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HI Folks. Latest update on my saga of one 60 year old 170 lb fart seeks sleep on side, back and dealing with lower back pain. For those that don't know the rest of the story: 20 mattresses actually bought swapped slept on, 100+ topper combos. Can't stand Memory foam tempurpedic stuff because it is hot, I sink into it, it does not support my lower back with strain injury so I wake up in agonizing pain. Latest try was 1 inch of 14 ILD latex from sleeplikebear.com on top, 1 inch of 20 ILD latex next from foambymail.com, and 2 inch latex which I believe to be at least 26 ILD which was supposed to be 20 ILD from foambymail. I found that combo to sleep fairly well... only woke with minor back pain vs, my usual. However, the 4 inches vs the 2 inches in various combos before.... slept really hot! The message is that latex can be warm if you have a whole lot of it.. like a complete mattress "stack" as the DIY mattress crowd is pursuing, or from www.sleepex.com or www.flobeds.com. And my 4 inch stack felt seriously "jellowy".. ie. jiggly, like a waterbed. Mine wasn't wrapped in a zipped up case, as the bed DIY crowd would do, but I am leaning away from tall latex. My next experiment is poly foam from www.foamdistributing.com. 1 inch of supersof feels soft somewhere between 14 ILD from sleeplikeabear and 20 ILD from foambymail.com.. and I have put under that 1 inch of their HD 36 high density. I suspect that the 36 compares with a 36 ILD. I hope it works,and even if I have to replace periodically, I'll take it. Total for both pieces quuen or king size: about $36. The last time I slept decently was on a cheap, plush 15 year old simmons beautyrest. And my trials started with buying firm mattresses for my 115 lb back sleeper bride who likes them rock hard.. but would accommodate a little poly foam on top. Hopefully a little poly foam on top will be the magic. shovel99 |
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Re: One more opinion: 2" of latex slept reasonably cool and stable 4" was hot... and jellowy! sandman
(Aug 29, 2010 6:03 PM)