Intex 68758E Classic Downy Airbed, Full

Purchased 5 years ago to use in back of car on hiking trips in Colorado Rockies. Have use it 25-30 times, both in the car and in a tent while car camping, with 1-2 people sleeping on it.. It is easy to inflate with a double-pump high-volume hand pump. Takes 2-3 minutes to inflate. Just patched the first leak I have experienced. This was near the valve assemble--I believe the stress of the hard plastic of the valve on the soft material caused the hole. Easily patched with multi-purpose adhesive and Gorilla tape.I am careful with it, avoiding placing it on bare ground or where it might get abraded or punctured.I was considering getting a "higher end" camping mattress--from REI, Exped, Nemo, etc, but the price ($250-500) and poor reviews of these products led me to stick with the cheap and simple tried and true basic airbed. This one works well enough and is comfortable enough. We place a blanket on top of the airbed in cold (<40F) weather, as this has no R-value. We have used it down to about 25 F in a tent with sleeping bags.A am considering using a simple "waffle" foam topper to add a little R-value and to soften the firmness...For $25-30 this is a great value: easy to use, rolls small, easy to patch. Just treat it gentle and it will last.

I originally ordered this air bed for guests to use, but due to certain circumstances, I'm now forced to use it every night. After a couple nights of sleeping on it, I'd say it's quite comfortable; it's not as good as sleeping on a real $1,000 mattress, but it sure beats sleeping on the floor! The only thing is that you have to get used to sleeping along the vertical chambers of air that the bed uses to support your body when it is fully inflated. Once your back becomes used to it, the mattress is great. However, I do have a couple of notes.1. When you first get the mattress, you will experience what feels like air loss, however, it is just the mattress stretching out with use. Even if you pump enough air into the the mattress to make it firm, it will become a bit softer by morning during the "break in stage." This is because the mattress is stretching out, and after a couple nights of this, you shouldn't lose any air.2. If you lose a lot of air in a night, for example, you go from firm to having your body touch the floor through the mattress by morning, or in a couple of hours, it could mean that your air valve is not closed tightly enough. After the first couple uses, you will have to tighten the air valve VERY well. Tighten the valve as much as possible, even when you think it's tight enough. Also, make sure the valve isn't put on crooked when you tighten it, this will let air escape if one side is higher than the other. I made the same mistake of just tightening it and thinking, "well that seems tight enough." Wrong! Air still escapes unless you tighten it fully. For a couple days I found my bed halfway deflated by morning. After inspecting the bed, I found no air leaks or holes. So I thought to myself, "eh, maybe I should just tighten it until it's extremely hard to turn the valve," so I did. I've been making sure to tighten the valve fully, and I no longer experience any air loss between nights. Also, watch out for the pop in cap, it can go in snugly, but that doesn't mean it's pushed in all the way. Even when I turn the valve until it absolutely turn anymore, if I accidentally leave the cap not pushed in all the way, I still lose air. You'll see what I mean if you buy it.I hope these tips help you. This is a great bed, it doesn't feel cheap, but it has a great price! Oh, and if it helps, I'm a 200 pound dude, so don't worry about being too heavy, you're probably lighter than me. One more thing, this bed doesn't come with a pump, so I suggest you purchase a battery powered or electrical air pump on amazon to come along with it. I forgot about the air pump, so I ended up going to Target. I paid around $26 for the air pump over there, you can probably find one on here for cheaper.

We bought two of these air mattresses in 2012 to accommodate house guests. For whatever reason, everyone you’ve even been related to wants to come and visit when you get married, like you’ve suddenly morphed into the kind of responsible people who cook large breakfasts and have guests beds. Nope; cheap air mattresses and coffee shops for everyone!I know these air mattresses have to be pretty good when they’re brand new, because even the nit-pickiest and most honest members of my husband’s family didn’t complain and said they were perfectly comfortable on them.We’ve also used these for friends who have been drinking and shouldn’t attempt traveling to their own homes. Since the air mattress doesn’t come with a pump, we learned the hard way that three drunk smokers can blow one of these up by mouth in about fifteen minutes if everyone takes turns. It’s not fun, though, so we broke down and bought a cheap pump after doing this a couple times. I recommend just doing the “buy it together” thing so you don’t forget and end up huffing and puffing into a plastic nozzle covered with your friend’s spit at 4:00 am. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.While these air mattresses are “full” size and can accommodate couples no problem, full size sheets are a smidge too big. It’s not a huge problem, but I hate it when the corners of my sheets are loose and they get all bunched up underneath me when I’m rolling around and drooling on myself.After two years, the air mattresses have held up pretty well with infrequent use, though they are starting to get a bit saggy. I slept on one last week after the husband and I got into a fight about who orders the most stuff on Amazon (kidding, it was about something else). After a couple hours, I woke up because my butt was on the floor and my aging hip was killing me. But I think two years is a totally decent life span for a $20 air mattress. I would buy these again to replace the old ones, probably right before the relatives swing by for another weekend.