Couch or Futon

vshah

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futon for the win

doubly so if you're thinking about it for a dorm room
 

Coquito

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I don't like sleeping where someone had their ass all day while watching the whole first season of 24(futon). That being said, a sofa bed is brutal(I have one). Just get a tiny twin sized matress.
 

slpaulson

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Jun 5, 2000
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Depends on what you're using it for.

For somethign like a dorm room, futon, but only if you get a decent mattress.
 

Juice Box

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Nov 7, 2003
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i have a futon in my dorm room and I often-times use it for a bed cause I am too lazy to climb to the top bunk
 

Rage187

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Dec 30, 2000
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I have a futon, and I had not turned it into a couch in 2.5 years. Just did so now and the matress was less then flexible.
 

Jzero

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Oct 10, 1999
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If you will primarily be using it as a bed, it's fine, but if its primarily a couch, I find the high back very uncomfortable to sit in, although laying on my futon in the couch position is my favorite way to nap.

Great in a dorm room or studio apartment, but if you have room for a regular couch, get one.
 

mdchesne

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Feb 27, 2005
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couch. nothing beats a large plush leather couch. especially the corner-wrap kind with reclining section option :D
 

sao123

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May 27, 2002
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I'm not real sure what a futon is.... but im imagining that it is similar to the chair we call a flip-n-fvck.

eh... just get an inflatable air mattress.
 

Gibson486

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Aug 9, 2000
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Have you tried bringing a futon up 4.5 flights of stairs? Geesh...that alone mad eem wish I got a couch instead.....
 

Albis

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couch is better if you have a real home or apartment.

for college, futons are the best for space and cost