What happened to futons?

Comfortable, they were only comfortable because you were drunk then OP.

They’re still around. A futon store advertises frequently on my local stations here in Western MA.

Comfortable as a bed of nails, I think one I slept on every time I visited a friend in San Francisco left me permanently lopsided.

They are highly sophisticated in Germany, with all kinds of materials and qualities, and over a thousand euros.

They are literally the most uncomfortable sitting furniture

Only slightly more comfortable then sleeping directly on the floor.

LOL i still have one from the 90's in a spare bedroom. I never got rid of it. It's metal and the mattress/cushion is still in good shape. It wasn't anything fancy when i bought it.

They became click clack sofas

Let's not talk about moving when you own a futon couch! Fucking nightmare.

They’re fine! They send their love!

The biggest lie a host can give you: “Our futon is different: it’s really comfortable!”

Futons are not comfortable for the ever more obese Americans. The svelte Japanese have no complaints about them.

Back in the late 1980s I purchased a futon bed that came with a collapsible wooden bed frame. It was for visitors and I had it for years. Futons are okay for short term sleeping, not comfortable enough to sleep on indefinitely.

If you are the top, a futon let's you dig your feet in and push hard. If you are the bottom, you might get crushed when he does.

Right next to waterbeds in fake bed hell.

They’re like pet beds for people.

I used futons all throughout my student days. The comfort really depending on the quality of futon

I slept on one for six years. It took a while to get used to it. But once I did, it was fine. No back aches. That's the main thing.

Too many Americans are FAT WHORES! now. They'd break the wooden frame and are unable to hoist their fat up off the futon.

So now we have giant beds that look like marshmellows, and are hard to get onto if you're a smaller person.

I love them. but western ones are LUXURIOUS compared to the pallets the japanese actually call "futon"

Comfortable?

I'm not fat so I guess I don't get the fat comments? Why is a futon more uncomfortable if you're fat? The only one I slept on was wooden and it seemed like it had a board sticking into my midsection. I had to put a quilt under the mattress, didn't really help.

[quote]Unlike the sofa beds called “futons” in the US, Japanese futons are quilted sleeping pads that are stuffed with cotton or fiber fill and can sit directly on the floor or on a foam, tatami, or wooden mat.

Everyone should use a futon!

Wasn't it named after the guy who invented the steamship?

Weren't they primarily for young people who couldn't afford real furniture?

Sleeping on a yoga mat on the floor is more comfortable than a futon. Disagree about the fat comments. I'd think having more personal cushion would make it more comfortable?

An airbed is more comfortable than a yoga mat.

What happened to those beds where you put the quarter in? LOL

Magic Fingers!!!

Japanese floor mattresses are wonderful.

I had a futon in the aughts when I was living on the West Coast. It’s still easy to find them there. I did put mine on top of a box spring and it was fine for sleeping, but not as comfortable as a mattress. And yes, they are unwieldy to move.

Another fad that faded. Like waterbeds.

Waterbeds faded mainly because they required special insurance to homeowner's policies to cover damage. Apartment rental either forbad them or again, you had to have special insurance. They weren't worth the extra cost.

Anyone have a suggestion for a cheap, comfortable piece of furniture a guest could use? Air mattresses always seem to deflate.

R35, check Amazon. There are a few choices of mattress-like things that fold up nicely to put away

“No one speaks of funtons anymore, and that saddens me.”

Air mattresses are now the thing.

Didn't Dr. Who defeat them in Planet of the Futons?

They are fine up to the age of 21 when you're an undergrad and a drunken fool half the time. For adults who aren't drunk, futons are awful.