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I've had a long disucssion with my daughter about her Sleepez bed. The issue is she is sleeping too hot at night. I have a theory about this, because as I mentioned in my previous Flobed/Sleepez Comparison thread, the Sleepez cover is very thin with very little wool actually quilted to the cover. My Flobed mattress cover is much more luxurious with 2" of wool quilted to the cotton knit on all sides. I think the Sleepez cover does not have enough wool to insulate against the warm tendencies of latex. It's just a theory. The bottom line is, she can't sleep, she's tossing and turning all night, and sweating all night because the mattress is just too hot. So I sat down with her to discuss the options, which are: 1) return the mattress and get something else (not latex); 2) get a wool topper for the bed and see if that will ameliorate the heat issues. We have lots of time left on the 90 day return period, so I would like to see if I can address her heat issue by putting some insulating material between the mattress and my daughter before I go the more drastic route of returning the entire mattress for a refund. I tried searching the site for information about wool toppers, but there is just so much here and I couldn't find any threads that specifically speak to wool toppers. SO. Anyone have a nice quality wool topper they can recommend? Budgy, you are a wealth of information - what do you suggest I can put on the bed to try to address the heat issue? This message was modified May 6, 2010 by KimberlyH
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| Not as bad as one may think, the one with a cotton cover should retail @ 268 for a queen size. |
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budgy wrote: Not as bad as one may think, the one with a cotton cover should retail @ 268 for a queen size. |
| Hey Kimberly, you may have already gotten all the answers that you need, but I'll chime in that my local "green" store has wool mattress toppers. I have one on my son's crib as his moisture pad and it works great for that, but also he never seems to sleep hot. And he even sleeps on his tummy. |
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I always thought silk was hot and sticky. I'm not sure why latex would make her hot unless you have a memory foam on top. Sounds like she just needs a nice thicker cover maybe. Cotton would be cooler, maybe a nice bamoo organic cotton. Wool I think is nicer for the winter. other than the hot issue, does she like the comfort of it?. I heard kids need firmer mattresses to grow. I was thinking of getting my girls a medium topper in talalay, since I think the soft is just too soft. Their mattress seems a bit too firm right now, but it is only a year old, so I'm thinking just a two inch topper. if you could, tell me what firmness level does your daughter have on her bed?. |
| As a fabric silk can be a little warm (cold when you first climb in). Silk fabric and silk fleece are very different, the fleece breathes, the fabric could also be used to make parachutes (doesn't breathe all that well and creates a lot of drag). It's because the fibres are so fine they can be woven very tightly. |
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Sorry, didn't see this until this a.m. I'd have to double check, but I'm almost certain it's S/M/F, and I don't recall what ILD ranges Sleepez assigns to those firmness designations. I have been reading about your unhappiness with your latex mattress. Daughter's bed certainly does have a cushy feel. My personal opinion is that the mattress is fine for someone who has no back issues and likes a soft feel. For someone like you who has back issues, I think the 3" soft top is too much softness. As I replied in another thread, I have back issues and I have 32/36/36 ILD on one side of my own bed and 36/36/36 ILD on the other side of the bed. Although I've been sleeping on the 32/36/36 side, I'll be switching to the 36/36/36. Most of us with back issues find that we need out beds firm, with a little bit of cushion for pressure points. In your case, the Flobeds might have been a better choice. You'd have been able to order extra firm layers, and because the Flobeds comes with a 2" soft convoluted topper (which the Sleepez does not have), you could have had the firmness for your back, tempered by the soft topper for some pressure relief. Also, the Flobeds offers a V-Zone bed, where one of the layers actually has different firmnesses in different sleeping zones (e.g., the hip and shoulder area are softer than the bottom and mid section). This has been a good solution for some people (I don't have this model). The Flobed seems to offer more options, but at a higher price. |
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Yeah, I was hating my bed for awhile there, and it is still too soft, but my back is feeling better. I think because I sleep on my husbands side most the night nursing my new baby. He sleeps on the couch, so he doesn't even really know what he prefers. The little time he does get to sleep in his bed, I say first thing in the morning to him, honey what do you think?, he says "I don't know". I tell him, you must figure it out because Shaun is waiting for the other layers to be returned. It's driving me crazy waiting for my husband to figure out what comfort he likes. I think mainly because I want to steal one of his firmer layers, then I feel bad for trying to talk him into taking one of my softer layers,lol. I want to return this too soft top layer and get a medium, but Shaun says there really is no difference. I don't see how there couldn't be, or why else would they even have a different category for medium and soft?. I checked out Flo beds, but I'm not willing to spend that much money. but they sound nice. I figure if someone is gonna buy blended latex, they might as well pretty much buy it anywhere for a better price since it's not pure or all natural. Well as long as it's not from China.
Does anyone know if Europe even produces Latex?, do they have the trees there to do that?. That is where Foambymail says their manufacturor is from. This message was modified May 21, 2010 by mycakebed
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| Yes, latex is manufactured in Europe. I think that Latex International latex, which is what Flobeds and Sleepez uses, is the quality standard though. |
| it is definitely manufactured there as well as in the US and Canada. But the Hevea milk itself is sourced from SE Asia and now parts of Africa. |
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mycakebed wrote: ...He sleeps on the couch, so he doesn't even really know what he prefers..It's driving me crazy waiting for my husband to figure out what comfort he likes. ... |