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My sister who just had lower back surgery a few months ago was directed by a cousin of mine to purchase a latex mattress. She went out and ordered a latex mattress and came in and she slept fine on it for the first two months. When my mom stopped helping her with making her full size bed she threw her back out on trying to lift it to put the fitted sheets on. She is now in traction and awaiting her next back surgery in the hospital and needs us to replace her mattress cause she wants her latex mattress gone by the time she gets back. Has anyone else had this problem and if latex is so good for you, why would anyone purchase one of these mattresses if they would do this to your body just changing the bed sheets? It just seems dangerous to me!
Thoughts and comments on this would be appreciated. I do have a good idea on replaceing her mattress so don't need suggestions for that part. |
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| This is the first I have heard of someone seriously injuring themselves changing the sheets on a bed. But then again she just had lower back surgery and you usually have to bend over to change sheets....thats not gonna be fun on a quality mattress. I am really sorry to hear that your sister is having these health issues :( |
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Weighing in here (pun intended), novice that I am...I got to say, weight is an issue for me. I am small, as my name suggests. As much as the rave reviews about latex are impressive, I am concerned about the weight of those mattresses. I am not sure I could manage them alone, and really, I don't want to make it any harder to move a mattress than it already is (hard!) I gather the thinner layers are lighter, but it seems they still are quite heavy, too. And of the course the recommendations are to put them over a heavy thicker core. I think it would be completely unwieldy for me, and I don't want to rope in my neighbors to try to help me with it. In fact, I'm even considering an airbed of some kind just to get around the weight problem (not mine - the bed's!) Best, Weewillywinky |
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weewillywinky wrote: Weighing in here (pun intended), novice that I am...I got to say, weight is an issue for me. I am small, as my name suggests. As much as the rave reviews about latex are impressive, I am concerned about the weight of those mattresses. I am not sure I could manage them alone, and really, I don't want to make it any harder to move a mattress than it already is (hard!) I gather the thinner layers are lighter, but it seems they still are quite heavy, too. And of the course the recommendations are to put them over a heavy thicker core. I think it would be completely unwieldy for me, and I don't want to rope in my neighbors to try to help me with it. In fact, I'm even considering an airbed of some kind just to get around the weight problem (not mine - the bed's!) Best, Weewillywinky This message was modified Apr 20, 2011 by Sall
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| That is only one of the reasons why I have three layers of split Talalay Latex cores so they can be easily moved around. My topper is only 1" thick and not slpit but that is not that heavy either. The latex layers are from FloBeds.com and so is the pine slat bed and the longest legs they had but the topper is from Brylane Homes since I wanted a 1" topper that was soft. |
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Good point Lynn, and Sall. Latex is heavy, no doubt about it, usually 3 times denser than standard polyurethane foam. But if you have a modular mattress that can literally be unzipped and moved in individual layers...its actually probably much easier to move than a normal bed...just a lot more time consuming lol. |
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| I also ordered the split slat box that connects together but if I ever move the bed out of the room, I can take the latex mattess off and unhook the two split slat boxes with the legs underneath and easily move the med out of the room. I am able to move the latex cores around myself since they are split. Half of a Queen latex bed is less than a twin so my latex cores are less weight than a twin bed or the two halves on a king latex split bed. |