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New SleepEZ Bed - need some help configuring layers

Mar 1, 2009 9:02 PM

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Joined: Mar 1, 2009
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Hi all - I've been browsing this forum for the past two months in search of a new mattress. Ours was sagging and causing my husband back pain. After reading so many great reviews on latex, and being so frustrated with the innerspring mattresses, my husband and I decided to try out the latex. We initially ordered a 3 inch soft topper from Sleep EZ and we LOVED it! Oh my gosh it was wonderful! Based on that experience, we went ahead and ordered the full mattress. We have three layers of talalay blended, s/m/f, the medium and firm layers are split layers (the soft is all one piece). We got the full kit Friday and have slept on it two nights. My first thought was that the whole mattress together was too firm - it didn't give the same way the latex topper did. When we slept on it the first night, it felt like it was pressing into my shoulder and hips - just altogether a bit too firm. Also, rather frustratingly, my husband woke up with back pain again this morning. When he was sleeping on the spring mattress/topper combo, that didn't seem to be much of an issue.

Here's my real question - what do we do now? We're rearranging the layers to try out s/f/f and s/m/m. I know I can call and swap layers, but I'm not sure what we need. We are very SHORT and small. My husband is 5'2" and weighs roughly 125lbs. I'm 5'0" and weigh 135lbs. We're both side sleepers. Do you think we need to go softer or firmer? Is anyone else out there as small as we are? I am looking for any advice I can get. I really want this to work for us as I so enjoyed the latex topper - it was amazing! I really want the whole mattress to be just as good.

Thanks to everyone who has used this forum. I've spent quite a few hours perusing the messages and most everything you've posted has been helpful! :-)

quefret

Joined: Mar 1, 2009
Points: 15

We bought the new foundation today. Went to a local store and picked one up. I made sure to ask if we could return it if we didn't like it - especially since I didn't want to feel like I was sleeping on a rock as I did with the plywood. We get home, set it up - only to find out that we already have been sleeping on a box foundation. Wow. I feel so incredibly dumb. Point number one right here - make sure you know what you're actually sleeping on. It just never occurred to me to check what we had underneath the mattress. I am so grateful we can return the new foundation. We're going to use it tonight since the bed is already set up. It's wrapped in plastic, and as long as it stays that way, we can return it. I have obsessed so long over this, but I never even checked to see what we already had. I thought, in all honesty, that we had a box spring. Just needed to vent there a little. Master of the obvious. Anyway, we're going to try the new foundation tonight just in case it does have some effect. However, if our old foundation is okay, we'll just see if the new layers help. I called Shawn two weeks ago to get a medium and a firm and still haven't gotten the layers. I think there might have been a problem with processing. We'll see what happens. They have been really helpful and friendly, so I'm pretty sure all will continue to go well. :-) So yeah, I guess I can say with confidence that sleeping on a box foundation with latex layers is really pretty comfy!

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