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Doctor, I sleep so much better in my Cali than at home. Am I OK? (Poll)

Where do you sleep better?

  • At home

    Votes: 18 30.0%
  • In my Cali

    Votes: 33 55.0%
  • Makes no difference

    Votes: 9 15.0%

  • Total voters
    60
Normally go to bed pretty early when in the van but tend to get woken by people having sex, what's wrong with Ovaltine?

Are you innocently parking at known Dogging spots...???
 
Actually I always sleep well wherever I am however I have to admit that I've always found the beds in both our previous SE and Beach rather too firm until recently. My wife has similar views and has sometimes complained of back ache after sleeping in our vans. Our last outing to Dorset was different. The huge bed in our three seater Beach was wonderful after some minor improvements. Firstly as there's only the two of us I often make the bed up at home before we leave especially if we intend to wild camp enroute. This time the bed base consisted of:

1. VW Comfort mattress.
2. Self inflating mattresses x 2 side by side.
3. Zonesleep topper.
4. 10.5 tog king size feather and down duvet.
5. Fitted bottom sheet.

Then on top we have a king size double duvet in its duvet case with two feather pillows in their pillow cases. We used to have a double sleeping bag but found that a pain with the zips etc. The duvet idea is perfect.

As we met up with our Cali friends at the Dorset Highlands End meet, I suppose the one or four glasses of Rioja may also have had some effect.
That was a good list of equipment. We have found that practice makes sleep better in the van. We sleep on our VW comfort madress and a double sleeping bag.
We have been thinking about an Ikea topper but since we are in sweden we cant find a 150cm wide madress topper.
I can’t be bothered with inflatable ones.
 
That was a good list of equipment. We have found that practice makes sleep better in the van. We sleep on our VW comfort madress and a double sleeping bag.
We have been thinking about an Ikea topper but since we are in sweden we cant find a 150cm wide madress topper.
I can’t be bothered with inflatable ones.
Hi Kave,
Well we've had quite a bit of practice in the last three years of Cali ownership and we've finally arrived at this formula which seems to work. Previously the mattress was just about acceptable but only for one or two nights. After which Mrs Borris would be complaining for days.
We've only tried this new set up on one occasion so far, at the recent two night Dorset Club meet. It seemed to solve the problem however further testing is required and no doubt further adjustments to how we can acheive the same result with less kit.

I don't know how familiar you are with the inflatable mattresses that I mentioned. To be clear they are self inflating. There's no need to actually inflate them yourself. Just unroll and open the valve and they inflate all on their own. You can add a little more puff to make them firmer to suit. When inflated they are about 50mm thick. They don't take up much space either when rolled up.
 
Before this poll disappears in the abyss of orphaned posts, here's the final result:
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It looks like half of all participant Californians do sleep better in their Cali than at home, just like myself. About one in three sleep better at home, while for one in six is doesn't make any difference. Thanks for voting and confirming that I'm OK!
 
Hi Kave,
Well we've had quite a bit of practice in the last three years of Cali ownership and we've finally arrived at this formula which seems to work. Previously the mattress was just about acceptable but only for one or two nights. After which Mrs Borris would be complaining for days.
We've only tried this new set up on one occasion so far, at the recent two night Dorset Club meet. It seemed to solve the problem however further testing is required and no doubt further adjustments to how we can acheive the same result with less kit.

I don't know how familiar you are with the inflatable mattresses that I mentioned. To be clear they are self inflating. There's no need to actually inflate them yourself. Just unroll and open the valve and they inflate all on their own. You can add a little more puff to make them firmer to suit. When inflated they are about 50mm thick. They don't take up much space either when rolled up.

We use these self-inflating matresses. Have two single ones and just fold them in half and store on back shelf. Planning to get a topper sheet also.

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