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I am a 35 year old, 6 ft, 178 pounds, side and back sleeper, with an ideal comfortaire air bed sleep number of 55, needing to replace my 10 year old IKEA full size mattress. My research and budget suggest that I should try the $289 2" Talalay of ILD 19 latex topper pad from habitat furnishings on top of my current mattress, which I may replace with another $350 IKEA inner spring mattress.
I am wondering if any of you have tried this configuration (latex topper from habitat furnishings on top of a generic inner spring mattress) and what your impressions might be. Would the layers slide? Here are the factors I've considered so far: 1) Avoided cheap integrated latex because it will sag 2) Habitat furnishings have a 180 trial period for their topper pads, so if I don't like latex which I never tried I can return it. 3) Price is reasonable and I can always keep and use the mattress if the latex is not high quality. Here's a link to their site if you want to have a look http://www.habitatfurnishings.com/latex_mattress_topper_pads.html
Thanks so much for you time, Yiannis This message was modified Sep 29, 2010 by yiannis
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requin wrote: I really have to get an a/c and bite the bullet and pay the higher electric bill, if it is true that a warm room is the culprit. And I suspect from my own recent experience, that it is. |
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If I get a/c, it would indeed be just for the bedroom (and maybe the adjoining workout room). I'm still debating the chilipad. I'm somewhat concerned about being able to feel the tubes/seams as I'm sensitive to that. It does offer a 90 day trial so maybe I'll give it a shot..but at over $400....gee whiz wally that's a lot of money. I think i could get an a/c for less than that..and the chilipad does use electricity too. There was a used one on ebay going for about $100 but I passed as the seller did not answer some questions before the auction ended. ETA--Last night I checked the temperature in the room and it wasn't as cool as the previous night when I slept w/out hot spots. I woke as usual with hot spots so I really do see a pattern starting to emerge. I have to get a better thermometer as the one I'm using is a tiny little keychain thing about 2" high..hard to see actual temp but I can see when it hovers around 60. Seems I slept w/out overheating when it was just under 60 or so, but over 60 the latex still overheated. A better thermometer will help narrow it down. Then if I get a/c I'll know what to set it at. I also think if I eat too much spicey food (even black pepper), I overheat more. Odd but true, I think.. This message was modified Oct 4, 2010 by requin
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DianeK wrote: Your logic seem sound, however please understand even if the two peices were not glued togeather the flat surfaces have so much texture - like really soft sand paper that they are not going to act indepentently any way. When we place layers of upholstery in a mattress, we don't want them to shift so we glue them to stay in place. Buy the way the glues used do not in ay way change the feel , affect the feel, have any long term odor, have and any effects that OHSA or the AQMB in any way objects with. |