FBM's terrycloth cover
Dec 28, 2011 3:21 PM
Joined: Sep 30, 2011
Points: 60
Anyone have experience with FBM's terry-cloth cover:

http://www.mattressbymail.com/terrycover.html

I am thinking of using one istead of a mattress pad.   Because I have 3  (and possibly later 4) layers on foam in my bed, a regular mattress pad seems to be problematic.   When I try to stretch it over the corners of my setup (and the one I have now wants to be stretched pretty tight), it tends to to curl up the corners of the top layers.   So I'm thinking just use the terrycloth cover on my topper (or toppers) and have nothing over the base layers (of firm p/u foam).   The fitted sheet will cover it all, so no problem with the way it looks.

I'm thinking it will work especially well because of the zoning thing I'm doing:

http://www.whatsthebest-mattress.com/forum/lovin-zoning/27024-0-1.html

I basically will probably have 4 separate pieces of foam in my topper: two 1" pieces of latex for the mid-torso area (to make a 2" piece), and pieces of 2" memory foam (or possibly 14ILD latex) for the shoulder and feet areas.   So I'm imagining I could zip all that up into the 4-sided zipper of the terrycloth cover,  and it'd hopefully become sort of a "unit".   Much more convenient when I'm flipping and rotating the lower base p/u pieces, especially.

 

 

 

Re: FBM's terrycloth cover
Reply #8 Jan 1, 2012 11:10 AM
Joined: Aug 5, 2010
Points: 227
RustyShackleford wrote:

How thick are they ?   I waffle about adding a 1" comfort layer to my existing DIY setup.   I'm sure this cover isn't near 1", but still, it seems like it might add some cushiness.


I agree that they aren't that thick.  If it is an inch of wool, it compresses to about 0.2 inches in the pad, at the most.  I'm not sure how much cushiness it adds but it make the mattress feel more luxurious.  It would, as any pad would, mute the latex feel slightly.  The only thing that would be less would be a sheet.  It is not as thick as the Flobeds mattress cover that is supposed to be 1 inch.  It is really a nice cover and worth the money in my opinion.  I've thought of taking the Flobeds cover off and just using it over a stretchy zipper cover from FBM.  You can always ask for a discount and I think if you sign up you get notified of specials....but maybe if you just ask, it might work.