The SlouchBack is essentially an inflatable couch back for your bed. Five years ago, in a dorm room not too far away, two college freshmen with aching backs conceived a product designed to redefine dorm rooms forever…. It provides a great¬† tool for getting ladies into your bed option for those of us that have better taste then our roommates and wanna watch Hamlet in our rooms instead of a Hell’s Kitchen marathon in the common area. Literally with a flick of a switch and about 30-seconds, you can turn any bed into a comfy couch.
Materials
The Slouchback feels like it is made out of the same stuff that quality air mattresses are made of. However, it feels a bit thicker and was able to withstand some pretty heavy punching and kicking about. It comes with an integrated air pump that you plug into any standard wall outlet to operate. It has a micro-fiber cover that can be washed, and comes in Navy, Red, Tan, Brown, Pink, and Blue. If you are extra rough with your SlouchBack, it comes with a mini repair kit. Although, based on the comments that I have read, I don’t think you would actually get rough enough to have to use it.
Design
Know that SlouchBack may not win any industrial design awards, but it is definitely functional. It is shaped like the back of couch with two arms rest and accompanying cup holders. Size wise, it looks to  a little more than 6 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide while and inflated, and when folded back up for storage about 1 1/2 feet long and about a foot wide.
Usage
After plugging it in and waiting about 30-seconds for it to inflate, I found it to be a bit bigger than I expected. Designed to serve as a make shift couch on your bed, I actually found more comfort, using it on the floor at the foot of my bed and in front of my living room table. After plugging it in and waiting about 30-seconds for it to inflate, I even laid across it length-wise and used the arm rest as a pillow. Part of this has to do with the fact that I don’t like watching TV or playing video games in the bed. It is a weird thing with me, but when I did use it as requested, it worked as stated.
I can also see this getting some usage at a bachelor pad with very little furniture. If you don’t have a couch, a couple of these and some rugs and you are all of a sudden artsy and economical. As far as kids go, I let my niece and nephew keep it for a weekend, and my brother reported back that they used as more of a bounce play toy they could lay on while watching TV. (Basically, they turned it upside down and layed on top of it)
Recommendation
Add $99, you are really not going to be able to get something as portable and convenient as the SlouchBack. Is it something a SAHM is going to want to use? Probably not, but her husband, and kids definitely wouldn’t mind having one at the house just in case. I am positive they would find something to do with it. In addition, if you have a college kid with a limited amount of space, this is perfect for spicing up their room a bit and making it a bit more comfortable on those late nights up making out studying with the cute girl/guy from Anthropology 101.
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My favorite dorm memory, was the first day I realized I was on my own. Freedom felt so GOOD!
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My favorite dorm memory is the surprise birthday party my roommates and friends planned! It was awesome and totally unexpected!
I liked dorm room parties!
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My favorite dorm memory is hanging out with my roommate Leslie.
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My favorite part of living in a dorm was getting to know so many people we were like one big family. I also loved late night pizza study sessions which usually ended up in a game of truth or dare. Good times
lived at home while I was at college so no dorm memories but this looks amazing. thiis would be great for my daughters day bed
My favorite memory was getting a roommate who was my exact opposite.
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Staying up late and partying instead of studying.
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My favorite memory is the midnight watergun fights.
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Best dorm memory: the first night on my own. Sure there was someone else in the room but I wasn't in my parents' house any more! It was liberating and fun and exciting.
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My favorite dorm story are those of living on campus and on the weekends the cafeteria would be closed. All I had to eat was some Ramen Noodles but no microwave. I learned very quickly from my friends just how to make these noodles very easy and quick on the radiators in the boys dorm room. It worked and taste well, just like Ramen Noodles. Of course I lived off those every weekend. But to this day I still wont eat those nasty noodles!
Back in the day us girls always played pranks on each other, somehow got all our work done and did great, but those memories will always stay with us. We laughed till our sides ached and just thinking about some of that stuff, makes my jaws ache to remember all that fun and silliness.
My favorite dorm memory is when I painted my windows with flowers and peace signs. I had a big window in my dorm room overlooking the campus. Thanks for the chance to win a Slouchback. What a neat product!
my dorm story has nothing to do with “clean” – that place was so dirty you could grow vegetables on the floor!
Decorating the outside of our doors for Christmas!
Eating Ramen until I puked
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Favorite dorm memory was when all the girls on my floor did a seance in my bedroom (some were serious, others laughing) to revive the ghost of Janis Joplin…LOL!
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THe parties were amazing!!
Toga was the best!
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love to win this for my daughters bed, she could put it against the wall and siit or sleep on iit, great idea
Living in a dorm of all girls was trying at times but we did have fun staying up late talking about our dates during the weekend.
Dancing in the hall of the dorm, was always fun.
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