Byer of Maine Easy Cot

I am a long time avid camper with no general issues for roughing it with lightweight backpacking gear. But not my focus now. My passion is capturing multimedia content in remote locations. To do so, I pack along a BUNCH of audio, photo and video gear. "Lightweight" has no meaning to me. I operate from a well-equipped a base camp and set out for a day of capturing content. Given that weight is not an issue, I decided I may as well be comfortable. To support that proposition, rather than sleeping on the ground on a plushy thermarest, I'd get a cot, put the thermarest on that and sleep in a portable bed. What a great decision! In addition to the comfort of height, the cot takes you off of uneven, hard ground. I can't speak to alternatives to the Byer portable folding cot. But what I can say is the Byer sets up in about one minute (take down time is the same), provides super support, and with a nice thermarest is as comfortable as a bed. I am 6 ft 200 lbs, and the Byer is totally at ease with that. It is heavy, but so what. You aren't packing it on your back. My only regret is I would prefer to buy products made in the USA. This was "Handcrafted in China". But I could not find alternatives that were made in the USA. Too bad. Byer should kick it up a notch and bring manufacturing back to the USA. I would pay a premium for that.

First, I do not normally comment on products. I expect things to be right with any product. No comment to me means the product was satisfactory. However. I will make an exception with this product. I read about this cot on line. Claims were: easy to open and fold, check; sturdy and well made, check; and very comfortable being 6 foot 6 inches long and 31 inches wide, check. Quality of workmanship and the absence of protruding metal just stood out when ready to use. Our church has a girls camp in the mountains. Adult female leaders stay with the girls in small barracks style cabins. Church leaders ask a few adult males to bring their tents and sleeping bags, and stay in designated areas away from the cabins to assist with physical type help. I am almost 71 years old, so my comforts in a tent are important to me. I ordered the cot on a Tuesday. Was supposed to be there on Friday. Came on Thursday. Went to the mountains on Monday, and had my test. I have slept on cots in the military and at other times. Never comfortable even when I was younger. Byer of Maine nailed this puppy. I slept extremely well. I move a lot, first on back, then both sides. No bumping metal on sides; no banging head or feet on the ends. Once set up, it does not move. I have no stock in Byer of Maine, and not compensated in any way. Just super happy with this product. So, lets see, easy set up and take down, very sturdy and well made, and as comfortable as a cot can be. Remember, this is not your master bedroom king bed. That said, I did sleep very well, nothing keeping me awake. One nit to pick, but not about the cot. The box was damaged in shipping. It was smashed like a baseball bat hit it toward the end of one side of the box. It had me concerned until I opened up the box. It was double boxed by the way. The impression went through the second box as well, but fortunately, there seemed to be no damage to the cot itself, a testament to Byer of Maine packaging. Again, not a nit to pick with the product, only those who were shipping. Come on shipping folks, you can do better. If you want an easy to set up cot that is also well made and super comfortable, I recommend you just buy it. BTW, I saved $10 through Amazon.

初めてのコットでしたが、非常に良かったです(^^) いい買い物でした！

重いですけど セットするのも 仕舞うのも早く 広くてガッチリしているので とってもいいです

Wide, comfortable and packs down to decent size with carry bag. Best cot out there