Mattress Forum

  Posted here a couple of times before. Here's my situation, it's coming up on 90 days for my tempurpedic, called my store and they will do an exchange. So the wife and I bought a Cloud Luxe and Rhapsody, split king, meaning they are Twin XLs. I bought the Cloud Luxe and she bought the Rhapsody. It ended up that I was getting lower back pain with the Cloud Luxe, so we switched beds. Now the wife loves the Cloud Luxe and won't give it back. I've been using the Rhapsody for the past 3-4 weeks, the back pain isn't as bad as with the Cloud Luxe, I love the feel of the Cloud Luxe but I'm 210lbs, so probably not enough support. The Rhapsody causes way less stiffness/pain but it still not perfect, the lower back is sore but not like the Cloud Luxe where I couldn't even tie my shoe laces until I got warmed up. I'm in my early 30's, no health problems at all, that is until I sleep and wake up sore, the whole day after I get moving I feel great and can exercise and do anything.

So I've been experimenting lately, bought a polyurathane topper, the cheap kind for $20 and put that on top of the Rhapsody, feels slightly better but the back is slightly stiff, it may take a couple of days to get used to it. At this point, I'm thinking I need to go a bit softer than the Rhapsody, maybe the Allura, the wife thinks I should go firmer. I like a soft feel hence originally went with the Cloud Luxe. The addition of the topper making things a bit better leads me to believe I should go a bit softer. The Rhapsody feels like I have a gap between the bed and my lower back when I lie in it. The Cloud Luxe envelopes my back.

I have slept on the Classic Tempurpedic bed for years during college when Brookstone was originally only selling it back in the day and never had problems.

Any insight is appreciated.