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New member here ... and I'm in a conundrum.
Perhaps 10 years ago I bought an Englander latex foam mattress. It's a latex slab with thin egg-crate glued to each side, and a cover. At some point I decided I didn't like the support - felt like it was giving me a backache - so I removed the egg crate on one side, and let that be the bottom side permanently. Was pretty happy with that for some years, but had pondered maybe removing the egg crate from the top too. Recently, girlfriend was diagnosed with dust-mite allergy, so I decided to go ahead and trash the cover and remove the top layer of eggcrate. So I now just have a slab of latex, about 6" thick, with a mattress cover on top. And it's too hard - I am a side sleeper, and it's pretty uncomfortable on my hips. I like a firm mattress, but it's just too much. The weird thing is, when you press on the latex with your hand, it feels kind of mushy. So I wonder what to do. I'm thinking maybe add back some sort of topper, of higher quality than the eggcrate, perhaps 2" of latex or memory foam bought from one of the mail-order places. But I seek advice. Please let me know if there's add'l info I should provide, and thanks. This message was modified Oct 23, 2011 by RustyShackleford
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I bought the 3" soft from FBM/FF and love it. I was worried about all the complaints about smell and so forth, but I let it air out according to the directions, and bought the terry cloth cover and have been very happy with it. The hardest part was getting it into the house (I used my feet and thus leg strength to roll it in and then tumbled it up onto a spare bed where I lay it out). I definitely needed help to get it on the bed -- myself and two other women. But after 18 months I find that the underbed is still too hard, so am looking for a softer latex underneath... looking at the medium talalay. Any thoughts?
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lefty2026 wrote:
Egg crate foam is only for adding a soft feel, it's pretty much completely unsupportive. Even soft latex will provide some support since it pushes back, so you might like it. |