An Air Mattress with Built-in Speakers
We love new camping gadgets as much as the next person but sometimes manufacturers take things a little too far. Case in point: the Coleman Quickbed with built-in MP3 speakers. I personally have no problem with the integrated battery powered pump (who wants to blow up such a huge air mattress?) but MP3 speakers cross the line. And these aren’t just over-sized headphones we’re talking about either - these babies include a built in amplifier which we assume is powered by the same batteries used in the QuickPump. With that extra power you can certainly annoy your camping neighbors all night long!
According to Coleman this air mattress supports up to 600 pounds which is almost as ridiculous as the MP3 speakers themselves. I suppose two 300-pound campers might want to use this mattress but I’m thinking they may have a hard time fitting on the same mattress and in the same tent in the first place 
The queen sized version will set you back less than $60 on Amazon.com which is about the same price you’d pay for a decent self-inflating Therm-A-Rest air matress. Of course the Therm-A-Rest is only wide enough for one and is less than 2 inches thick inflated but it also doesn’t weigh 14.4 pounds like the Coleman Quickbed.
What’s next? A camping stove with a built-in internet browser? A tent with a digital thermostat? We’ll keep you posted…
Via GadgetGrid.
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Tags: air mattress, coleman, gadget
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Yup. I’d think this would have its place in the basement for the kiddies…
I do, however, have a ‘regular’ Coleman Quickbed. A Double. Been using it for 3 months without any problems. 31 restful nights to be exact.
I use the Coleman 4-D battery operated pump to inflate and deflate this item. Surprisingly, the pump has undergone 11 such inflations and deflations on the same 4 D-cells.
I surely wouldn’t trade my regular Quickbed for the ‘electronic’ model, so Coleman does not have a hit with me. The kiddies might disagree…
November 21st, 2009 at 2:52 am
One cool gadget but I don’t think this is a good idea. I’dd rather use a separate headphone and a inflatable mattress, if I want to listen to some good music while camping. I don’t wanna annoy my fellow-campers with these one.