I had heard about Paco Pads before. 2 of those might be an interesting replacement for the foam…
I used to raft but sold everything a couple years ago (Aire Super Puma). The Paco Pads are very popular in the rafting community, definitely the toughest sleeping pad I’ve ever seen. I personally never owned one but the people that did swore by them.
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Love the pacopad but hate waking up to my face stuck to the pvc
Similar to sleeping on a leather couch lol
Nothing a blanket couldn’t remedy.
But yes they are definitly an amazing sleeping experience and you can float some rapids on them. Just for fun
I just spend the last weekend sleeping on my new Paco pad in the GFC and loved it! 72x48x3
Is it easier to close the tent? Can you leave some bedding up there?
Saw this as an Instagram ad but looks pretty sweet. Not sure if it would fit or not but looks comfy.
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This looks pretty sweet! Even if it was an instagram ad hahaha, nice to be able to flip it up and have half the top open when chilling in the truck bed.
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I like the look of it as well. Only issue is where would you put it when not sleeping? It’s too long to fit in most of our truck beds. I’ve got a 5.5 ft bed. The long mattress is 78 in. Curious if anyone has a brilliant idea here that I’m missing
I posted it thinking someone would delete the GFC pads and leave that up there full time like some people (including myself) do with the Exped duo.
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Yeah that’s what I thought you were talking about. Looks like a nice mattress. It’s 3.9” tall when open, would that fit up top with the tent closed?
We shall see lol. I just bought it bc it was on sale and returns sound easy so I’ll post about it when I get it. If it works out nicely I’ll sell my exped duo if someone wants.
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Yea I was assuming the top would t close with it in there. But if it actually closes that could be kind of awesome
Well if this works out I’ll buy that duo from ya! If you’re completely replacing what’s in there now I think 3.9" is gonna just barley fit, but it’ll be tight!
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Just put the Hest Dually in standard camper. Fits perfect. There’s clips on either side of the mattress that need to get tucked into a pocket on the side or else it could wedged when the camper is closing. Has a phone pocket on the end with and a zipper that easily pops the cover off to wash. First impression this thing is super comfortable. I like the idea that it’s basically two different mattresses with a seam down the middle, and can fold the mattress in half when I camp solo to get even for comfort. Next trip is beginning of June where I can give a better impression of this thing.
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Does it close properly?
Yeah it closed just fine. I positioned it with some space on either end and was a tiny bit tougher than the original mattress, but I’ll take that over sleeping on that concrete slab GFC provides
Most definitely. Need to look again at the measurements for the xl camper vs this pad
Appreciate you taking a shot at this and letting us know
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Looks nice! Do you think you would be able to cut it into the dimensions of the original GFC mattress? Trying to find a full replacement for the original GFC pads.