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Topic: Cheap SIMs

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Leeds123

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Hi all

We've got our first trip of the year booked for early June and I'm trying to sort the last of the bits we need. I need to get sims for our three kids and cost and bulk are both issues. The children are 6,4 and 2-will they be ok on cheap as chips 2.5cm ones? The husband and I have a 10cm one so feel a bit guilty...

Alternately, does anyone know when Aldi will have their 5cm sims out again?

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They'll be fine on 2.5cm ones i'm sure, my youngest daughter is almost 15 although small for her age and still sleeps on a 2.5cm sim. I've offered countless times to buy her a thicker one but she insists she finds hers perfectly comfortable. Kids don't feel the lumps and bumps like we do

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Thanks, that's really useful to know. I think I'll go for cheap ones as they will fit in the car better too, then can always upgrade later if they complain!

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Sports direct has some deals on sim,s at the minute..worth a look. Karrimor xlite 25mm for £22--seems ok.

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Gelert 2.5cm SIM at sportsdirect £9.50 or 5cm £10.99 plus postage.

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Quote: Originally posted by Tynxuk on 20/4/2015
Gelert 2.5cm SIM at sportsdirect £9.50 or 5cm £10.99 plus postage.

Very Good prices for the SIM's

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Leeds123

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Wow, they are good prices, thanks. I think I'm still going to go with thin ones for the kids-to keep the pack size down in the car as much as anything else. I bet I get turfed off my 10cm vango and onto one of theirs and live to regret this decision!

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If they are anything like my kids they will slide off them and sleep on the floor anyway lol

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Buy 1 first and get them all try it out

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b & m £7.99

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I think I'm going to try and attach them together somehow to make one big mat so at least the one in the middle has a chance of staying in it all night :)

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They will fine! They are only little so weigh virtually nothing. You can always put a folded blanket on top if one kid complains. My youngest sleeps on his 2.5cm at cubs on a concrete floor lol!

My middle son has asked for an air bed now, but he's nearly 14, and 5ft 5 tall.

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My kids have 2.5cm ones, and they love them.

I have a 10cm one as well though, so I know what you mean about feeling guilty! My kids seem far more bothered about the colour than anything else!

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