great night sleep - and on a budget!

Here is the finished product with the bed made: 

What do you think?!