hahaha... about... 12 years ago, i think, more or less, we had a few air mattresses. this was pre-aero-bed pre-automatic-pump days. I blew up at least one of those goddamned things, maybe more, with my lungs. I had the respiratory capacity of the average ox in those days, so it wasn't awful, but i did almost make myself pass out at least once!

the major advantage of the eddie bauer mattress, i think, is that it's cheeeeeeeper. the major disadvantage is that it takes batteries! they had a serta bed that plugs into the wall, but it was like $20+ more expensive, so we went for the Eddie, which I think will be just fine. It's astounding how cheap the mattresses without pumps are now. They used to be around $80 for a flocked full or queen (i forget which), now that same mattress is like $25.