elias@eosp1.UUCP (Doug Elias) (01/06/84)
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My wife and I have been sleeping on a "hybrid" waterbed for over
3 years, and, just like someone else on the net insisted, we
really miss it when we are away from home. The "hybrid"-ness
is due to a rather unique design that uses a 2/3-reduced bag
inside what appears to be hollowed-out and reinforced mattress...
the advantages to the design are:
1) greatly reduced weight...I can move the whole queen-sized
unit all around the room (when she's rearranging things)
with very little effort;
2) it uses REGULAR FITTED SHEETS...you can really get soaked (sic)
for good sheets for a regular waterbed, and having them crawl
up around your waist in the middle of the night is kinda
frustrating;
3) it takes up no more space than a normal double/queen/king;
4) it can be used with both regular waterbed platforms, and with
headboards/footboards for regular hard-mattress beds.
A heater shouldn't be considered an accessory: I will never forget
spending 3 days at a college-friends' place on Puget Sound and
sleeping on an unheated waterbed inside a homemade shingle frame
about 15 feet from the high-tide line...the scenery is like nothing
you'll ever see anywhere else, but I damn-near died from heat-loss
and unending shivering/shaking; come to think of it, an electric-
blanket makes the whole setup feel like it was transported straight
from Paradise...