Loving Caravanning life but...

Oops! A couple of typos above, sorry.  I got timed out the first time, and had to start over again 

Duvaley for us we first purchased 15 years ago and updated last year to the gold and found them to be so good we have purchased a double for home use, we find them very comfortable as we both have dodgy hips and backs (its an age thing I guess) not the cheapest but probably the best, you only get what you pay for.

Some van bed cushions are designed to be turned over at night, so you lose the knee roll bit. We have a very old van and first thing we did was buy some excellent sleep quality foam to replace the old foam. Made a huge difference. In another van, we used a double mattress topper on top of reasonable quality foam. 

A lot depends on just how good the quality of your original foam is, a lot of vans have poorish quality, hence the popularity of toppers and duvalays. We are coming up to refurbishing our old van again, main expenditure will be for top quality sleep foam and covers. A comfy night's sleep is priceless!

Hi,

Thanks for all the helpful comments. 

We have a two berth Sterling Eccles.  And we're using the sofa's as singles rather than making up the double bed. We've tried the sofa cushions both ways -as they are and also flipped no difference to the comfort. They are actually comfy to sit on but it's the sleeping that's the killer. 

We've been out this afternoon looking and have seen some cot bed mattresses in Ikea and mothercare and wondering if they could be a solution but think I'll investigate some of the points raised here first. 

We've got another trip this weekend coming for 3 nights but will definitely need to get sorted for June as we're doing a 5 night trip. 

Any other thoughts welcome and I'll let you know how we get on.

B & M Bargains do excellent mattress toppers in single or double sizes and although I cant remember how much we paid at the time, they were very cheap and good value for money. It's very refreshing to know that we are not the only ones to who regularly shop at Aldi and and other cheaper outlets. Just bought a spare 25m EHU cable from Aldi this weekend for £25.00.