This is a pretty nice cot/air mattress I have used a number of times now on car camping excursions. I've given it 4 stars as I think it works as advertised, but I've decided it's not me. On the plus side, its sturdy and a nice air mattress to sleep on just as you'd think from looking at the pictures and reading reviews. There are a few reasons I've decided to replace it.1) It is very difficult to pack back into the supplied bag. The air mattress is separate from the cots frame and zipper fabric outer holder. I've practiced at home, I've used this a lot out car camping, I still rarely manage to get it back into the bag on the first try and at this point pretty much say close enough where I can't zip the bag fully and just chuck it in the car and leave it that way.2) The battery powered pump is weak and eats up the batteries quick. I can't say that this the fault of this particular pump, I'd suspect any battery powered pump like this isn't great. I gave up on it and bought a manual pump and use it instead, it's faster, and you'll want something in addition to the battery pump to finish getting it firm on setup (or top off if using it for an extended period) anyway.3) It is not good in cold. You're sleeping on a thin air mattress with a very thin fabric covering, with cold air within and below you.4) The zippered fabric you insert the air mattress into is attached to the cot. There's no detaching it and throwing it in the washing machine for spills or the general dirt stains and the like you're going to get on it.5) Setup and tear down time. At this point I generally take out my not-completely packed from last use cot out, set aside the battery pump I never use but still pack with it, and then spend awhile manually pumping it up. On departure, I do my best to get as much air out of the mattress as possible by laying/rolling on it while it's still on the cot frame, pull it out, then start rolling/packing it to try and get every little last bit of air out in hopes this is the 1 out of 5 times I manage to get it fully packed into the bag on first attempt. Initially, I would then spend considerable time failing and repacking until eventually I could pull the zipper with force around the whole package with great satisfaction, I finally managed it, only to notice an hour had gone by. Even giving up packing it well, it still takes time to mess with, so no fault of coleman's here, just not for me.
Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]