Bed modifications

Personally  I find the beds in our 461 absolutely rock hard.  I was going to go with a memory foam topper, but at the Southampton Boat Show I saw some springy bed slats that you could cut to size.

The only problem was they were quite expensive at £120 for a single bed (ouch!)

Luckily talking to John Allison that evening, he suggested to try Ikea!  Well, how does £12 grab you instead of £120!!!

Here is a picture to illustrate - I'll report back if they make any difference! (Oh and I think they will help to ventilate the matteress as well)

I think IKEA is cool, but I went down the "expensive" road myself and had matresses tailor made, not only for the fore cabin (fore peak), but also the aft cabin. They are stuffed with latex and you never want to get out of bed in the morning.

Johan

After spending a weekend on my new 430 .

Oh no, Dave, i wish had of listened!! I went the expensive boat show route, i'll see if i can return them!!!

What product is it at Ikea?? Can i order on line??

B

To report back:  Only had one night with the slats. Definitely some improvement though still not a patch on a fully sprung solution a la Johan!  I think we'll see how it feels over the next few months!

Yes, you can order on-line, at least in the UK. (That is how we got ours).  It is: SULTAN LIARED 10072826

They are £13, not £12 as previously reported :-)

As for the venting holes - they were as Hanse provided them. No mods from me.  Incidently, I had actually thought about drilling a large hole in the base of the bed and putting a low speed 12v computer fan there just to keep some air circulating below the mattress, but I think these slats will do the job just as well.

Oh, and to cut them I took a chop saw down to the dockside and did it there.  Whole cutting operation took about 10 mins.

Cheers

D.



Edited by leemind - 16 October 2007 at 08:15