Can you fill a water bed mattress with air?
February 28th, 2010 | by admin |I like to sleep on a air mattress but they do not last. I thought maybe I could fill a waterbed mattress with air and it would last much longer.
A Vinyl Waterbed mattress is completely different from an air mattress. When you fill a water mattress with air, it’s shape becomes more blob like than mattress shaped and no it really does not hold air very well.
Air mattresses do hold air well and keep a rigid form when filled where waterbed mattresses require a frame to keep their shape. Even with that, it is not enough to chamber and baffle the air. It’s like when you squeeze a balloon the air goes else where. Most air mattresses are made from vulcanized rubber where vinyl mattresses have a kind sheath of sorts to help them keep shape and hold air.
3 Responses to “Can you fill a water bed mattress with air?”
By michelob86 on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
You’d have to keep it under pressure somehow. The rubber is too thick and heavy for a water bed to remain expanded with just air.
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By Meli on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
Yes you can, but you won’t get the "wave" thing anymore.
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By Doug on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
A Vinyl Waterbed mattress is completely different from an air mattress. When you fill a water mattress with air, it’s shape becomes more blob like than mattress shaped and no it really does not hold air very well.
Air mattresses do hold air well and keep a rigid form when filled where waterbed mattresses require a frame to keep their shape. Even with that, it is not enough to chamber and baffle the air. It’s like when you squeeze a balloon the air goes else where. Most air mattresses are made from vulcanized rubber where vinyl mattresses have a kind sheath of sorts to help them keep shape and hold air.
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http://www.stlbeds.com/