I think the price was around $700.00 plus shipping.  We were thinking 60 x 75, which is the norm, I guess, for a queen.  We do have a foam topper on the mattress now but it has not made that much of a difference.

I would look around at a mattress store and see what you find. There are lots of memory foam beds out there. The air circulation looks to be a nice gimmick but unlikely to change your quality of sleep. If you are anywhere near 6' tall I would recommend getting the full length queen if it will fit

We love our Sleep Number bed. It is the residential version, not the RV version that Camping World sells. We did have a problem with the LED segments in both controllers going out so that we could not tell what our settings were.  So we had to run them all the way down and then back up to the desired settings by counting the number of times we press the 'increase' button. Annoying . So we called the company and they sent us a replacement pump and two new wireless remotes (the previous remotes were 'wired'). They offer a discount based upon the length of time you've had your bed. I think we had to pay somewhere around $100 for the replacement, which was about 50% off. Since we've had the unit 4 years, we considered this fair.

-- Edited by jcw on Sunday 3rd of April 2011 08:02:55 PM

For me, Sleep Number is the only way to go.  Very comfy & you can customize each side of the bed to the desired firmness.

Cindy T

 

They cost A LOT! What's your comfort worth (at least that's what the salesman said).

http://www.sleepnumber.com/eng/categories/sleep-number-beds

-- Edited by Bill Adams on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 07:37:08 PM

-- Edited by Bill Adams on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 07:38:55 PM

Just today we found out the difference between an RV sleepnumber bed and a residential sleep number bed. The RV bed has automatic deflating when the pressure increases in it.....need that for going high altitude over mountain passes. Otherwise just remember to decrease the pressure before you hit the pass.

We have a memory foam mattress from Bed in a Box....very pleased and would recommend it!

Sleep number will send you a information booklet, cd and a $50 gift card.  The gift card is only good from a Sleep number store.  The RV mattress is equivalent to the Performance series P5 mattress.  The booklet has a price of $2249 for the P5 and the RV edition at camping world is $1499.99 for the king size. The customer service rep at sleep number told me the only place to get the king size rv is from camping world.  They (sleep number) can not sell the rv mattress. 

A thought about the foam mattresses. I read for another camper that while traveling in cold weather they decided to get in the rig, turn on the furnace and get a few hours sleep. The foam mattress was like a cold brick. After 20 minutes or so, they got up and traveled down the road.

There's a foam store where I live, and you can buy a thick, queen sized slab of memory foam for $300, then go to Target and Walmart for a mattress cover. Foam shops can also custom cut it to size for you. Instant "Temperpedic" for much, much less! Right now, I've just put a few layers of egg crate foam and memory foam on my RV mattress for cheap, less than $150, and it's very comfy!

You can buy a ready-made foam topper at Walmart.  I got one for the sofa sleeper which makes it much better to sleep on.

But personally, nothing beats my Sleep Number mattress.

Cindy T

Don't confuse inexpensive memory foam for Temperpedic.There is a lot of difference other than price.

We had a sleep number bed for many years. It was great at first. We both began to have aches and pains that we didn't have before. I ended up putting something under the mattress topper to make it harder. I had it set at 100 and that still didn't matter. The real kicker was when we went to move the bed - we took it all apart and it had mold growing on the air mattress. I called the company. They were kind enough to send us new air matteress and the foam parts. They also told us that you had to take the bed apart once every few weeks and let it air out. Yeah like that was going to happen. So we dumped the mattress that we paid a lot of money for and bought a Temperpedic. We have never looked back. I would never recommend a sleep number bed. The mold alone was unhealthy much less our aches and pains. 

The Temperpedic is going into the RV this weekend. We have sold the house and will be full timing by May 26, 2016. Yes the Temperpedic was expensive but well worth the money. The sleep number bed was expensive too.  Hope that helps. 

Gwen

Love our Sleep Number. Had a king in the S&B and bought a queen for the fiver. Wouldn't be without it.

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They deliver them in a box to wherever you're at, and if you don't like it after 30-days they'll arrange to have it picked up wherever you're at (most try to get them into charities) and refund your money. It's a lot easier they dealing with mattress stores as an RVer, and we truly get to test out the mattress before committing long term.

We're on our third since the beginning of the year. So far, we've tried Leesa, Purple and just got in a Helix (who custom makes the mattress to your body type). All have been under a grand for a standard Queen size.

There's review sites out there who offer various feedback on them, which is how we've been narrowing down the ones we want to try.


So, just another option to consider.

- Cherie