We spent our first night at the house last weekend as part of the National Wildlife Foundation’s Great American Backyard Campout. Except we wimped out and slept inside, ironically due to the amount of wildlife in our yard (SKUNKS! Can you blame us?). We don’t have any bedroom furniture at the house yet, so we had an indoor campout, a camp-in of sorts.
The open windows delivered cool night breezes (as well as the sound of traffic…) as we gathered in one room to sleep camp. Although each boy has a room of his own, those rooms are carpeted and goodness knows the last time the purple shag wall-to-wall got a good cleaning, so everyone gathered in what will be the master bedroom, which has a wood floor.
The boys hunkered down in sleeping bags while Hubs and I camped like old people, which is to say we had an air mattress. Come to think of it, so did the teen, but his air mattress needed to plug into the wall to inflate or deflate. Hubs and I were on a Kelty Sleep Eazy Queen Air Mattress, which I was sent to review and I’m giving away. Well, Kelty maker of quality camping and outdoor gear, is giving away a new one to you, I’m not passing off mine. I need it until the room is done and I get my lovely sleep system.
The queen size air mattress is about 78′ by 60″ and sleeps two when inflated, though, it’s a bit comfier with just one because it’s disruptive when the other person shifts and moves around, and it’s also a bit noisy when someone rolls over.
One thing that makes this item unique, and camper friendly, is the detachable motor, which can be charged via an traditional wall outlet and comes with a car adapter. That makes the air mattress very portable.
Another unique, and some say Earth-friendly, feature is that this durable air mattress is PVC-free.
I’m grateful to Kelty for keeping my tired bones off the hard floor during our endless long pre-reno period. And hopefully, I’ll even take it camping one of these days.
One lucky reader is going to win a Kelty Sleep Eazy Queen or Twin Air Mattress, retail value of around $99-120.
I am excited to be able to pass one along and it’s not difficult to enter.
1. (required) Comment once on this blog by 11:50 PM CST on July 13, 2011 for a basic entry. Let me know what you’d do with your Kelty Sleep Eazy Air Mattress- go camping? Use as a guest bed. Make sure I have a way to contact you!
You can also have up to five optional extra entries; I need a separate comment for each of these items, so I can count each one as an extra entry:
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Fine print: Winner will be chosen by a random draw. Winner will be notified by 11:50 PM on July 15. If winner does not respond to me by 11:50 PM CST on July 17, the prize will be forfeited and a new winner will be chosen. The winner will be responsible for paying taxes and delivery fees on this product. Sorry, this is only open to readers in the US (including Alaska and Hawaii).
Remember, you can still enter to win the Serta iComfort Sleep System through July 7.
Disclosure: Because we have not yet to even selected a contractor, I might be sleeping on this mattress for a looong time.
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We would use it as a guest bed or to bring to grandma and grandpa’s for the kids to use.
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Camping. Crashing at the Portland families place. Camping. Hitting max capacity at the in-laws on Christmas. I’m thinking we could find a use for this.
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I would use it for a guest bed.
Love the compact size. Perfect to take with us to stay at relatives and to have around our house in case someone stays with us. Thanks for the opportunity Kim!
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We don’t have a guest room, so it would be handy to have a spare mattress that stores easily. Then again, I’ve never been camping (true!), so perhaps we could use it for that…
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I would love this bed to use when we have company. I could easily sleep someone on this great blowup bed!
We are renovating our house right now, and staying with his parents… this would get me out of their house (and save my sanity)!!!
I would use this fabulous Kelty Sleep Eazy Air Mattress to sleep on in the bed of our pick-up. Thanks for the giveaway.
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We camp a lot in the summer in our pop-up camper which has thin foam mattresses. But we also tent camp. When we pulled everything out for the Great American Backyard Campout, we were dismayed to find the pump for our (other brand) air mattress wouldn’t charge. My old body can’t sleep on the ground!! Hubs had to find an alternate way to inflate it. The kids ended up “camping” in our living room for days after the tent came down and slept on the air mattress.
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I’d use it for camping and when we have guests spend the night
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We’d use it to go camping and for guests, we don’t have a guest room and my mother in law is coming to stay in September
What a great give-away! Thanks!
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I’d use it to go camping with and also for guests. We had an air mattress that we used when we visited my brother but those both broke. They really come in handy when you need another bed.
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I would use it for a guest bed!
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we camp alot and moms back hurts– happy mom is well a happy mom- we also camp in the backyard sev days a week
I’d love the Kelty Air Mattress. With 6 married children and 19 grandchildren, all living out of town and most out of state, we need all the guess bed accommodations we can get!
I need an air mattress for visitors. My new apartment only fits one bed (only 1 bedroom), so an air mattress is a necessity.
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i would use it as a guest bed
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I would use this as a guest bed, or for those super hot nights when I sleep in my living room because it’s cooler than my bedroom.
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We have just started camping and I would LOVE to have this to sleep on instead of the ground! We just bought a tent from REI and next thing to buy is the mattress! Hopefully we won’t have to with your giveaway!
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we would use it as guest bed or to camp
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I am getting ready to take my grand kids out camping and it would make a GREAT addition and make for a comfy night for them!
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Multiple purposes, use it for car camping or shorter camping trips, guest bed. Looks perty darn cool and versatile.
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I keep this type of gear available for new families in my Cub Scout pack to borrow. It would quickly get some use by someone who hasn’t yet bought camping items but want to join us on our trips.
I’d use it to go camping.Using a name brand I can trust would be nice as my last bed’s motor melted it got so hot after it turned on by itself after I had left the campsite to go into town
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Take my daughter (17 months) on her first summer camping trip!
Definitely would use for camping and as a guest bed!
I WOULD USE IT ON MY WEEKEND CAMPING TRIPS. WE ACCIDENTALLY POKED A HOLE IN OURS ON FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND! BUMMER!
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We would mostly use it for camping, but it would double as a guest bed too since the guest room will soon be the nursery!
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Would be great for taking my 3 and 7 year old girls camping! My 7yr old has spina bifida and gets a little sore laying on the ground when we camp.
I would surely use this when camping in Colorado in my Kelty Mesa 6. I have back and neck issues but love camping and have never found a mattress that provides me with a good night’s sleep. From the reviews of this product it may be my ticket to restful camping sleep!
We would use it when we go to my in-laws, they have a terribly uncomfortable bed. How often would we use it you ask. Try 5 weekends in a row.
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I would definitely use this for camping! I am in the market to buy a new air mattress so I would love to try this out!
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Winning a Kelty Sleep Eazy Air Mattress sure would be swell. I liked you on facebook. I got my fingers crossed. Thanks for the chance tomorrows my birthday! Make my dreams come true Reluctant Renovator.
Would use it for camping or a house full of guests!
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Camping! Would be perfect for an upcoming camping trip with the family to Colorado soon. Would really come in handy.
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I would use this camping in my Kelty tent and as an extra bed when people visit. Thanks.
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I would use it both for guests and camping! Or even when we go to stay at a hotel and need extra bed space
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