Snow Gum has bed slats that work - Garcia Exploration 45

The design of the fore and aft cabin berths in the Garcia Exploration 45 includes Bedflex slats between the bed base and the mattresses. This is good for comfort and it is very good for controlling condensation. Condensation can form when the mattress is warmed by your hot partner’s body or even by yourself. If warm air under the mattress comes into contact with a cold surface and there is enough of a temperature difference, droplets will condense out of the air. Keeping an air gap between the mattress and the bed base helps in a few ways. Firstly, it broadens the distance over which the temperature change occurs, which reduces the incidence of condensation. Secondly, it allows the bottom of the mattress to stay warmer and so not become a localised site of condensation. Thirdly, if condensation does occur due to the conditions being especially humid and also cold, it will form on the wooden bed base and not soak into the mattress. Fourthly, the air gap helps any minor condensation dissipate. Quite simply, it works! We didn’t see any condensation after a few very cold nights. However, a few weeks ago when the weather was much more humid there was a day when we lifted the mattresses and we did see some droplets of moisture. Not much, just around the centre of the bed bases and none on the mattresses - they were dry. The system works, even when it’s called upon. Regards, Rick and Carolyn.