the 4 in 1 air mattress inflated is fairly easy. An important aspect for a buyer to consider is which type of pump will be used or purchased. The pumps are sold separately. For ease of use when camping a user might find the battery operated, DC for plugging into the car or the rechargeable type pump is best and most suited because they will inflate the mattress easily enough without the needing a mains for electricity and hand pumping. We would advise each user to give the bed a trial run at home first. This will give time for the mattress to stretch and then re-inflate once it it seems the bed is deflating. This is much better to do at home rather than out camping and end up causing problems on vacation. A trial run at home will also give a user the opportunity to make suer its not faulty. Performance And Comfort There has been no major reports of the Coleman 4 in 1 quickbed air mattress being uncomfortable if it remains inflated. The bed is as comfortable as any user could expect from a mattress to be used temporarily. Issues have arose when an air mattress a buyer received had been faulty or they lacked understanding of how air mattresses work in regards to initially setting them up and how temperature affects them. Overall when we compare many of the air mattresses we have reviewed this bed deserves a decent rating despite our dislike of air