Insulating under cab-over bed

[lpaulcarter]

We're finding the bed in our camper quite cold and I was thinking of adding some rigid insulation under it to try and make it less chilled. has anyone else tried this or have a better idea?

[kohldad]

Have a piece of 3/4" foam under the bed and it made a little improvement. What made more of a difference was putting 1/2" foam board in the windows and 3/4 foam board in the roof vent. Still cold in the cab-over, but more tolerable. We also use a 0* oversized sleeping bag as a comforter and that was a HUGE improvement. Now I'm very warm during the night even when we let the camper go down to 55*.

[lpaulcarter]

Thanks everyone! I already have enough of the interlocking mats to cover the mattress area so I'm going to try them first on our next camping trip.

[brholt]

A lot of places sell these interlocking "floor pads". For example:

interlocking foam mats

I bought a pack and easily installed them under the bed. They have worked well.

[maddog348]

Reflectix ~~ Many years ~~ Tent trailers ~ ClassC ~~ ClassA ~~ TCPopUp. Learned it from using a heat reflecting mattress pad about 40 years ago.

JM2¢ ~~ YMMV

[billyray50]

Camper8251 wrote:
I put 1" foam board under the mattress on mine. Seemed to help quite a bit also added a 12v heating blanket on it as well.

Used to do a lot of ski / camping up at Manning Park in BC till they raised the prices thru the roof.........

X2

[rickjo]

Reflectix x 4. Thin and effective. Still have headroom. Memory foam mattress in addition makes an efficient combination.

[gitpicker2009]

Reflextix x3. I just added it last month and it made a huge difference. only 26 bucks for a roll big enough to cover the whole bed area under the mattress.

[starcraft69]

1" foam board did the trick for us Plus i cut some to fit the windows in the bed area. This worked really well for us and we camp a lot in the winter.

[jimh406]

I used Reflectix as well. We wrapped up the sides where the mattress sits and also lined the nearby cabinets.

[Buzzcut1]

I have a sheet of refletix under my mattress, it .works well and it is thin

[narcodog]

I used 3/8 foam board that has the foil on one side. Then I added an Electowarmth mattress pad, works well for me.

[SidecarFlip]

I used a sheet of the pink 1" underlayment foam board from the lumber yard. It was less than 15 bucks. Cut to size with a serrated knife.

[lap527]

1" foam egg crate under mattress worked for us.

[Old_Days]

What we did was put a 1 inch foam pad on top of the mattress, that made a big difference. You can buy them at Walmart.