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Smokin Haddock
New Member
We currently have the same dilemma and also live in Stroud. Could we take a peak at yours? We are thinking about a topper to us on the rib bed, but then store in the pop top when not in use or travelling.
No problem, I will send you a pm
I’ve recently made a couple of duvalay inspired double sleeping bags - one for the r&r bed and another for the pop top - and thought I’d share how I made them in case anyone is interested. They’re very easy to make, about half the cost of buying two Duvalays plus you have an endless choice of colours/styles of duvet cover and mattress topper quality/duvet tog etc.
I bought a small double (120cm) memory foam mattress topper, a double duvet, single and double duvet covers and some plastic snap fasteners. Put the duvet in the double duvet cover, put the mattress topper in the single duvet cover then attach the snap fasteners along the bottom edge so that the duvet attaches to the mattress topper and job done. For storing, I roll them up and secure with luggage straps. They fit on the back shelf of the r&r when not needed (but can fall out of the tailgate if you’re not careful). For the pop top I needed to trim the topper down a bit to 110cm. I also asked the Mrs to sew up the single duvet cover along the length so that it was a snug fit, but that’s probably not essential.
We have 2 proper Duvalays which are great, but found that butting them up against one another on the r&r meant that they were slightly too wide and the duvets doubled over in the middle which was a bit too restrictive for us.
I bought a small double (120cm) memory foam mattress topper, a double duvet, single and double duvet covers and some plastic snap fasteners. Put the duvet in the double duvet cover, put the mattress topper in the single duvet cover then attach the snap fasteners along the bottom edge so that the duvet attaches to the mattress topper and job done. For storing, I roll them up and secure with luggage straps. They fit on the back shelf of the r&r when not needed (but can fall out of the tailgate if you’re not careful). For the pop top I needed to trim the topper down a bit to 110cm. I also asked the Mrs to sew up the single duvet cover along the length so that it was a snug fit, but that’s probably not essential.
We have 2 proper Duvalays which are great, but found that butting them up against one another on the r&r meant that they were slightly too wide and the duvets doubled over in the middle which was a bit too restrictive for us.
Will depend on roof your having and swb or lwb bed board will dictate, but vango California air mattress are a safe bet I have a couple and they are great
So can you use the Duvalay system instead of a topper in the pop up bed? For example does this offer enough comfort to sleep on the hard bed board in the pop top
We use ours on the RiB bed downstairs so can't comment. However, there is more comfort/support in the Duvalays than the mattress our pop top has.
66cm - they squeeze in nicely side by side to fill the RIB without any gaps or movement.
Fra Maguire
New Member
I’ve just bought transporter T6 it’s been converted to a campervan. What’s the best mattress for the pop top
Fra Maguire
New Member
Cheers DXX
I have two Alpkit Dozers, amazing. But they big and bulky! They live behind the RIB bed with the bedding
I have a HiLo
