Drift mattress, who's got one and do you regret buying it?

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  1. Steve357

    Steve357 Bobtail Member

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    I was at Iowa 80 the other day.....they feel nice. Anyone have regrets about buying one?.....thanks
     
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  3. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    How much? I got mine on Amazon. There are a couple threads on this recently.
     
  4. Dockbumper

    Dockbumper Road Train Member

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    700 bucks sounds pretty steep.....but....it is in a "Truckers Store". Check Amazon.....you need a TWIN XL. Lots of choices for less than half of the Drift mattress. Dirty little secret. 99 % of these new memory foam vacuum packed mattresses are made in china anyways. Same factories, same materials, different label. Just like the rest of the crap we buy!
     
  5. Scoot 1971

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    Bought a "Lull" mattress recently for the truck. Got it online, $500 for twin xl. This is the most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on and we will be replacing bedroom mattress with same soon.
     
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  6. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    I got one, so far no regrets. I got mine from Kenly 95. You do pay a little extra to get from the truck stop vs ordering it online. Had it 4 months and it's still comfortable. It's has a lot spring coils and I got it because you can sit on the bed without the side sagging. So far it definitely is sold sides no sagging from sitting on the bed edging. It comes in a box.

    The mattress is wrapped in grey cotton material and as I read also it is pretty thin for the money. You can feel the spring coils if you touch sides of mattress. Having all those spring coils all around the mattress is also what let you sit on the bed without it crushing.

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    It had a little crushing from being in box and compressed after 2 hours of getting out of box
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    I just turned mattress around the other way it was fine. IMG_20210628_112934589.jpg
    I thought for the price it it should have been 100% perfect. I also was not going to return it for another one. The spring coils were good the little crushing you see was when first out of box and the foam they put on top the spring coils.
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  7. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Is it supposed to be like that purple mattress?
     
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  8. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    There is 5 different purple mattresses. They are all different. Need to try them out to see which you like the best.
     
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  9. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    $700?????? I think I paid $200 for my one from Amazon and it's amazing. It's sad that what we've come to as a country, that we can't even support a local business due to the INSANE price differences, but hey, I'm a trucker. I buy what I can afford, and most of it comes from Walmart or Amazon.
     
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  10. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    There’s a lot of choices at Walmart and Amazon. The twin XL is available on Amazon. Prices are all over the place. Seems the twin XL I saw were a little more than others. Also have coil/ foam combo mattresses. Probably best, regular foams OK, but different ones are too soft, or too hot.
     
  11. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    I got curious so I looked it up. Below is the one I got. It is now $319! I paid $124 dollars for it in 2020.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q7EUWR4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
     
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