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Following on from a question I asked ages ago -
Our Moho is 2 berth with pull out bed from the dinning area bench seats joined together, one seat is longer than the other so the bed is about 10cm narrower at our feet side, its not tapered like a fixed bed but has a 10cm step out of it at one side (if you get my drift).
So we did buy a decent double sleeping bag to put ontop as somebody here suggested and it works well, however its a little uncomfortable still and wondered if anyone has suggestions for a matress cover that would fit the slightly odd shape of the bed arrangement bearing in mind the thickness of the cushions a topper would have to attach too?
Any experience of what to do or what to buy would be great.
This is our bed in picture laid out although we have the cushions upside-down as we find it more comfortable that way.
Photo's from purchase advert, don't have any better ones on phone of bed layout unfortunately.

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AlyJay said:
Following on from a question I asked ages ago -
Our Moho is 2 berth with pull out bed from the dinning area bench seats joined together, one seat is longer than the other so the bed is about 10cm narrower at our feet side, its not tapered like a fixed bed but has a 10cm step out of it at one side (if you get my drift).
So we did buy a decent double sleeping bag to put ontop as somebody here suggested and it works well, however its a little uncomfortable still and wondered if anyone has suggestions for a matress cover that would fit the slightly odd shape of the bed arrangement bearing in mind the thickness of the cushions a topper would have to attach too?
Any experience of what to do or what to buy would be great.
This is our bed in picture laid out although we have the cushions upside-down as we find it more comfortable that way.
Photo's from purchase advert, don't have any better ones on phone of bed layout unfortunately.

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Have something similar . I use a standard mattress topper , sheet and duvet . Wee bit fiddly hooking on at corners but works fine
 
For my overcab bed space, which has a distinct curve one side, I just bought a topper that was large enough and then cut to the required shape.

Topper - Original by David, on Flickr


Topper - Trimmed by David, on Flickr

Use a standard fitted sheet but tuck it in more in the corners. Maybe get a topper that you can adapt in a similar way?

FWIW, in the lower berth (sofa converting to bed), I have another topper and with that one, I use a regular duvet cover that the topper goes into and then when I roll that topper out, I get a topper plus sheet all in a oner

AlyJay said:
Following on from a question I asked ages ago -
Our Moho is 2 berth with pull out bed from the dinning area bench seats joined together, one seat is longer than the other so the bed is about 10cm narrower at our feet side, its not tapered like a fixed bed but has a 10cm step out of it at one side (if you get my drift).
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I can't remember if you said, but looking at the photos, your motorhome looks like an Autotrail and the sofa-cum-bed layout looks very much like mine, with a wide sofa and a narrower sofa combining to make the odd shaped bed.
I did some measurements with mine and I found just pulling the longer sofa side out and dropping the back cushions to sleep lengthways rather than sideways gave me a bed the same width as the narrower sofa and with the wide sofa being 6 foot in length, just using that one side gave me a bed space that was just as usable as doing the full double-sofa version, as well as it being a conventional rectangular shape. And then have the added bonus of still having the narrower sofa usable for seating still AND space for the ladder to go into position to the overcab berth.
Possibly something to consider/check out if that could work for you?
 
wildebus said:
For my overcab bed space, which has a distinct curve one side, I just bought a topper that was large enough and then cut to the required shape.

Topper - Original by David, on Flickr


Topper - Trimmed by David, on Flickr

Use a standard fitted sheet but tuck it in more in the corners. Maybe get a topper that you can adapt in a similar way?

FWIW, in the lower berth (sofa converting to bed), I have another topper and with that one, I use a regular duvet cover that the topper goes into and then when I roll that topper out, I get a topper plus sheet all in a oner


I can't remember if you said, but looking at the photos, your motorhome looks like an Autotrail and the sofa-cum-bed layout looks very much like mine, with a wide sofa and a narrower sofa combining to make the odd shaped bed.
I did some measurements with mine and I found just pulling the longer sofa side out and dropping the back cushions to sleep lengthways rather than sideways gave me a bed the same width as the narrower sofa and with the wide sofa being 6 foot in length, just using that one side gave me a bed space that was just as usable as doing the full double-sofa version, as well as it being a conventional rectangular shape. And then have the added bonus of still having the narrower sofa usable for seating still AND space for the ladder to go into position to the overcab berth.
Possibly something to consider/check out if that could work for you?
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It's a rebadged Swift motorhome (Ace airstream).
This is the only bed in the moho unfortunately and 2 of us sleep in it so has to be set up as double - To use the one side of sofas separately even pulled out wouldn't be wide enough for both of us, sleeping separately wouldn't work either as She likes to steal heat off me. 😅
 
If I use the front bed in mine it makes a similar shape. Whenever I have used it mine is comfortable enough though, one thing I do differently to your pic is the narrow cushions at the sides with wider cushions in the middle. It wasn't as comfortable when I had it like your pic.

A topper should solve your problem
 
When we had an Autosleeper we had to make the bed up and used a mattress topper on top of the side seats.
This was ok during the night, but having to make the bed up after dinner became a bore, so eventually change
the motorhome for a fixed bed.
 
ted47 said:
When we had an Autosleeper we had to make the bed up and used a mattress topper on top of the side seats.
This was ok during the night, but having to make the bed up after dinner became a bore, so eventually change
the motorhome for a fixed bed.
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We will probably do the same when we change but wont be any time soon.
 
nabsim said:
If I use the front bed in mine it makes a similar shape. Whenever I have used it mine is comfortable enough though, one thing I do differently to your pic is the narrow cushions at the sides with wider cushions in the middle. It wasn't as comfortable when I had it like your pic.

A topper should solve your problem
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We've tried all combos of back to front, smaller inside etc, how we normally have them is back to front and smaller on outside (like you say) which is best option but still feel the need for better.
 
DrewFix said:
Have you looked here:


We have the toppers, and find they really are comfortable over our camper seating.
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Our van has a rear lounge and the bed has similar 'lumps and troughs' when made up. We have a couple of 66cm wide Duvalay sleeping bags with 4cm memory foam bases. The memory foam acts as a mattress topper to iron out the bumps. We bought them almost ten years ago when we still had a trailer caravan and they're still almost as good as new.
 
Do you know if you can cut a small piece off the corner of the Duvalay foam to make it fit around a small obstruction? I suppose I mean, is the foam covered apart from the removable bedding?
 
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