StowAndSleep

How we test and check sizes

This is a size-first site, so the checking procedure is about dimensions before it is about comfort. Every product goes through the same questions before it can appear on a page.

1. Where the dimension came from

Dimensions are read on the manufacturer's own site, not on the marketplace listing. Listings are edited by sellers, translated and inherited from variant products, which is how one item ends up stating two different sizes on a single page. Each product carries one of three labels, and the label is shown next to the product rather than buried here:

Listing-only is not a euphemism for unchecked. It means the check was performed and came back empty, which is common in this category: much of what fits an RV bunk or a van platform is made by sellers with no public catalog. Those products are still worth knowing about, so they appear here — but they never lead a page, and the label travels with them everywhere they are mentioned.

2. What gets excluded outright

When a product states two different sizes in two places, it leaves the catalog. Nothing is averaged and the friendlier number is not chosen. Currently excluded:

3. Fit class

Every product and every size gets a class, shown first rather than as a footnote:

4. Photographs

No product images from the marketplace appear on this site. Amazon's images may only be used through the formats its program approves, and a photo of a mattress on a white background tells you nothing about whether it fits your coach anyway. Where an illustration helps, it is a drawing of the cavity and the numbers. Brand-supplied photography is added as makers provide it.

5. What is deliberately absent

No prices, no star ratings, no quoted reviews, and no claim that a mattress treats a medical condition. Recurring owner complaints — sagging, heat, off-gassing odor after unboxing — are described as what owners report, not as test results this site did not run.

Related: review methodology and the editorial policy.