Hi-Gear Deluxe Double Air Bed with Built-in Foot Pump and Raised Pillow, Double Air Mattress, Double Inflatable Bed, Ideal for Camping and Festivals, Camping Equipment, Black, One Size

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As with all ‘self-inflating’ designs, you will need to give it a couple of top-up blows to fully inflate it, even if you have left for a while to expand, but it’s not a big issue. The valves appear well made, the seams all feel secure, and the plush brushed-top finish is quiet and comfortable with a nice amount of grip for your sleeping bag. We’d be happy to use it as a put-me-up bed at home too.

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When inflating our air beds, we’ve used our lungs, supplied inflation bags, built-in pumps, and, when more effort was required, we relied on the Quechua hand pump.

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We’re really pleased to have scored Hi-Gear Hi Rise Foam King Size Air Bed so highly, givimg it 9.7 out of 10, making it well above the average for all Double Airbeds. The downside to buying online is that you can’t actually get hold of the product to try it out first.

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Self-inflating designs still need time to work and almost always require a few big breaths, or pumps, to completely inflate. Larger options may require a foot pump. Or you can buy an automatic pump that either plugs into your car’s power, if you are camping near the car, or has its own battery supply, like this excellent model from Flextail. How we test air mattressesAnother factor that can be a great indication of product quality is the brand. Brands like Hi-Gear are of course extremely well known, especially for Double Airbeds. Much like the Dreamboat Double from Outwell, this mattress is not compact or lightweight, but what you lose in portability, you gain in plush, 10cm-deep foam padding and a generous layer of air. Supplied in a carry bag that’s around the size of a pillow, this camping mat has two valves to make inflating and (importantly) deflating super simple. If you wait for an hour, air will naturally be drawn inside and it will just need a few big breaths to top it up to the firmness you like – or, if time is tight, it doesn’t take more than a couple of minutes to inflate manually. It can also be clipped to a second mattress to make a double, which is a well thought out bonus.

Hi-Gear Deluxe Double Airbed (black) - Ultimate Outdoors Hi-Gear Deluxe Double Airbed (black) - Ultimate Outdoors

That got us thinking though, that we’re looking at every possible item from Hi-Gear so it would be good to narrow our search down even further and only look at Hi-Gear branded products within the Double Airbeds category. The cost of Hi-Gear Double AirbedsThere’s so much information available online when we’re shopping now, that it’s easy to find lots of detail about products like Hi-Gear Hi Rise Foam King Size Air Bed. This is of course really helpful, but there’s almost too much information available, so it’s important to know exactly what you’re looking for. The material the product is made from is often a sign of the quality for Double Airbeds. Take a look at the product details over at Go Outdoors to get a feel for this. When buying Double Airbeds, the quality of the product is going to be one of the factors that you really scrutinise before you commit to buying. It has an insulation “R” rating of 2.3, making it best suited for summer expeditions. We love the fact it also comes with an expensive repair kit and a bag that can be used to inflate the air mattress saving your lungs after a long day’s hiking.