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After lurking on this forum for quite a long time, I decided to purchase a SleepEZ 10000 Cal King. Since I live in Southern California, I took a day trip to Scottsdale in order to check out SleepEZ’s showroom. Shawn was out of town but Jeremy did a nice job showing me SleepEZ’s products. I am about 360 lbs. and my wife is about 260 lbs. That makes us a bit heavier than many on this forum. I was a bit concerned about bottoming out a latex mattress. Nevertheless, we decided on the 10000 model based on Shawn’s recommendations and the fact that my wife thought that our existing bed was already too high off the ground. We chose blended talalay over natural talalay based on Shawn’s recommendation and my showroom experience; I did not detect an appreciable difference between blended and natural talalay. However, there was a large difference between dunlop and talalay, the dunlop feeling much too rigid given the same firmness rating. Shawn recommended XF/F/M for both sides. I am pretty much a back sleeper and my wife is primarily a side sleeper. My wife tends to like a softer bed than I, which is why we previously owned a plush Stearns & Foster pillowtop. Also, based on Shawn’s recommendation, we used our existing box spring topped with ¾” plywood. I chose finished plywood and did a rough sanding in order to prevent abrasion damage to the mattress cover. After many nights with a canoed mattress and resulting back pain, I was really looking forward to a great night’s sleep. However, there are problems. I have slept on the new bed for four nights. I wake up in the morning with back strain. It is feels like the kind of pain and stiffness you get from pressure points. I am waking up several times a night trying to find a more comfortable sleep position. I will give the bed a few more nights as is because the discomfort is much less than with the S&F and perhaps I am not used to the new bed. My wife is in full revolt. As a result, I have already asked for a soft layer to experiment with. My wife can happily sleep on an old PU foam recliner and so a softer bed may work for her. On the other hand, I am wary of going any softer on my side, concerned about back support. I am wondering whether a soft mattress topper may be the best solution. Anyone have any advice or recommendations? |
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InsoManiac: http://www.flobeds.com/catalog.lasso (List of all Flo-Bed products. They may also have more than one type of convoluted Latex topper) |