Inflatable single mattress in roof

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Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by clutha » Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:30 pm

Has anyone used one?

Can you get an inflated/partially inflated one into the roof?

Would you be able to put it up on its edge while you got up through the hatch?

Been checking out the thin foam mattresses and I really think they'd be too thin for me.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by Rebiam » Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:33 pm

I pumped mine up after I had put it in the roof. Just a thought.
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Post by MountainGoat » Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:47 pm

I made my own from a piece of 3" thick memory foam, its fine for me.

The cutting instructions are in a Fact Sheet in the members section.

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Post by fatcatlawyer » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:40 pm

Easy peasy. Undo the zips and thread it through from outside!
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:13 pm

Some Sharp edges on the hatch waiting to puncture it though....
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Post by umbongocat » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:06 pm

We used 3inch foam and cut it to size and leave it up in the roof. Another option if you want blow up ones up there is to have the "catflap' adaption done, makes everything easier to get up into the roof :)
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by Velocette » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:51 pm

mikeonb4c wrote:Some Sharp edges on the hatch waiting to puncture it though....
As my mosqito netting can testify.

If it is part inflated put it on the cab roof with the bed up and then put the bad down and unfold it.

I think I would put it through the tent zips though, fully inflated as suggested.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by clutha » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:27 am

Thanks for the hints folks.
Where does a 3" thick foam mattress get stored in a full conversion?

Inflatable through the zips sounds good until our weather is considered #-o

Lots to think about.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by mikeonb4c » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:36 am

clutha wrote:Thanks for the hints folks.
Where does a 3" thick foam mattress get stored in a full conversion?

Inflatable through the zips sounds good until our weather is considered #-o

Lots to think about.
You should be able to leave it up there. Just make sure the roof motors aren't straining to close and lock the roof. But others have done it with no problems.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by g8dhe » Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:16 am

Ours is in sections and we stack them carefully, centrally between the sliders of the AFT window shutters;
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The hatch it self has its hinge pins removed so it can be slid rather than rotated, makes life a lot easier.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by TimC » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:28 pm

g8dhe wrote: The hatch it self has its hinge pins removed so it can be slid rather than rotated, makes life a lot easier.
Interesting - cant see how this would work with our one. Any further info?
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by g8dhe » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:43 pm

Unless you have the Catflap modifications then, they are all the same. I just ground off the head of the rivets, pulled the rivets out and the hinges come apart, the flap then lifts and slides backwards.
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Re: Inflatable single mattress in roof

Post by al & chris » Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:49 pm

Yep we took pins out our our hatch. Knocked they out with hammer an nail lot easier with sliding hatch than lift up hatch.
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