- Hey guys, Ben from Snowys here.
I'm sitting on the Coleman Double-High Quickbed Airbed
in the queen size with a 240 volt built in pump.
I'm gonna me tell you all about it.
This airbed is a great solution for
both camping and at home.
It's double-high, which means you can sit
on the side of the bed,
so it's great for those
who don't want to sleep at the floor level.
Now, you'll find, with 240 volt,
this pump here is built into the mat.
And you can also use a hand pump to pump it up
if you like,
if you don't have 240 volt available,
so it's got lots of options.
They pack up nice and small,
and they're like this,
is about 41 centimetres by 36 centimetres in height,
and about 18 centimetres wide,
and they weigh about 8 1/2 kilos.
I'm gonna show you how to set it up today,
and I'm gonna lie on it,
and show you how comfortable it is.
The first thing I need to do is,
unroll this one here.
So, I've got the bed laid out,
I've got my power cord plugged in
'cause I've got 240 volt power here.
If I didn't, I can also use this valve.
Now, this is a double-lock valve.
Now, this takes just your standard foot pump
or hand pump, or even a 12 volt pump, airbed pump.
Now, it's got a double-lock system,
so if I take this top cap off,
that doesn't release air out of the valve.
There's a second yellow layer in here,
which is actually locking that valve closed.
I've gotta pull this out one step further.
That, then, opens the valve up.
I can plug my pump into here,
and pump it up manually if I like.
When I'm done, when I push this back in,
it locks the air back in, so I'm not losing it,
or losing air out of the mat,
and then I can seal it up completely.
Today, though, I'm gonna use the 240 volt pump.
I'm gonna show you how long it takes.
All I need to do is, turn the power on,
click it to this side.
We can do inflate and deflate with this pump.
So, we grab my stopwatch here,
and get it started.
Turn the switch to the left,
and we'll see how long it takes.
(air pump swirling)
(air pump powering down)
There we go.
Three minutes that took
to inflate it completely.
That's a Coleman Double-High Quickbed all set up.
Now, the longer we leave the pump running,
the tighter it'll get,
but I wouldn't need to leave that running much longer
to get much tighter than this.
That's pretty firm,
that's gonna be pretty comfortable.
Now, I will mention this is a queen-size bed.
It takes queen-size fitted sheets.
It's actually shaped to take those sheets.
If we talk about the dimensions
of the Double-High Airbed here,
it's 198 centimetres long,
152 centimetres in width,
and height, it's about 51 centimetres
to the highest point,
but by the time you kind of sleep on it,
and squash it down,
it's about 46 centimetres high.
There's a velour finish on top of the mat,
here where you sleep.
It's for a bit more comfort,
and it also stops bed sheets from sliding around
when you put them on.
And around the sides,
when this kind of edge is here,
that helps to secure a fitted sheet in place
when you've got it on top.
Across the sleeping area of your mat,
you notice these dimples.
That's all part of the coil construction of the mat
that gives it shape and also provides support
when you're sleeping on there.
It kind of contours to your body shape a little bit.
Now, I'll just sit on the mattress here.
A lot of people are concerned about
an airbed this high
not being very supporting on the sides,
but I can, kind of, comfortably sit on the side
of the mattress here,
if I'm sitting a little way in.
If I'm right on the edge here,
it does, sort of, collapse down a little bit,
but it's reasonably supportive.
Now, I want to show you what it's like
when you're lying on the side of this mattress, too
'cause some people have found that they
roll off the side of a double-high mattress.
So, this would always be more comfortable
if there was someone sleeping on this side,
because as I jump on this side here,
the mat wants to flip a little bit.
So, if I'm sleeping by myself,
I'd want to be in the middle,
or if someone's on the other side,
it gives it more support.
But if I lie right on the edge of the mattress here
I do feel like I'm sloping that way a little bit,
but I'm certainly not collapsing off
the side of the mat,
and that's lifting up on that side as well.
So, I would certainly feel more comfortable
sleeping on the side here,
if I had someone else on the other side.
But in terms of moving in the bed,
if one person rolls, the other person will
feel them move a little bit.
But for an airbed,
it's pretty good.
And in terms of weight ratings,
Coleman doesn't actually put a weight rating on the bed,
but they do test them to well within excess of anything
your average persons gonna do on the bed.
Now, packing the double-high mattress up,
it's really easy.
There's two options we've got,
if we come around to the end of the mat here.
As we spoke about before,
we've got just our normal valve,
and we've got the pump.
Now, we can just pull this valve out,
release the valve like that, (air swooshing)
and let the air out if we liked.
Alternatively, we can let the pump do our work for us
because this both, pushes air into the mat,
and sucks air out of the mat.
I'm gonna time it for you
and show you how long it takes
to release air out of the mat.
What we need to do is flick our switch
to the right this time
and let all the air get sucked out by the pump.
So, I'm just gonna get my stopwatch started,
and we'll flick the switch around.
(air pump swirling)
(air pump powering down)
So, that's the mat,
and too, the pump sucked all the air out for us.
And that took just over five minutes to deflate the mat.
Now, we could make it a little bit quicker to deflate
by using this valve as well.
If we put the pump on reverse and open this valve,
we've got air coming out of two locations,
and the whole thing's gonna pack down
a whole lot quicker.
But I'd say, put the pump on, and release the valve,
go on make your breakfast, do whatever you need to do,
come back and it'll be all deflated for you.
So, what's left to do now is to fold it up
and put it back in the carry bag.
That is the Coleman Double-High Quickbed
with 240 volt built in pump all packed up.
Now, the beauty of using the pump
is, it sucks all the air out for you,
so there's hardly any air left back in here,
so it fits back in the carry bag nice and easily.
These are a great option for both camping,
indoor and outdoor use, great guest bed for at home.
You can grab one online at snowys.com.au
at the lowest prices everyday.
Thanks for watching.
We'll see you next time.
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