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re: Did you ever have a waterbed?
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:48 pm to Billy Blanks
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:48 pm to Billy Blanks
I had one back in early 80s. Bought it at Sleepy Hollow. They had just opened an outlet in Ruston. I loved it. It had baffles, but not separate channels so it had a lot of waves. I bought it while going to Tech. When I got married, my wife wanted nothing to do with it. I had to give it away. It does bring back a lot of memories.
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Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:50 pm to patnuh
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how you would get leverage on a moving bed.
Leverage? We're talking waterbeds my friend. It's all about the motion of the ocean.
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:53 pm to Billy Blanks
My girlfriend and I had one in college. She was a gymnast and a ballerina. I always liked that bed.
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:57 pm to redneck hippie
I’m just remembering when I had the old school bladder one in HS, one winter the heater went out and took a few weeks to replace and had to pile blankets on top because the water was cold.
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:27 pm to Havoc
I had the same problem once. It was extremely cold. I can remember siphoning it out the window to get the new heater under the bladder. Good times!!
This post was edited on 11/10/23 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:29 pm to Billy Blanks
Underwhelmed. Older now and never again
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:36 pm to Billy Blanks
My parents had one when I was a kid. I seem to recall that it was more trouble than it was worth.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 2:24 am to Billy Blanks
My wife and I had one for years. I loved it. She started complaining about it hurting her back so we got rid of it. I still wish we had it but she is more important.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 3:03 am to Billy Blanks
A GF in college had one in her apartment. It was no fun tryna bang on it.
This was a long time ago when they were still a thing here and there. I don't know a single person in 2023 who owns one.
This was a long time ago when they were still a thing here and there. I don't know a single person in 2023 who owns one.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 3:15 am to Billy Blanks
Yep, I was about 8. Bed room was on the 2nd level of a two story older home, and the downstairs ceiling began cracking, under the weight. It was short-lived. 
Posted on 11/11/23 at 4:33 am to BobABooey
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A friend in high school had one. He was playing around with a 45 caliber pistol in his room and didn’t realize it had a round chambered. He pointed it at the bed and fired. The bullet damaged the flooring under the bed but did such little damage to the bed itself he was able to patch it before his parents came home.
How did he explain the 500 gallons of water on the floor?
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:20 am to sparkinator
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had the same problem once. It was extremely cold. I can remember siphoning it out the window to get the new heater under the bladder. Good times!!
Probably didn’t help that my folks kept the heat pretty low.
Also recall how they kept my room like it was for the longest time. When I’d come home from college for the weekends and holidays, still had it.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 8:16 am to Billy Blanks
I’ve had mine since 1982. I’m 66 now and wouldn’t sleep on anything else. I can’t believe there aren’t more of us out there, it really is the most economical and comfortable bed ever. We bought it for 300.00 new. We replaced the mattress twice. It was 150.00 for the first replacement and 200.00 the second time. Both leaks were due to kids, not faulty or weak mattresses. We still have the original heater, which works great. We have the free flow one so it’s the original kind.
It’s a California King and has been the bed of choice for 4 kids, 8 grands, and 4 dogs over the years.
Get one!
It’s a California King and has been the bed of choice for 4 kids, 8 grands, and 4 dogs over the years.
Get one!
This post was edited on 11/11/23 at 8:19 am
Posted on 11/11/23 at 3:35 pm to Bridget O
For sex give me a regular mattress any day
Posted on 11/11/23 at 3:49 pm to patnuh
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Maybe some older Gen X and boomers can elaborate how you would get leverage on a moving bed.
I think they called it a semi motion mattress. It had baffles in it that the motion down. That is what I had and never had a issue.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 4:23 pm to Billy Blanks
I had one with the tubes. You could make it as firm as needed. It was comfy. I sired two children in that bed.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:10 pm to Billy Blanks
My FiL still sleeps on one. It’s weird as hell and I don’t get it.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:49 pm to Bridget O
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I’ve had mine since 1982. I’m 66 now and wouldn’t sleep on anything else. I can’t believe there aren’t more of us out there, it really is the most economical and comfortable bed ever. We bought it for 300.00 new. We replaced the mattress twice. It was 150.00 for the first replacement and 200.00 the second time. Both leaks were due to kids, not faulty or weak mattresses. We still have the original heater, which works great. We have the free flow one so it’s the original kind.
It’s a California King and has been the bed of choice for 4 kids, 8 grands, and 4 dogs over the years.
Get one!
I bought my full motion in 1979 from Southern Comfort on Florida Blvd. We're working on our second heater. Had a tree fall on it during Gustav and ruin the base. Bought a new base and mattress and it's still going strong.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 8:27 pm to Billy Blanks
Nooooooooo!!!!!!
Had the single bladder cheapest model they had.
They are cool at first and then its got to go.
Got it as a teenager thinking it would be cool for having sex with the ladies.
Uncomfortable to sleep on.
Pain in the butt as you have to change the water periodically.
if you have someone else on the bed with you it moves when they move.
Had the single bladder cheapest model they had.
They are cool at first and then its got to go.
Got it as a teenager thinking it would be cool for having sex with the ladies.
Uncomfortable to sleep on.
Pain in the butt as you have to change the water periodically.
if you have someone else on the bed with you it moves when they move.
This post was edited on 11/11/23 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 11/11/23 at 11:02 pm to johnnyrocket
Cold AF if you slipped off the mattress cover
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