The Aero bed

[NEJ]

My fifth Aero bed finally crapped out on me last weekend. I had been nursing it along for almost a year. I had patched it twice. Then it went flat again last fall. So I went with a traditional patch and then slapped a piece of sticky-backed sail repair fabric over the patch to lock it in place and keep it from curling or coming loose while it dried. That held for five months or about ten trips. Last weekend it made it through the first night with me having to use the fan pump to blow it up once. The second night I had to endure hours of hard ground and refilling the thing six times.

REI doesn't have any more of the cheaper Aero beds and I am unwilling to wait until ten o'clock tomorrow to go spend a hundred bucks for a new air mattress that probably won't go more than a year. My buddy Dave still has the first one he ever bought.

I have a cot and a foam pad, so that will be my new mode of sleeping for this weekend. Who knows, maybe I'll like it.

NJ

[Cyanide41]

the great thing about REI is that you can take it back if you are unhappy with it. (if your a member)

[NEJ]

I am a member, but it wasn't a defective product. It was a defective owner who's defective dog stuck his defective toe nail through the fabric.

NJ

[Wardroid]

yeah.. I've owned a few myself, and you can't really find quality aeo bed. they deflate quickly after couple of uses. walmart's got some cheap ones.

[NEJ]

Their big advantage for an air mattress is that they have the greatest battery powered, re-chargeable inflater. Now I have been using a cot and foam pad. It works fine and has room below for some gear bags.

NJ