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From: elias@eosp1.UUCP (Doug Elias)
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: Hybrid Waterbeds
Message-ID: <501@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jan-84 08:25:08 EST
Article-I.D.: eosp1.501
Posted: Fri Jan  6 08:25:08 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Jan-84 02:36:08 EST
Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ
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My wife and I have been sleeping on a "hybrid" waterbed for over
3 years, and, just like someone else on the net insisted, we
really miss it when we are away from home.  The "hybrid"-ness
is due to a rather unique design that uses a 2/3-reduced bag
inside what appears to be hollowed-out and reinforced mattress...
the advantages to the design are:
  1) greatly reduced weight...I can move the whole queen-sized
     unit all around the room (when she's rearranging things)
     with very little effort;
  2) it uses REGULAR FITTED SHEETS...you can really get soaked (sic)
     for good sheets for a regular waterbed, and having them crawl
     up around your waist in the middle of the night is kinda
     frustrating;
  3) it takes up no more space than a normal double/queen/king;
  4) it can be used with both regular waterbed platforms, and with
     headboards/footboards for regular hard-mattress beds.

A heater shouldn't be considered an accessory: I will never forget
spending 3 days at a college-friends' place on Puget Sound and 
sleeping on an unheated waterbed inside a homemade shingle frame
about 15 feet from the high-tide line...the scenery is like nothing
you'll ever see anywhere else, but I damn-near died from heat-loss
and unending shivering/shaking; come to think of it, an electric-
blanket makes the whole setup feel like it was transported straight
from Paradise...