Novaform Comfortluxe Review/thoughts and a question
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I got the Cal king Novaform comfortluxe mattress from Costco FYI I am 6'5 215lbs and the mattress is setup on the floor. Initially the mattress was very very hard. I found I had to wait 72 hours for it to really decompress. Then, to soften it I walk/hoped(!) all over it many times probably a total of 20 minutes and this helped it soften up. While I find the bed initially very comfortable I have a problem with it. When I warm up the comfort layer,I think I sink through that layer and my hips sit on the support layer which is not comfortable and is in fact hard. this is exactly what happened to me with my cheaperpediic I built! It has only been 1 week so I will give it a couple more days. Otherwise, is memory foam simply not something us larger humans can use? Is Latex from Sleepez what I need to do? This message was modified Dec 6, 2007 by novahelp
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| Several people have tried for a perfect all-latex mattress, but only a few have achieved it. If you look at old threads here, you'll see that many people have trouble getting the support needed with latex. It's just too rubbery. |
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novahelp wrote: I noticed you guys used lots of different types of foams. Wow. Why didn't you just build a complete latex bed? Cost. The price for a latex core starts around $900. |
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donw wrote: Several people have tried for a perfect all-latex mattress, but only a few have achieved it. If you look at old threads here, you'll see that many people have trouble getting the support needed with latex. It's just too rubbery. Then how does SleepEZ do it with their beds? |
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novahelp, I am 6'6" and 240. My core is 5.6" of ILD 40 (not the most firm available) Latex International Talatech (blend), and I am well satisfied with the support I get from it. In fact, my problem has been softening things up enough on top. I haven't personally tried using a urethane core, but I believe it should be a less expensive way of achieving a very similar feel to all latex. |
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Thanks for the input. So the latex really is a better foam, and likely to be an easier way to just get a comfortable bed. It's really driving me nuts all this :) . The worst is that this bed is actually VERY comfortable ... INITIALLY! It's just that after a couple of hours my shoulder and hip become pressure points sitting on the support layer since the memory foam has been heated up and I sink through it. Is this just the result of cheap memory foam? Or do the tempurpedics and all memory foam beds do this as well and just us larger people have this sinking through problem? |
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| Memory foam can definitely feel like perfectly contoured concrete, but this strikes me as just poor design. There must be a different material under the memory foam which provides something in between a cast and a concrete slab of support. And yes, it probably IS cheap memory foam. Quality memory foam is expensive. |
Re: Novaform Comfortluxe Review/thoughts and a question
 That's the design of the bed in the above photo. Another web site with reviews has a post from the manufacturer with some ILD values. I am construing from them this is the likely construction of the Comfortluxe as the other bed with specific numbers used mostly the same foam layers. Therefore, Comfortluxe is likely: 1.5" Coolwave 4lb foam of 12-14ILD 1.5" and 2" layers are likely 12-15ILD 7" is 2lb foam with ILD 40 Would this construction explain why someone my size loves the bed at first, but has those pressure spots later on? I am a side sleeper.. This message was modified Dec 9, 2007 by novahelp
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| Thoughts? Is it the foam or me that is causing this difficulty? |
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novahelp wrote: Thoughts? Is it the foam or me that is causing this difficulty?
After all, you are stuck with your body, your bed should fit your needs. |
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I spoke to Jeremy from SleepEZ. He said the problem is that the comfort layer ILD is WAAAY too soft. he said it was typical of most manufacturers to put a comfort layer that is super soft so in the showroom people thing it is great. he said their soft layer is 24 ILD. They had a super soft layer, but they discontinued it since everyone was returning it. He recommended a Soft-Med-Xfirm combo for me in their 3 layer unit. |