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So far I have slept on my new FloBed for two nights, and it feels way firmer than I thought it would be. I have it configured with soft over medium over firm cores. I was advised that this is the best configuration because it gives me the most options if I want to adjust firmness. But I presume those options are for making it more firm, not less firm. Do you think I should consider exchanging the 2 firm pieces and 2 medium pieces for soft? Would that be way too soft? Would soft over soft over soft be bad for my back? If so, I wouldn't wanna get that for that reason alone. |
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markbnh1 wrote: Do you have the soft convoluted top as your top layer in addition to the other 3 layers or is that the 3rd layer? What is your height and weight? I think I have the default convoluted topper, made out of egg-crate style latex. That is on top of the 3 other layers, yes. My height is 5'9, my weight is 140lbs. Lynn2006 wrote: Confusedbedbuyer, do you have split cores? Can you switch so their is the topper, soft over soft over the firm and if that is too soft, try the medium on the bottom? That is what split cores are also for, to allow you to try different configurations before doing an exchange. Yes, I do have split cores, and yes, I can do that. Although switching them around will take some doing since I don't have a lot of space, and don't wanna put the layers on the floor while I switch them around. I guess I can fold them up and put them in the plastic bags while I do that. |
| I agree to give it atleast another week on your current configuration before you decide to switch anything around. I too found my latex bed too firm for my liking when I first got it, much firmer than what I had previously. 2 weeks later I was loving it, and still am. |
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From my recent experience I would say that two nights are not long enough for your body to adjust. Dont chase after windmills. Just get in the bed. Try to forget you have a new bed. Clear your mind. Focus on allowing your body to relax. Dont worry about it during the day. Relax. Put it out of your mind. Then after a reasonable amount of time, change if you must. Im not sure what a reasonable time is, but some stores dont allow returns for 30 days. Good luck. |
| I resisted the idea of firm, and at first found the bed firmer than I had envisioned wanting, yet found it to be the best for comfort and pain relief. I suggest giving it a week, then if you are still not liking it, call Flobeds. |
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the worst part of this process is you have to give it a while, two weeks at least, with me that means being in pain for 2 weeks
i am now finding problems after 6 weeks with latex that i dont understand...crazeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
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I got agitated at the firmness earlier this evening and then switched to soft over soft over medium on the side I sleep on. It sure was a pain to switch the layers around. I dread trying to vacuum-compress the layers I'm gonna be exchanging eventually, and finding boxes that they will fit in (the people who assembled my bed destroyed the boxes it came in). I'm thinking vacuum-compressing may not be so easy as FloBeds' instructions make it appear. |
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Confusedbedbuyer, the vaccuum compressing is very easy as long as you have two people doing it. When a new layer is sent to you, it will come in a box that you can use to send the old layer back in with the return postage label. It was stressful switching the layers but worth it in the end since at least I was not stuck with a bed from the store that was too firm or too soft or gave me allergies. I always liked very firm beds so I wish I started out very firm and did not listen to others telling me I need to go softer. Maybe you just like soft beds. We are all built so differently.
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| randy's, I only gave the latex configuration a few nights and then I knew if it was too soft or too firm. |
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I only weigh 105 lb and I found the soft/soft/medium configuration too soft for my back. It felt great when I first went to bed but by 4-5 hours later my back was just in agony. Diane |
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confusedbedbuyer wrote: I got agitated at the firmness earlier this evening and then switched to soft over soft over medium on the side I sleep on. It sure was a pain to switch the layers around. I dread trying to vacuum-compress the layers I'm gonna be exchanging eventually, and finding boxes that they will fit in (the people who assembled my bed destroyed the boxes it came in). I'm thinking vacuum-compressing may not be so easy as FloBeds' instructions make it appear. You just fold the layer in thirds and put it in the larger of the two bags. Insert the tip of your vaccuum cleaner hose into the bag, hold the open end of the bag tight around the hose, and vacuum. All the air is sucked out pretty rapidly and the whole thing shrinks like crazy. Then put the bag with the compressed latex into the other plastic bag, and tap it shut. There's really nothing to it and I managed this on my own without any help. It's not only as easy as Flobeds instructions make it appear, it's even easier! |