Bed

[prog]

The air mattress I've been using as a bed sprang a leak a few days ago. While I can use scotch tape and a business card in such as way as to patch it so that it no longer goes sssssss as soon as I reinflate the mattress, I still inevitably wake up flat against the hardwood a few hours later. Somewhere I have the official patch kit for it, but I can't bring myself to look for it.

Upon waking up this morning I told myself that it's time to buy a bed. I have no reason not to do so now; I can claim neither poverty nor lack of space as reasons to continue to practice of floor-crashing. Beds are hard to move, is really the only thing. But maybe if I don't think about moving, I'll actually live here for more than eight months or whatever.

Comments

if you're not ready for the commitment

[cthulhia]

go for a futon.

frame and futon can be moved by one person, albeit with some awkwardness.
compresses more than a boxspring. (I have to remove windows to get my boxspring into or out of this apartment.)
shifts into a couch-like creature as needed, so you'll feel less guilty about wanting a different bed in a few years.

Re: if you're not ready for the commitment

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I second the futon idea, for exactly the same reasons. Plus, they're more fun to take apart than either a bed or a couch.

Re: if you're not ready for the commitment

[prog.livejournal.com]

Alas, I saw these comments only after I returned from Sleep-a-Rama. I ended up ordering a full-size bed; that with a nite stand plus delivery cost me just over $400, which I think is pretty good.

I'm kind of feeling like I rushed at the deal instead of investigating futonity, but I think it will suit me well for the nonce.

Futons Across America

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

I've tried those air mattresses and they're actually pretty comfy. I've suggested one to my roommate (who is currently sleeping on a carpeted floor padded only by a blanket) but he insists he's holding out for a real bed.

I bought a futon about 6 years ago. The futon pad itself is getting a bit on the 'mushy' side and may soon need to get replaced or re-fluffed or whatever they do to them. The futon pads can be more expensive than the frames.

I got one of those metal tube based full-sized futon frames which can digivolve into a couch. They're inexpensive but I've seen several toss out on the side of the road because they were all bent up. Mine's still in good shape but that's because I don't have 500 pounds doing the humpa-humpa on it nor do I have people sitting on it as if they're trying to perform a KinnikuBuster.

I paid roughly $230 for both frame and pad (this was 6 years ago) and overall I've been happy with my futon.