Finding a heavy duty air mattress is like reading in the dark. If what you are reading is not clear, you will never fully appreciate the whole story. And while most air mattresses are well-advertised, we average people are not fully equipped with the right knowledge on finding the heavy duty one.

Air mattresses are arguably the most versatile mattress ever known in mattress history. Just take a look at the air mattress brands available today and notice that each of them have unique technology and functionality to boast of. They follow the same air technology trend but incorporated their own genius to make their mattresses stand out from the rest.

And this is my cue to drop the question—what really makes a heavy duty air mattress? Seriously, there are a gazillion of air mattresses with fancy technology, remotes and dials but what should you choose? Here are the 5 things that can clue you in on what you should look for:

1. Weight Capacity
Air mattresses maybe versatile and multi functional but it has some pretty disappointing limits—one of them is the weight capacity. Sometimes the air mattress company may even conveniently forget to place the weight capacity of their mattresses to provide an illusion that it is of the most resilient kind.

Well heads up, a heavy duty mattress should be able to accommodate family size weight without any glitches. If it can only accommodate your weight, it is not as sturdy as you would like it to be.

2. No vinyl
Vinyl used to be the preferred material for air mattresses. Sure it is good and it seems to be sturdy but there is one problem—it can stretch and loosen the air chambers causing poor air retention. For an air mattress to be a heavy duty air mattress, it should be made from no-stretch materials for better air retention.

3. Speedy Inflating and Deflating
The advantage of air mattresses is that it comes with a portable pump device that can inflate your mattress in a matter of minutes in just the right level of firmness you prefer or deflate it in record time. Look for a pump device that has the most functional dials and features to help you achieve the desired firmness of your mattress in just a short time.

4. Well distributed air in the air chambers
The air should be well distributed in its chambers to prevent sagging and re-inflating. The air chambers also contribute to the comfort level of the mattress so it should have a lot of air chambers to be filled with air to be able to support your whole body while you sleep.

A mattress with a lot of air chambers can be found in raised air bed. What is ideal about raised air beds is that you can easily get in and out of the bed plus you do not have that uncomfortable feeling of sleeping close to the floor or the ground.

5. There should be maximum support
Some companies provide support by marrying air technology with memory foam technology. Visco elastic memory foam has a good reputation when it comes to providing optimum support to the whole body.

So here are the things you need to look for in an air mattress before it can be considered a heavy duty air mattress. Get one with these qualities and you can be assured that your mattress will provide comfort, support and durability all in a day’s work.

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