Mattress Forum

Obviously, breathing is crucially important while sleeping.  Oxygen is needed for your body to restore itself.

I am a side sleeper.  I have found I just don't want to breathe much while laying on my 1 week old iComfort Revolution..  I went to Sleep Train which has the full line of Tempur Pedic beds and laid on each model a lot.  I tried to relax as much as possible and found that no matter which model I tried with varying firmness, breathing did not come easy.  Even innerspring models that had an inch of memory foam mixed with ordinary foam made it harder to breathe.   I would go to a bed with no memory foam or with latex and immediately it was easier to breathe.

When breathing, your torso expands and contracts, right?  Memory foam is slow to react, right?  So here one is, trying to catch a breath on this stuff, memory foam,  that is very dense and slow to react.  So, how does memory foam promote easy breathing?

The big emphasis with memory foam is 1) pressure relief for joints 2) conformance to a body 3) support for the spine 

I've never seen any mention of better breathing on memory foam.   I'm quite sure about what I've experienced.  Obviously many are happy with Tempur pedics, but I'm wondering, why?