I remember having an old futon mattress back in the day. It was a very comfortable way of camping in the woods, but not very practical. It took two ratchet straps to fold it half for transporting. I tried out a couple of the inflatable full air mattresses a few times. Waste of money, every one them. I like to take a high quality self-inflating mattress when backpacking and a cot for drive-to- camping. The ground is very hard and rocky here in the Ozark Mountains.