Protekt Aire 3000, 80030

Only complaint is that this mattress/pump system basically only lasts about one year and then starts to lose pressure and bottom out in the middle. but when it works it is a very good alternating pressure mattress and has helped to keep my husband's wound from getting any worse.

After a few weeks of use, it suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night and an incapacitated woman of 90+ years could not get out (felt she was suffocating). EMTs had to be called to get her out and change it for a temporary mattress. She was not severely injured but was traumatized. The mattress was set up by a professional and, as mentioned, worked fine for several weeks. It was not unplugged and the reason for its failure could only have been due to a product defect.

Great value, easy to adjust comfort and very quiet.

Works well for about 6 months. Then the bladders start to not hold air. Not sure if its the mattress or the quality of the air pump. I've gotten 2 of these for my son's bed. One from a home health and when it went out, one from Amazon. Both were this brand, both with the same issue.

My mother really immediately loved the comfort of this bed and her bed sores healed as just keeping her dry and clean and turning her on a regular mattress with eggcrate just wasn't working. The only problem is when the electricity goes out and the mattress looses air within two hours and it is very uncomfortable on the wire bed frame. I bought a topper to go under the mattress so my mother wont be on the wire when it deflates also looking into a generator. A great product and so easy to put together. I also bought an airpro that does look sturdier in case the mattress springs a leak or the pump stops working. The cover is a good protector of the product and the pump works well so far and makes little noise. The static position doesn't seem to do much. I really recommend this product.

Wish I took a video but I'm not using it anymore. Didn't even hold up for a month before losing pressure. It uses the same pump as a much thinner model not sure why, but the bed is ok to lay on. It's when you sit up on adjustable frame or when transferring it doesn't hold up to the weight being shifted to a centralized point. I'm only 175lbs and can only imagine if you are heavier the trouble you'll encounter.

I also posted the below review as an answer to a question This mattress is very good and lives up to everything it says it will do, but only lasted about 1 year - FOR ME, please keep this in mind. Yes you can use it as a mattress by itself - HOWEVER THIS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR! It's a topper mattress exactly like the ones you lay on in the hospital. It's meant to prevent and relieve pain and bed sores as well as help with your lower leg circulation by alternating between every other batten filling and deflating. You can turn this feature off by flipping a switch and putting it in Static Mode. I'm bedridden with a terminal disease and it did solve my pain, bedsores, and helped with my circulation. My only complaint is that after just under a year it was shot. Granted it did what it said it would for a solid 10 months - after that it would only run in static mode. I've no idea if anyone else has experienced this problem. I could have just received a defective bed/pump. And at $250 *(I rounded up just for sake of this comment - actual price varies depending on sales and such)*, you really can't beat the benefits plus if you do run into any of the same problems we did, it doesn't cost that much to replace. Hopefully this was helpful and would be intrested to know if anyone else had same problem we did or if, as I previously mentioned, we just got a defective unit. Thanks so much and again hope this was helpful OH! and FYI lol I'm here because I fixing to buy a replacement. If I have the same issue I'll let folks know and guess I'll have to look at a different model but let's just see how round 2 goes first! Lolol Lady Anne ^^ö^^ (Jessica M. Kandal, PhD)

Although the pressure is not quite as variable as the hospital Ayre beds, for the price we were very happy. My mom used it for three weeks in a TCU, and will probably use again after next surgery.