We had been using our home office (former spare bedroom) to accommodate additional guests that our guest bedroom would not handle.  We would use an inflatable air mattress, or sleeping bag, which was really not practical or comfortable.  Then we saw this holdup cot with mattress. It met our needs far better than the options we had been using.  The cot sits up off the floor and has its own mattress, which is quite comfortable! And, it was so easy to set up, fold up and stow away!  Wish we had found this much sooner than we did! T