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Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/1588
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<p>I've been camping since I was a teenager in the scouts, and I've never really had a very comfortable night out.  As an adult with a girlfriend, 20 years later, I'd like to just throw some money at the issue and be done with it and have ourselves a comfortable bed for car camping.  ("Car camping" meaning we will have the car next to the campsite and don't care about weight or size much.)</p>

<p>This Memorial Day weekend, we went out with a few other couples, and I don't think a single person had a successful sleep.  We brought a feather bed as an experiment and it was pretty terrible, feeling only slightly better than the ground (warm though).  Other people spent 30-60 minutes fussing with getting their air beds inflated, and then they leaked or went flat by the morning.  I've used self-inflating Thermarest pads and I'm sure those are the best for backpack camping but they aren't <em>great</em> and they get quite expensive once you start buying two of the XL ones.</p>

<p>Are there other choices I'm missing?  Or is there an air mattress option that isn't fussy and frustrating?</p>