Choosing The Right Air Mattress For Your Needs
By Scott Michaels
An air mattress is an inflatable
mattress, usually made of plastic or textile-reinforced
plastic or rubber. The deflated mattress can be rolled up and carried
or stored relatively easily, making air mattresses a popular choice for
camping trips and for temporary bedding at home for guests.
They are inflated either orally, by blowing into a valve, or with a
manual, foot-powered or electric pump. Traditional
mattresses sizes are available ? twin, full, queen, king, etc. ? and
standard sheets should fit, albeit sometimes more snugly. Lightweight,
reduced-size air mattresses specifically intended for camping and
backpacking, often called sleeping pads, are also available.
Ruggedly-built air mattresses have come on the market in recent years
that are intended for full time use in the home. Often mounted on a
special foundation, they are made of durable plastic- or
rubber-impregnated fabrics, and are usually equipped with an
electric pump and a firmness controller.
For double beds they have the advantage that each half of the bed has
its own firmness control. This type of product is usually called an air
bed, to distinguish it from camping mattresses. Some
individuals who relocate frequently prefer an air bed over a
traditional mattress due to its portability.
The term air mattress may also refer to a certain inflatable
swimming pool toy, which has an air-sac 'pillow' and several
(usually four or five) tubes running its length. Also called a 'lilo'
(UK), 'pool air mat', 'air mat', 'pool lounge', or 'float(ing)
mat(tress)', it is used to recline on the surface of a swimming pool.
Although it bears some resemblance to an air mattress, it is typically
not built as strong and may not reliably stay inflated all night long,
making it impractical for use as a bed.
They call it an air bed. Air bed, as if that changes the fact that
it’s nothing but an ordinary air mattress with a little
automatic electronic pump attached to it. I’ve had to sleep
on this air mattress for the past two weeks now. And I’ll
continue to have to sleep on this air mattress for another month, while
my sister and her fiancee are in town.
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