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So far so good regards it is plenty firm enough, no back pain, but it sleeps warm...Originally wife had mattress cover on it that we put on and I took it off and that helped, before I decide on this what can I buy real quick and put on that will eliminate the warmness I feel against the mattress? thanks |
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Randy, does this mattress seem softer than the Tempurpedic? In general, the more you sink into a mattress the warmer it will feel, because you have more contact with the surface of the mattress. So, it was cooler without a mattress pad? What is the mattress pad made out of? Some people think that wool will sleep cooler in summer (but also warmer in winter). I had a wool filled cover and a wool filled mattress pad, and that did not seem to make it cooler (at least this time of year - maybe it would help in reallly hot weather). My latex seemed a little coooler when I configured it firmer and had a thick mattress pad (poly filled) with an additinal cotton pad over thatt. However, the weather has also been cooler, so I am not totally sure if the thick pad helped that much. I think the firmer set up was the main cause, along with the cooler weather. I think a neutral temperature material like cotton or silk (or even horse hair?) would probably help. It probably would have to be fairly thick to make a significant difference. A thin cotton filled mattress pad did not solve the problem for me. I have not tried a thick pad of any of those materials, so I cannot say for sure. They also sell products like a bedfan and a cool pad (that pumps cooled water in a pad above the mattress), but I have not tried those. They probably make noise and might have other issues. Bottom line is that it is a difficult problem to solve. A water bed can be cool, since you can control the temperature. A firm innerspring should be cooler as welll, but then you run into comfort issues. |
| Costco has an awesome mattress pad on sale, $20 for a queen. In the store. Worth a try, you can always take it back. |
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sandman wrote: Randy, does this mattress seem softer than the Tempurpedic? In general, the more you sink into a mattress the warmer it will feel, because you have more contact with the surface of the mattress. So, it was cooler without a mattress pad? What is the mattress pad made out of? Some people think that wool will sleep cooler in summer (but also warmer in winter). I had a wool filled cover and a wool filled mattress pad, and that did not seem to make it cooler (at least this time of year - maybe it would help in reallly hot weather). My latex seemed a little coooler when I configured it firmer and had a thick mattress pad (poly filled) with an additinal cotton pad over thatt. However, the weather has also been cooler, so I am not totally sure if the thick pad helped that much. I think the firmer set up was the main cause, along with the cooler weather. I think a neutral temperature material like cotton or silk (or even horse hair?) would probably help. It probably would have to be fairly thick to make a significant difference. A thin cotton filled mattress pad did not solve the problem for me. I have not tried a thick pad of any of those materials, so I cannot say for sure. They also sell products like a bedfan and a cool pad (that pumps cooled water in a pad above the mattress), but I have not tried those. They probably make noise and might have other issues. Bottom line is that it is a difficult problem to solve. A water bed can be cool, since you can control the temperature. A firm innerspring should be cooler as welll, but then you run into comfort issues. Softer than the temp? The materials are so different I cant say that, what I will say is the Temp has a firmness to it where the latex has a springy ness to it, does that make sense? The latex mattress is firm enough so that my lower back doesnt ache, which is all that matters to me...but if I had to measure I would say the temp is firmer... The pad was cotton I assume, but who knows, could be polyester also, will have to check later...Yes, when I took the mattress pad off it cooled somewhat. I have 6 weeks left of my 90 days on the temp, so I am going to (with the help of my son and my handy man) sleep on the latex till Monday, then have it moved out and sleep again on the temp for a week then decide...I was hoping to buy something now to try on the Latex for the heat issue but dont know what. Remember, to further complicate this, for 6 weeks i was in agony with the tempurpedic, then the last two nights before the latex showed up, pain disappeared LOL I know, crazy...so, it may well be that i end up with the temp, dont know... PS you said "solve the problem" so am I to understand you are having an issue with sleeping warm also? are you on flobeds? what have they suggested? This message was modified Jan 14, 2010 by randys
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