And then there’s the maintenance. Waterbeds, if they spring a leak, needed a vinyl repair kit, patched up like a bicycle tire. If you were too late to fix a leak, the waterbed would make quite a mess, as there were hundreds of gallons of water in each waterbed mattress. Some landlords refused to allow waterbeds on their property! Even if you were allowed, there was the trouble of moving, setting up, and maintaining a waterbed. Waterbeds were made sturdy to accommodate the weight of its water mattress, which meant lots of heavy parts to disassemble and move around.