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Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:46 pm
by BlewburyHillbilly
Anyone used one of these or similar in a bongo?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airlock-Camping ... roduct_top

Cheers

BlewburyHillbilly

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:53 pm
by Alison01326
Lots of people have used these http://www.worldsapart.co.uk/ready-bed/my-first.html and the follow on sizes (my son skipped the First Ready bed but has had the next size (the Junior Ready Bed) since he was 2 and loves it - he's now almost 6 and often sleeps in it at home too "for a change"). His folds in three so that it can convert to a chair, which means it fits nicely in the front of the roof when we are camping (ie when the roof is up) and keeps everything tidy :)

There are plenty of factory store type sellers on EBay with them at more reasonable prices than, say, Argos.

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:31 pm
by BlewburyHillbilly
Thanks Alison
The Ready Bed looks a good bet for when our little one get's a bit older he's 7 months old now.
I might give the one on Amazon a go for the spring-time, possibly in conjunction with a front seat bed set up from bongobeds which looks good. I'll let you know how we get on.
Cheers
BlewburyHillbilly

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:38 pm
by umbongocat
Hi,

We used one but found that the little one outgrew it very quickly. The first time she used it she was 8 months old and by 2 it wasn't much use. Prefer the ones that Alison has posted a link to as it has more growing room :)

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:38 pm
by Getcarter
Another vote for the ready bed. Fits perfectly on a cab bed we got from VW beds. Great combo
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DSCN1708 by  GetCarter405, on Flickr

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:38 pm
by BlewburyHillbilly
Thanks y'all for the info.
Will go for the Ready Bed option when the bairn gets bigger.
Umbongocat - any item that is useful from 8 months - 2 years sounds good to me.
At the moment BlewburyHillbilly Jr seems to grow out of everything (clothes etc) after a couple of weeks.
Must stop feeding him so much!

Cheers

BlewburyHillbilly

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:08 pm
by karena
Alison how long is the ready bed cant see any measurements on it.

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:24 pm
by Driver+Passengers
karena wrote:Alison how long is the ready bed cant see any measurements on it.
Argos says "Size W71, L135, H32cm".

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:04 pm
by Alison01326
Off the top of my head, the Junior Ready Bed which Isaac has is 155cm long. I actually measured it a couple of months ago when we had the "cat flap" alteration to the roof.

Don't know how long Isaac is now, but I reckon he must be about 115cm. There's still plenty of room as the cover which goes over it is not a tight fit and doesn't taper round the foot area.

Rather impressively, Worlds Apart, who make the things, do replacement insides (ie the mattress) for a fiver plus P&P (or if you live near them, as I do, you can collect 8) ) Isaac's only developed a leak after some very dramatic abuse - I doubt there'd ever be a problem under normal circumstances :roll:

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:58 am
by karena
:lol: need something to accomodate 2 smallish boys in the house for a couple of nights a month, -cant afford to be buying 2 beds plus matresses and they love dens so thought i would get them an indoor tent each and set it up like a camping adventure style room give them torches etc- problem is the airbeds are longer than the tents so back too the drawing board bigger tents maybe. :lol:

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:09 am
by Alison01326
If they can bear to share a tent, Mountain Warehouse rather snazzy two-man tent on sale for £14.99 (and a less snazzy purple one on sale for £9.99) http://www.mountainwarehouse.com/campin ... 5660.aspx#

Re: Inflatable baby/toddlers bed

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:23 pm
by karena
thankyou Alison looks good -its not a case of whether they can bear to share, more whether i can bare the 5am starts if they do :lol: :lol: :lol: