I am not a great camper. To be honest, I really have no desire to sleep out in the great outdoors. My family convinced me to try it by telling me that we were going to sleep on raised air beds instead of in sleeping bags. I had slept on an air mattress before and it was just fine so I thought at least if I knew I would sleep that I could get through a few days of camping. I actually ended up sleeping like a baby and really enjoyed all of the fresh air. The bed was very comfortable too.