Here's what I used, and it ROCKED for sleeping. I might even say it was comfier than my bed here in my house -

www.campingstation.com/super-...59.html

This is the Ledmark Super Jumbo Cot. It is almost as big as a double size bed.

I added a basic camping pad from Walmart and a twin size Memory Foam 3" thick pad. Covered the foam with a queen size fleece blanket, done. No sore back, no deflated mattresses, slept in till around 11 AM most mornings.

The only thing I MIGHT do in the future is buy another setup, get a piece of plywood and make it a semi-king sized bed =)

At any rate, I highly reccomend this setup. The bed folds down into a dufflebag you can toss in the trunk, the pads fold up very compactly. Setup for the bed takes maybe 5 minutes at most.

My ideal is to have a single air mattress with a three-inch memory foam topper on top. It allows me to use a single air mattress instead of the double high and they seem to hold up better. If there is a bit of deflation due to weather changes, the memory foam helps to alleviate that. It has been working well for me for a couple of years.

We pulled all the heavy cotton batting out of a futon mattress, and replaced it with a couple layers of eggshell foam stuffed right back in the same cover. Now I can fold the mattress and carry it around with one arm. It's very warm, and it compresses far more than when it had cotton batting. (though nothing like a folded air mattress)

It never ever goes flat. I'll pack less beer and food before I ever deal with that again...

Plus, if it ever reaches 0 degrees at Pennsic, I'll unzip the end, and crawl between the thick layers of foam like a Taun-Taun...

I sleep on just a big piece of foam and have done so for the past 2 years. Its very thick and super comfy. Just big enough for me, but as I leave the hubby at home while I go to Pennsic, thats a good thing.

Then again I am very spoiled. When I arrive, my tent, foam, bedding, etc are all set up and waiting for me. And I don't carry any of it home, its a nice deal ;)

I should have had you try out my bed. Alamanda/Super Jen did. (I just started a good rumor, didn't I?)

We have a wood bed from with wood slats. We used to use a futon but, I agree with you, that they suck in so many ways. The past two years we've used an air mattress with a temper topper. I've been quite comfortable with it. We might be doing foam next year to see if we like that better.

Oh, and if you know of anyone in the Detroit area who wants to buy a homemade queen size slat bed, let me know. We may be having to move within the next year and I need to start ditching things.