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Mattress Topper for Heat Sensitive Humans
Jul 11, 2016 4:06 AM
Bostoner
Joined: Jul 21, 2011
Points: 7
From three to about the age of thirty, I used ordinary cotton/polyester
blend sheets and pillowcases made in the USA.  Most people around my
age were cool and comfortable until the entire textile industry moved
offshore.

I remember buying my first set of bedding manufactured in a third world
country.  I ran to the doctor because I felt extremely ill.  A complete lack
of perspiration, but I felt like I was being cooked alive!  The doctor guessed
it was my new bedding made outside of the USA.  For 20 years I used "vintage"
bedding until I finally found sheets and pillowcases that kept me cool.

I need a new mattress topper.  Memory foam feels great, but it completely
blocks air circulation.  My sister purchased a few expensive pillows for me
that contained memory foam.  They roasted my head!  I'm stuck buying
polyester fiberfill mattress pads.  They're fluffy with plenty of loft when
new.  That doesn't last very long!  After three or four months they flatten
out.  Is there a mattress topper that retains all the positive features of
high quality memory foam, while allowing air to circulate through the topper?

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Re: Mattress Topper for Heat Sensitive Humans
Reply #1 Jul 11, 2016 4:28 PM
Slappo86
Joined: Mar 14, 2011
Points: 15
You might try a wool mattress pad, like St. Dormeir (http://dormeir.com/), on top of a high quality memory foam topper. The wool pad should help control temperature as it puts a barrier between your body and the hot memory foam.

I have a wool pad on top of my latex mattress, and our bed doesn't sleep hot at all. I don't know how much of a feel difference you are going to get with putting the wool over the memory foam.

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Re: Mattress Topper for Heat Sensitive Humans
Reply #2 Jul 12, 2016 3:36 PM
mattdud
Joined: Mar 27, 2014
Points: 189
Bostoner.  Slappo is correct.  Adding wool is a good way to cool things down.  Bamboo is another alternative.  Mattdud
Re: Mattress Topper for Heat Sensitive Humans
Reply #3 Jul 16, 2016 3:57 AM
Bostoner
Joined: Jul 21, 2011
Points: 7
The majority of people can sleep on almost anything.  Until I developed this
heat sensitivity I could sleep on rocks covered by a thin blanket!  When I
finally researched this subject on the web I found hundreds of forums and
blogs from people asking for help.

I remember one wealthy guy who spent $25,000 for custom bedding made
with very expensive "cool" cotton.  Ironically, the "best" sheets and pillowcases
have a high thread count.  With heat sensitive people like myself, a very high
thread count means zero air circulation.

I'm not sure I'd buy anything made from wool, but bamboo sounds like a
good idea.  When I was a boy I remember seeing the label "rayon" in many
department stores.  Rayon can be manufactured from bamboo.

Thanks guys.

 

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