SleepReady Portable Floor Mattress & Guest Bed | 3" CertiPUR-US Memory Foam | Roll out in seconds | Twin, Single, Kid | Guest, Car, Camping, Dorm, Travel Essentials | Waterproof | 1 yr warr

While admittedly not something you would be able to take on a backpacking trip, for most other kinds of camping it would be perfectly suitable. So, let me start with basic description of the pad.The pad is a piece of memory foam that measures about 3 1/4″ thick, 73″ long, and 36″ wide. Surrounding the pad is a fabric cover, with black nylon on one side, and a kind of grey faux terry-cloth on the other. This cover easily zips off for washing (machine wash safe).Nylon straps are sewn into the back side (the black nylon side) of the cover, with buckles, making it easy to roll up and secure. It also means you can’t lose them. It has a carry strap to make it easy to handle in this configuration.Back side, showing zipper (center bottom), as well as straps and buckles for rolling up.When rolled up, the pad measures about 16″ in diameter and 38″ wide. This can vary, depending on how tightly you roll it. For storage, the rolled pad goes into a nylon bag.Unlike most other things you get nowadays, the manufacturer did not skimp on the bag size. The rolled-up pad fits quite easily in the bag, which I particularly like. Most sleeping bags, tents, tarps, blinds, gazebos, awnings, and anything else camping-related that comes in a bag require you to stuff them back in the bag. Not this. In fact, there is enough spare room for me to throw a tightly-folded wool blanket in the bag with the pad.The bag has carry strap that allows you to easily sling it over a shoulder.My experience with this pad has been great. I have, of course, used this pad while camping in my truck. Combined with a good sleeping bag, it does an excellent job preventing a lot of heat loss from beneath. On top of that, well, it’s memory foam. So, it’s far more comfortable to sleep on than a thin piece of closed-cell foam or no pad at all. It’s also a lot less noisy than an air mattress, and not prone to leaks like air mattresses are. One thing I have noticed is that using it in cold weather causes the foam to become quite a bit more stiff. It is still comfortable nonetheless.Beyond camping, the pad has been useful in two other situations. First, when I have overnight guests, I pull out this pad. I don’t have a guest room, so unfortunately, guests have to “rough it” on the living room floor. The pad makes this a bit more comfortable. So, you could use this for your guests, for your kids’ sleepovers, etc. Second, in preparation for moving, I have most of my belongings packed up, including a bag over my prized queen-sized mattress. I had intended to move in the very near future (and perhaps still may), so my intention was to move the bulk of my stuff ahead of time and “camp” in my current house until I made the move. So, I am currently sleeping on this pad full time. I have to say, I really don’t mind it at all. But, I prefer a firmer mattress anyway, so this doesn’t feel all that different. It’s actually very reminiscent of my old rack mattress aboard ship, although this one is a better, memory foam version (not to mention it’s never in a berthing with 39 other people).In case you hadn’t gathered by this point, I do like this pad a lot. But, let me tell you about some of the negatives so you don’t get the idea I can’t be objective. First, there is the price. As a piece of temporary furniture, it is not the cheapest. At $159.95, this is more of an investment than the $20.00 Wal-Mart air mattress you may keep on hand in case of company, or the inflatable pool float that doubles as an air mattress. You have to know you’re going to get a lot of use out it, otherwise it just isn’t worth it. For a casual weekend camper, it isn’t such a big deal to have one or two nights of poor sleep, because they will be heading home to their nice warm bed at home afterwards. So this probably isn’t for those types (unless you’re also the type that likes to have expensive accessories). However, spending a few weeks on the road at a time, and adding in the occasional day (or week) of hard work in the wilderness, I find it easy to justify the importance of a good night’s sleep.The next drawback is the size. It is not a huge drawback if you’re planning for it. But obviously, this takes up much more space than your average closed-cell foam camping pad. It is a rather bulky item. So, if your car is already full of stuff when you go camping, you may not have space for this pad in there too.I think that’s really it. I mean, there is the fact that it gets firmer in cold weather, but I don’t think that’s really a negative. It’s just a thing that happens. It’s still far softer than any of the other types of portable mattresses or pads. Even compared to an air mattress. So, if that was a negative to you, I’d say you probably should look into getting an RV with a regular inner-spring mattress in it. Because that’s probably the only thing softer in cold weather.Overall, I have no problem recommending this product to someone who is looking for a sleeping pad for this particular type of use. I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone. But, I do think it is a good quality product. Despite the cost, I have been very satisfied with it, and don’t in any way regret spending the money I did on it.Full disclosure – I was not compensated for this review. I purchased this product at full price.

I originally bought the Twin for adult guests who stay at my smaller, urban apartment. First, the twin is plenty large for most adults to use. Second, I was amazed at how easy both the initial set up as well as the standard roll up and store functionality really were! With these types of things, I assume that cramming a mattress into a small bag is always possible, but the Better Habitat is SO EASY!When I first got it set up, I laid down on it to test it and I didn't get up for over an hour. I was in love. I struggle with a spine injury and managing the chronic pain that results. I use many holistic treatments to try and manage this, but I was so excited about how laying on this little mattress felt that I slept on it that night.Long story short, I've slept it for about a week now and it's been game-changing for helping to keep my posture aligned while I sleep and I sleep excellent on it. I've had a noticeable reduction in the amount of tension and pain that I wake up with. This doesn't mean I won't eventually move back to my bed, but it should speak volumes about the quality of this product. I've already "sold" another one of these by way of referral as my mother was still using an air mattress when visiting my brother and after she laid on my Better Habitat for 30 seconds she agreed 100%.The fact that this is a product advertised predominantly for children and is a small company is surprising as the product quality is fantastic. If BetterHabitat is looking to scale their company, they're welcome to contact me as that's my profession and I'm clearly a promoter of the work they're doing! Highly recommend!

I had a few concerns to begin with. The space it takes up in the car and how fast I sank to the floor when first laying on it (after 48 hours) made me fear our camping trip. For the space issue, we ended up taking two cars so we didn’t mind the bulkiness after all! And being pregnant, I had no problem carrying it, not heavy like I thought it’d be.Before the trip, I laid a 4” mattress topper on it and it was SUPER cozy, but I woke up with back pain so I think the softness of both wasn’t enough support. At that point I knew I had to just go for it with this foam pad for me and the mattress topper for my fiancé.I decided not to buy another for my fiancé, since they felt about the same. We ended up taking the topper, this foam pad, and 4 comforters and it was the best sleep I’ve had while camping ! I loved my Intex Air Mattress but I was tired of waking up to air it up half way through the night, not to mention the amount it’d cost to replace it every few years He slept really well too on his mattress topper, in case that’s all you have at home it’ll work!I’m 8 months pregnant and a 200+ lb side sleeper, so I was afraid I’d be in pain or have a hard time getting up but I had no problems at all!Overall I love this thing ! And I’m glad we’ll always have it for camping or overnight guests. It was definitely worth the buy.

Took a week vacation and rolled and unrolled every day, placing in bag. Also used at home due to husband snores.Dislikes:For storage it is wide. Width of single bed.When carrying over shoulder, awkward getting through doorways.Has a little weight to it, but still able to carry over shoulder, being an older women.Likes:More comfortable than an air bed!Was just enough padding sleeping on the floor. Slept great all night. I am a side sleeper.Rolled up easy and was actually able to get back into storage bag several times I have used it!Cover easy to take on/off to wash.Straps seem heavy duty and adjustable, keeping it all rolled up, no matter how tight able to roll it.Would have been awesome to use back in our tent camping days. Thinking would be great for dorm room in future. Was very happy with this purchase!