# Recommend a good air mattress

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-air-mattress/806874>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-air-mattress/806874 "2018-01-18T03:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-air-mattress/806874/21 "2018-01-22T18:58:43Z")

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If the mattress is going to be used for more than a couple of days straight, get one with an internal pump. It will certainly lose air over time, and it’s much more convenient if you can just push a button to air it up.

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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-air-mattress/806874/22 "2018-01-23T17:24:26Z")

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Don’t automatically assume a new air mattress is leaking air. Most any inflatable mattress will need some additional pumping up the first few nights; it’s not leaking air, it is stretching out the material. It takes two or three nights of sleeping on it to stretch the material to its final dimensions.

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