Thank you so "munchy" for all your vlogs.... Really enjoying them. Especially this one as we will be doing a complete rebuild of our bedroom if we get a good survey next week on our very first boat! We intend to completely steal your bed idea.... Stuva and Simba the lot!. Thank you again.... We luffs you and the cats xx
great and fun review. I've used foam mattresses before and struggled in a house so you unpacked that very well! Looks really good quality as well. Nothing better than a good nights sleep
You know you're in a developed country when mattresses comes with instructions, in an envelop, secured by Velcro. In my country, the only instruction is from the seller. "Pay up please". Love the unboxing by the way, and that cute moment Munchy decided to pay the neighbor a visit, cat-style. I am sure Anna's back is okay now but do take care, I have a bad back too and it's a unpleasant lifelong journey if you a poor back.
Sorry to hear and observe Anna's Pained back, and then our Kath does all and more. Keeping any of the packagings is a waste of time as Anna! Would never get it back in the box, within a year let alone 100 days! Love your video kept me laughing.Plus: you are one fantastic team.Cheers
When munchy was walking on the narrow side of the boat i thought he is going to fall in but clever puddy he made it safely to the other boat. Kath you did a good job with the mattress and Anna well what can i say you were so helpful at that point 13. 45 helping with the corners LOL .....Girls the next time you have some like this to do can we see how Anna would cope on her own now that would be fun to watch x
Looks fab. Thanks for the tip about moving the mattress away from the wall. Going to give that a go. Even 6 inches of bed width might make a heap of difference. Love your funny vids. Cheers
My first thought when I saw that box was, huh I thought they where getting rid of a lot of cat toys. Assuming that your cats are like all the rest on the Internet. Congratulations on the new bed and cat toy!
nice 1 muscling the mattress in kath! anna marie was driving the camera, an it looked like april was supervising both jobs quite well. happy international women's day! its that in aus today. keep up the good work, eh!
Anna, sorry to hear of your back probs! :( I was totally fascinated to see a mattress come in a small box. I've never known of a mattress such as that. Unless it's some kind of a 'camping' mattress? Again ... SO fascinating to watch! I love that Alice decided to let us watch her do her 'Jane Fonda' on camera! lol :P Loved the vid as always! Cheers!! :D
Indeed. I thought it quite brilliant the way it was shipped and how it was set up. I've never seen it done that way....... From across the pond ... cheers!! :)
well, ladies, I'm soooo impressed by Alice's ability to review the mattress in such short order! I'm thinking, with the right lens, she could become a RUclips sensation! She's already exhibited signs of Diva - syndrome! !
Looks a good quality mattress for its size. Hope you let us know how comfortable it is. So how do you get rid of the old mattress ? In fact how do you get rid of bulky items when living on a narrowboat?
Sympathies Anna! I have the same problem. Our mattress is worn out and as of this week I'm living with a temporary fix of a folded up yoga mat under the topper to support my shoulders! I was hoping to wait until we got on the boat until we replaced the mattress due to having different bed sizes, but I'm not sure my back will last that long!
The Narrowboat Experience Heh, we're actually using a borrowed one already to replace our previous one which was even worse! I think I wrecked it by spending a lot of time sat up in bed after my op! I think I'm going to end up buying the one for the boat now and a temporary bed base for it! Looking forward to your Simba review, at the moment it's the main contender! :) x
Looks fantastic around £600 pounds it should do too, Be warned when i had mine delivered my cat walked over it, i went down stairs to make a well deserved decaf coffee, only to find when i returned to the bed room that my cat "ginger" had peed all over my lovely new mattress. i scrubbed it straight away but you know deep down in your heart that the mattress will never be new again, so i am not saying your cats will pee on yours, but i would keep an eye on them if you leave them alone on your mattress. PS get well soon. Adrian x
Anna ....I do get the impression you do like to be pampered a bit, last year I had a quite a big operation, came home the same day, & had to look after a ill husband & 2 dogs, & I am a lot older than you, with saying that, I hope your back is better.xxx
With the cats aboard and the fear of them going for an unwanted swim, have you might want to keep a fishing landing net on board to fish them out of the canal
Very much enjoy your videos, with reference to the Simba Mattress 100 day guarantee, in the unlikely event you wish to return it they do arrange free collection.
Loving the videos girls 🙂 we recently obtained a couple of shares in a narrow boat , wish could have it to ourselves lol , have to wait for that lottery win but somehow I don't think a tenner would buy one lol .that mattress looks comfy , I've hurt my back at moment to that's why I'm still up at 4am stupid o'clock cannot get comfy keeps waking me up ouch ! Keep the videos coming they bring a giggle to .
also in a few simple steps you can install kodi and then you can watch anything ;) www.expertreviews.co.uk/media-streamers/1404248/how-to-install-kodi-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-stick
I'm quite surprised you didn't hedge your bets, and put the new mattress on top of the old one ... I thnk I might have been inclined to ... Oh, and that catflap desperately needs two big eyes above it ...
Noted, maybe write? You are placed along gantry the length of your cruiser. Yes? Why did you prolong the agonies in travelling inside where outside to the front ( the pointy bit) along the gantry out the front doors with the old unit and then in with new?Just wondered. I have to say more is it because I'm a man, able to achieve some things if only limited. Problem the video would not have been so good. Kath being so able. Cheers Oh Plop!
After watching this I was hoping that you'd be sending it back within the 100 day period because I wanted to see you get it back in the box, but I've just read the spoiler alert - Dang it! On a serious note though, do you know how you would go about retuning it if it wasn't suitable? Do they arrange for a courier to take it back unwrapped?
+The Narrowboat Experience The Simba website FAQ's explains how the 100 night home trial return process works (details below): We want you to get the perfect nights sleep - if for whatever reason you’re not happy with your Simba mattress within 100 days of sleeping on it, you can return it. You don't need to keep the plastic cover on it, or anything like that - unwrap it and use it like you normally would. We do suggest that you give your mattress 30 nights to bed in - any new mattress can feel a bit different - our science says it should be good for you. Just contact us on (returns@simbasleep.com) to arrange a pickup. We’ll send a courier over to remove the mattress from your home and donate it to a local charity or recycling center whenever possible. You’ll be refunded the full value of your order.
(re watch) It’s been on me wish-list for good couple yrs now.. It’s kinda one of those things, I keep putting off an putting off.. It aint gonna surprise me none if I put it off for nother couple yrs.. After a life time of neglect an abuse.. When I was a teenager growing up on the farm, we bailed 20,000(av) 80lbs(av) square bails annually.. Square bails is/was very manual werk.. Then as an adult either Road construction, Logging or Oil patch werk.. Also I took a few nasty falls, me lower back has seen better days.. Simba is sold in Canada, but Simba is more Euro then a Canadian mattress.. There asking a hefty premium for a Simba in Canada.. Honestly I haven’t ever heard of Simba, before watch yor Tubes.. Where they are sold, they don’t advertise much.. Sealy, Simmons an Serta rule over here.. But all three of them are made(hole or in part) in Canada.. Me self I kinda leaning toward a semi-Firm to Firm mattress, that will help with lower back support.. I have watch several reviews, that have said the Simba’s are a semi-Firm.. I’ll keep it mind.. Right now, I’m just in the window-shopping stage.. Kinda figure a new mattress is like a pair of sneakers.. Ya gotta try them on, if for any reason just to see if they half-ass fit.. Figure a mattress is the same.. When I’m done window-shopping.. Did/done me research, then it’ll be time to pop in ta few stores an see where the shit lies in the Buckwheat.. Hopefully find a mattress that fitz reasonably well..? A ponder thot: wouldn't it been easier to bring the mattress in threw the Bow-doors, then dragging it threw that narrow hall way..?
That was certainly a one person job, should that person be an IT person. OK, so maybe Alice did help a little with making the mattress lie flat. I'd bet she was also thinking of where to take her next nap.
Poor Anna... so underworked and obviously struggling to cope with the demands of doing very little. Kath on the other hand revelling in all the extra hard work bordering on slavery. Coupled with some vaguely concealed innuendo and some kitty action I feel this episode had a bit of everything.
Quite impressed that poor Anna managed to hold the camera up during that as I hear she's done her back in.
i agree. a new mattress helps greatly.
You'd have thought Anna would have mentioned she'd hurt her back wouldn't you!? What a trooper...suffering in silence like that! ;)
Ha! She always says I do everything....then seems to do very little.
I've done my back many times but still have to work with pain killers inside of me. That's life.
Anna, I love the timelapse of you painting at your vidio intros
Looking forward to part to a amazing concept 👩🦳👩🦰🐱😺
I love your channel so much and am just catching up, I must say, I adore your curtain fabric, it always catches my eye
Thank you so "munchy" for all your vlogs.... Really enjoying them. Especially this one as we will be doing a complete rebuild of our bedroom if we get a good survey next week on our very first boat! We intend to completely steal your bed idea.... Stuva and Simba the lot!. Thank you again.... We luffs you and the cats xx
Anna, the innuendos were flying today!! 🤣🤣🤣 OMG.... it looks amazing 😉
I'm glad it worked and that your back is better and that you both get good comfy sleep
great and fun review. I've used foam mattresses before and struggled in a house so you unpacked that very well! Looks really good quality as well. Nothing better than a good nights sleep
You know you're in a developed country when mattresses comes with instructions, in an envelop, secured by Velcro. In my country, the only instruction is from the seller. "Pay up please". Love the unboxing by the way, and that cute moment Munchy decided to pay the neighbor a visit, cat-style. I am sure Anna's back is okay now but do take care, I have a bad back too and it's a unpleasant lifelong journey if you a poor back.
14:22 Alice purrs "FIRST!!" and approves.
Sorry to hear and observe Anna's Pained back, and then our Kath does all and more. Keeping any of the packagings is a waste of time as Anna! Would never get it back in the box, within a year let alone 100 days! Love your video kept me laughing.Plus: you are one fantastic team.Cheers
When munchy was walking on the narrow side of the boat i thought he is going to fall in but clever puddy he made it safely to the other boat. Kath you did a good job with the mattress and Anna well what can i say you were so helpful at that point 13. 45 helping with the corners LOL .....Girls the next time you have some like this to do can we see how Anna would cope on her own now that would be fun to watch x
ok i think we should see Anna cleaning the windows inside and out !!
Greetings from Australia, what a great adventure you are on. Love the kittens too, we have 4 here. Take care and many thanks for the channel.
All rescued, and are angels, we love them.
That little tool was very handy!
Looks fab. Thanks for the tip about moving the mattress away from the wall. Going to give that a go. Even 6 inches of bed width might make a heap of difference. Love your funny vids. Cheers
My first thought when I saw that box was, huh I thought they where getting rid of a lot of cat toys. Assuming that your cats are like all the rest on the Internet.
Congratulations on the new bed and cat toy!
nice 1 muscling the mattress in kath! anna marie was driving the camera, an it looked like april was supervising both jobs quite well. happy international women's day! its that in aus today. keep up the good work, eh!
Anna, sorry to hear of your back probs! :(
I was totally fascinated to see a mattress come in a small box. I've never known of a mattress such as that. Unless it's some kind of a 'camping' mattress? Again ... SO fascinating to watch!
I love that Alice decided to let us watch her do her 'Jane Fonda' on camera! lol
:P
Loved the vid as always! Cheers!! :D
Indeed. I thought it quite brilliant the way it was shipped and how it was set up. I've never seen it done that way.......
From across the pond ... cheers!! :)
We get a "Do not disturb sign" "We'll we need that, were already quite disturbed " Brill Anna.....worth the admission fee on its own !
Now thats how to do an informative VLog - I was worried that there would not be enough Alice - Luckily she appears - BTW innuendo is your friend
If you decide not to keep the mattress the tricky part will be trying to wrap the mattress up to shove it in the box. Do be sure to film that.
It might just end up in the canal. lol!
The best line of the video has to be when Alice lays down and begins washing and Anna says "We will do that later..."
well, ladies, I'm soooo impressed by Alice's ability to review the mattress in such short order! I'm thinking, with the right lens, she could become a RUclips sensation! She's already exhibited signs of Diva - syndrome! !
Looks a good quality mattress for its size. Hope you let us know how comfortable it is. So how do you get rid of the old mattress ? In fact how do you get rid of bulky items when living on a narrowboat?
Sympathies Anna! I have the same problem. Our mattress is worn out and as of this week I'm living with a temporary fix of a folded up yoga mat under the topper to support my shoulders! I was hoping to wait until we got on the boat until we replaced the mattress due to having different bed sizes, but I'm not sure my back will last that long!
The Narrowboat Experience Heh, we're actually using a borrowed one already to replace our previous one which was even worse! I think I wrecked it by spending a lot of time sat up in bed after my op! I think I'm going to end up buying the one for the boat now and a temporary bed base for it! Looking forward to your Simba review, at the moment it's the main contender! :) x
The Narrowboat Experience Absolutely! :)
Looks fantastic around £600 pounds it should do too, Be warned when i had mine delivered my cat walked over it, i went down stairs to make a well deserved decaf coffee, only to find when i returned to the bed room that my cat "ginger" had peed all over my lovely new mattress. i scrubbed it straight away but you know deep down in your heart that the mattress will never be new again, so i am not saying your cats will pee on yours, but i would keep an eye on them if you leave them alone on your mattress. PS get well soon.
Adrian x
I got a queen size memory foam mattress that was 10 inches thick, a couple of years ago..I love it.. But this got to weigh in excess of a 100 pounds..
Whats the British recycling code on all that bag-packing material?
Enjoyed the vlog, can't wait to hear how comfy, or not, it is. Do Simba make the mattress in all sizes? Cheers S & B
Sorry about your back, my favorite back medicine is Wild Turkey 101 !!
Anna ....I do get the impression you do like to be pampered a bit, last year I had a quite a big operation, came home the same day, & had to look after a ill husband & 2 dogs, & I am a lot older than you, with saying that, I hope your back is better.xxx
How many times has the both of you fallen into the canal.
That mattress looks cozy! Ur kitties make me nervous when they jump off the boat-r u afraid they might not come back?
With the cats aboard and the fear of them going for an unwanted swim, have you might want to keep a fishing landing net on board to fish them out of the canal
We have a net. But they climb out via a fender.
Keep the cutting tool, it’s perfect for opening Amazon boxes and letters.
Very much enjoy your videos, with reference to the Simba Mattress 100 day guarantee, in the unlikely event you wish to return it they do arrange free collection.
Under Return's it says if unhappy under trial period email or call and they will arrange a FREE pickup and refund cost of purchase.
Loving the videos girls 🙂 we recently obtained a couple of shares in a narrow boat , wish could have it to ourselves lol , have to wait for that lottery win but somehow I don't think a tenner would buy one lol .that mattress looks comfy , I've hurt my back at moment to that's why I'm still up at 4am stupid o'clock cannot get comfy keeps waking me up ouch ! Keep the videos coming they bring a giggle to .
What do fire sticks do and are they worth it? Do you have to subscribe to anything?
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I'm quite surprised you didn't hedge your bets, and put the new mattress on top of the old one ... I thnk I might have been inclined to ... Oh, and that catflap desperately needs two big eyes above it ...
Is "Hoink" a Welsh term? (as in "I hoinked it in here")
Noted, maybe write? You are placed along gantry the length of your cruiser. Yes? Why did you prolong the agonies in travelling inside where outside to the front ( the pointy bit) along the gantry out the front doors with the old unit and then in with new?Just wondered. I have to say more is it because I'm a man, able to achieve some things if only limited. Problem the video would not have been so good. Kath being so able. Cheers Oh Plop!
That special tool is good for opening mail! Don't toss it
Instruction manuals for matresses!! when did life get so complicated :/
After watching this I was hoping that you'd be sending it back within the 100 day period because I wanted to see you get it back in the box, but I've just read the spoiler alert - Dang it!
On a serious note though, do you know how you would go about retuning it if it wasn't suitable? Do they arrange for a courier to take it back unwrapped?
+The Narrowboat Experience
The Simba website FAQ's explains how the 100 night home trial return process works (details below):
We want you to get the perfect nights sleep - if for whatever reason you’re not happy with your Simba mattress within 100 days of sleeping on it, you can return it. You don't need to keep the plastic cover on it, or anything like that - unwrap it and use it like you normally would.
We do suggest that you give your mattress 30 nights to bed in - any new mattress can feel a bit different - our science says it should be good for you.
Just contact us on (returns@simbasleep.com) to arrange a pickup. We’ll send a courier over to remove the mattress from your home and donate it to a local charity or recycling center whenever possible.
You’ll be refunded the full value of your order.
Anna how are you doing with your back?
(re watch)
It’s been on me wish-list for good couple yrs now.. It’s kinda one of those things, I keep putting off an putting off.. It aint gonna surprise me none if I put it off for nother couple yrs.. After a life time of neglect an abuse.. When I was a teenager growing up on the farm, we bailed 20,000(av) 80lbs(av) square bails annually.. Square bails is/was very manual werk.. Then as an adult either Road construction, Logging or Oil patch werk.. Also I took a few nasty falls, me lower back has seen better days.. Simba is sold in Canada, but Simba is more Euro then a Canadian mattress.. There asking a hefty premium for a Simba in Canada.. Honestly I haven’t ever heard of Simba, before watch yor Tubes.. Where they are sold, they don’t advertise much.. Sealy, Simmons an Serta rule over here.. But all three of them are made(hole or in part) in Canada..
Me self I kinda leaning toward a semi-Firm to Firm mattress, that will help with lower back support.. I have watch several reviews, that have said the Simba’s are a semi-Firm.. I’ll keep it mind.. Right now, I’m just in the window-shopping stage.. Kinda figure a new mattress is like a pair of sneakers.. Ya gotta try them on, if for any reason just to see if they half-ass fit.. Figure a mattress is the same.. When I’m done window-shopping.. Did/done me research, then it’ll be time to pop in ta few stores an see where the shit lies in the Buckwheat.. Hopefully find a mattress that fitz reasonably well..?
A ponder thot: wouldn't it been easier to bring the mattress in threw the Bow-doors, then dragging it threw that narrow hall way..?
Is it wrong that part of me wants to see Kat trying to get that thing back in the box in 100 days?
Is it called "Simba" because you lion it?
LOL
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Thank you!!! I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your server!
That was certainly a one person job, should that person be an IT person. OK, so maybe Alice did help a little with making the mattress lie flat. I'd bet she was also thinking of where to take her next nap.
Poor Anna... so underworked and obviously struggling to cope with the demands of doing very little. Kath on the other hand revelling in all the extra hard work bordering on slavery. Coupled with some vaguely concealed innuendo and some kitty action I feel this episode had a bit of everything.
Simba was my dog's name hope they didn't use him to make it LOL