Air mattresses can be great items to have in your possession.
When guests come over, air beds can be very convenient; they inflate in minutes and can be deflated and stowed away once the guests leave.
They eliminate the need to have a guest room, at least as long as you have enough floor space.
Some people's bodies aren't used to sleeping in strange beds, and can ache after a night on an alien mattress.
Having a guest sleep on an air-bed decreases the likelihood of this happening, and will probably give them a night of good sleep.
You can inflate an air-bed either manually with a foot pump or with an electric pump.
Some higher-end models come with an electric pump supplied, but if they don't it doesn't cost too much to purchase one.
It's a smart investment, especially for people who don't like to spend a lot of energy pumping a mattress.
Air-beds come in a variety of thicknesses; it all comes down to personal taste.
You should test them out before you buy them.
A smart thing to do would be to go to a retailer, decide which one feels comfortable to you, and then go online to buy it for cheaper.
Air beds are much less likely to get infested by pests.
Bedbugs, mites, and other creepy crawlies can't settle in on polyurethane material, so that's one thing you don't have to worry about.
You can determine how hard an air-bed is and how deep you sink into one by how much air you pumped into it.
Every air bed can be inflated to the exact preference of the person doing the pumping.
If you have a couple sharing an air bed and one prefers the bed hard while the other prefers it soft, some models actually have different chambers within the bed to differentiate hardness between the two sides.
Each side can be tailored to the liking of whoever is sleeping on it; this leads to less arguing and more sleeping.
Some air beds are even more comfortable than conventional beds.
Air bed manufacturers like Coleman, Aerobed, Eddie Bauer, and Wenzel can definitely compete with the heavyweights in the conventional mattress market.