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Hi, everyone. We're considering buying a V-Zone Flobed (King), and have questions on the firmness.. The "sleep advisor" on their website recommends the following, and I'm wondering (realizing everyone's different) if these are a good starting point - especially as Flobeds has apparently changed their swap-out policy on the cores and it's now much more costly to get it right.. - Wife: 110 lbs, 5'4, slide sleeper (sometimes back sleeper): vzone, medium, medium - Me: 160 - 180 lbs (now closer to 180 but tend to go back and forth in this range), 5'8, stomach sleeper (sometimes side sleeper): vzone, firm, medium Wife layed in a TempurPedic Cloud Luxe the other day (the super soft one) and "really" liked it. So, I'm wondering if we shouldn't go vzone, soft, medium for her? The vzone recommendations are apparently based on the layer directly underneath, so here's what the site came up with for each of us: - Wife: Soft, Soft, Medium, Soft, Firm, Medium (head to foot - 1st two soft sections are for head and shoulder areas, then medium lumbar, soft hips, firm knees and medium foot) - Me: Medium, Soft, Firm, Medium, X-Firm, Firm She has occasional hip pain (possibly caused by our 20+ year old S mattress), and I have moderate shoulder and neck pain (ditto). BTW, Flobeds has changed their swap-out policy, so it's no longer "just get something and swap it if you need to", so it's MUCH more difficult / costly now days, which we really don't like one bit. (SleepEZ will still swap cores as much as you need, but doesn't offer a V-Zone, so we're still going back and forth between the two options). Also - given the new policy and wife's preference for soft, I'm wondering if we shouldn't go soft/medium for her 2 underneath-the-V-zone cores, as we then wouldn't have two of the same firmness cores on her side. (Or, go medium-firm for the same reason..maybe we'd be OK since the v-zone would have a lot of soft regions for her, and there's also the 2'' convoluted layer on top of the v-zone anyway?) Thanks for any / all feedback and suggestions! |
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Sall wrote: From my experience with latex layers, I think the soft, soft layers would be too soft for her and I think the medium, firm layers under the v-zone will be a good starting point. I've had over a year and a half experience with different layers of latex (and spent a significant amount of money) and the soft, soft would be too soft IMHO. You would then have multiple pieces to swap between them. Also, for side sleeping, I think zoning is the best way to align your spine, give your body support and minimize back pain while minimizing pressure points.....as long as you get the correct softnesses. I've tried everything from a 14 ILD to 32 ILD and spent way too much time on this forum....according to my wife. Of course, this is only my opinion, everybody is different or so it seems. |
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Thanks, Sal..not sure what you were referring to on the "soft, soft" for wife, though - the site advisor recommends med / med as the two core layers under the v-zone. I WAS thinking v-zone / soft / medium for her. Would that work? Or still be too soft? Gotta drag out the ILD ratings for "soft", "medium", etc and try to make some sense out of all this. BTW, am considering going "natural" latex vs blended synthetic, which I believe is more "bouncy", right? Thx for the help! |
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Bear63 wrote:
Thanks, Sal..not sure what you were referring to on the "soft, soft" for wife, though - the site advisor recommends med / med as the two core layers under the v-zone.
I WAS thinking v-zone / soft / medium for her. Would that work? Or still be too soft? Gotta drag out the ILD ratings for "soft", "medium", etc and try to make some sense out of all this. BTW, am considering going "natural" latex vs blended synthetic, which I believe is more "bouncy", right? Thx for the help! This message was modified Dec 7, 2011 by Sall
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| I agree with Sal's recommendation and feel the top comfort layer is already soft so you do not want any more soft layers under that. |