Best Air Mattress For Festivals

Hey Festival Fans,

We’re back after a long hiatus. Where have we been? Well we’ve been everywhere!

Electric Picnic, Bonaroo, Burning Man, Coachella, you name it — we’ve pitched a tent there, both literally and sometimes figuratively, thus our deep love of music festivals.

A lot has changed since we last checked in with you. The recession is a thing of the past, concert ticket prices are through the roof and tent technology just keeps getting better and better. You might remember that we often brag about our Vango Dart 2 Man that pops up in 3 seconds, a piece of kit that makes us king of the campsite, but one thing we can’t seem to crack is the air mattresses.

We’re not talking about the type of tat that you buy at the campsite shop, we’re after a reusable high quality mattress that’s worthy of €100-200 investment.

The contenders

Here’s a few options that we think you should consider for the 2016 festival season.

Trespass Double Flocked Air Bed

At €27 it’s hard to be picky with this solid effort. It doesn’t come with a pump, internal or external but it does have a double locking mechanism and a repair kit. You might get multiple uses out of this one if you are doing traditional camping but we don’t see it lasting long in a festival environment.

Bestway Double Height Air Bed with Travel Bag - Kingsize.

We’re approaching the cusp of our budget but we still can’t seem to find an integrated pump at this range either. The Bestway is perfect if your biggest consideration at a festival is having a comfortable lie in. Keep it out of the sun though as it’s all black all the time and will attract serious heat. It does have a built in pillow though, the one thing everyone seems to forget at a festival.

ReadyBed Blue Air Bed

At last an inflatable bed that also has a built-in duvet. It’s a bit on the small side, but it does have a built in pump. You need big dirty C batteries though, so bring cash or be prepared to barter at the campsite for this one.

Smart Mattress

We thought our prayers had been answered when we saw some lunatic wants to bring the mattress online with this Balluga bad boy, but alas it’s a prototype and it’s not fit for the outdoors. Who knows though, maybe ten years down the line. Read more about it here.

AeroBed Active Raised Double Camping Air Bed with Pump

Now we’ve found our Holy Grail, but it’s not a wooden Chalice guarded by a medieval knight, it’s a two person Aerobed you can get in Argos.

·         Now we are sadly talking about 190 Euro, but this is what you get for it: 
·         Internal coil structure for enhanced support.
·         Inflates in 180 seconds, deflates in 30 seconds.
·         Pump.
·         Waterproof.
·         Airtight system.

We wish you well on your airbed journey and hopefully you’ll let us know how you get on this Festival season. See you in the trenches. In the mean time you can talk to our friend Owen Sweeney about all things music and digital marketing.