A king is not a king when it’s a Sleep Number® bed in a motorhome. No wonder the king size mattress pad and sheets we initially bought for the Phaeton didn’t fit the way they were supposed to — even after we washed them in hot water!
Stupid us! We didn’t measure the mattress before shopping for bedding. After all, a king is a king. Right? Wrong!!! Even the sales people at the Sleep Number® store we went to at Fair Oaks Mall weren’t aware of the ‘custom king’ mattress. At 72” x 80” (1.8 x 2 m), the mattress in the motorhome is 4 inches (10 cm) narrower than the standard king — that’s Eastern, not California. That’s enough to make all the difference in the fit of the bedding.
Thanks to MBZ, friend and fellow Phaeton owner, who gets to have her rolling home parked next to her stix & brix home, we didn't have to make a special trip out to the coach to measure our mattress. Not only did she do the measuring for us, but she provided a link to Camping World to confirm the custom size. Who knew that CW sold Sleep Number® beds! As well, MBZ pointed us in the direction of right-sized bedding, which we ordered from Amazon.
These Sleep Number® products didn’t work for the Phaeton bed, but we’re keeping
them for when we buy our Eastern King after we’re done with our nomad lifestyle.
Ah, yes; these work beautifully. Just the right size.
The linens are washed and the bed is made up, complete with the tea-dyed matelassé
cover we prefer to the bedspread that came with the Phaeton.
Finally, sheets stretched taut and not a wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, or bump in sight! No Princess and the Pea experience for these two campers, thank you very much.
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