Purchasing an Air Mattress

There are few items you can purchase for your home that have as much versatility and purpose as an air mattress. For many millions of people all across the country, an air bed has made sleepovers more fun, given road-weary relatives a comfortable place to sleep, expanded a child's imagination on a backyard camping trip and provided a restful place to sleep on a real camping trip. As you can see, there is no shortage of uses for an air bed and it is better to go ahead and purchase one to have on hand than to need one and not have it.

Due to their popularity, especially the models made by Coleman and AeroBed, you can find an air bed at just about any local retail houseware store and many of the local sporting goods stores as well. Places such as Target, K-Mart, Costco, Wal-Mart and Sports Authority often carry a wide variety of the air beds from twin size to king size, inflatable beds, those with foam covers and portable air beds as well. It is because of this great versatility that the air bed has made its way into the home as a household staple. Aside from their obvious benefit of being able to provide an additional sleeping space, air beds are also highly popular because they are easily stored in a hall closet or in any relatively small location in your home. Too, because they are not incredibly expensive, it makes owning an air mattress easy to do.

Given the fact that just about anyone can use an air mattress, they also make great gifts. And, since the holidays are upon us, you will very likely be able to find them at a sale price which makes them even more economical. So, if you need the perfect gift to give someone on your list this season, or if you just need to make sure you have that extra space in your home so your visiting guests will have a place to sleep, look no further than your local stores to purchase a comfortable air mattress.