Mattress Forum

I think I'm going to make one side softer and one side firmer in the next few days just to see if we might be missing something that might be even better.

One thing I would like is a more soft, plush feel on the top surface that doesn't affect the support.

I may try Shovel99's suggestion of adding 1" of visco once we get the Dormeir protector in place.

I have been sleeping on my all latex mattress for 9 months and recently decided to try 1 inch of memory foam on top.  Right now I have 3 inches of 24-28 ILD all Natural talalay as my top layer and find it is "pushing back" just a little more than I would like.  I've ordered 1 inch of Sensus from Overstock but it has not arrived yet.   I'll let you know how it changes the feel of the mattress as soon as possible.

Please do Mark, I am very interested to hear what you think.

"Pushing Back" is a good description for it.

It's a very lively, active, taut surface feel that provides terrific support but lacks a relaxing, plush quality.

It's hard to describe.

That is what I did not like about all latex as well.  Some memory foam on top does help.  The problem is that it is hard to find the ideal memory foam especially in 1" increments. 

I am interested in your set up as I am pretty close to ordering something similar to yours ... I am thinking of going with the Flobeds VZone king bed with a regular slat base from Ikea.

I was at an Ikea in Toronto, ON and walked by someone who said the Laxenby frame fell apart on him ... is it sturdy?

Perhaps also you might find less jiggle if you use a regular slat base ...

It seems sturdy to me. If assembled properly I'm not sure what would fall apart.

Ikea products are kind of funny that way... you can find someone somewhere who has had pretty much every Ikea product ever made "fall apart" on them.

I think this is the nature of assemble-it-yourself furniture combined with the sheer volume of Ikea products sold in general.

The Ikea bed my wife wanted was out of stock when I went to buy it so she went shopping at local furniture stores. She found one she liked at a "real" furniture store that was about 3X as expensive as the Ikea bed. When it arrived, the footboard was coming apart apart because it wasn't glued properly. I have yet to have an Ikea item be defective or fail like that but it can happen.

A regular "solid" slat base might indeed be less springy but I like the additional give that the bowed slats provide. When I reduced the tension on the adjustable slats their was a noticable difference in the pressure in the hip and shoulder areas.

Also, the Laxeby was the only model that had the slats captured on the ends by rubber cups so they cannot slip off of the frame.

Without disassembling, I slid the shorter bottom slat out from each position and pushed the sliding adjusters over the rubber end cups to secure them.

Since the loops in the center ribbon are larger in these locations these slats are now have more play and freedom of movement not being as tightly "tied" to the surrounding slats.

I haven't seen a problem with this in the last couple of nights and there is noticably more give in the shoulder and hip zones than with the double slats in place... so that is good.

I am holding off on the Dormeir protector for now and added a pad from Ikea as a layer of protection. It is the Ikea SKYDDA MJUK with their version of a Coolmax-like temperature-regulating liner. It is pretty nice and the temp regulating action works pretty well. I actually woke up last night due to the unfamiliar feeling of lying on an unusually cool feeling surface... neat. Another thing I like is that the pad only covers the top surface and is secured by really stretchy elastic straps on the corners. It seems a little cheesy until you realize that because it doesn't stretch over the sides and wrap under the mattress, it doesn't add any tension (snare drum effect) to the top surface.

In my first attempt at adding a plusher top surface I have ordered the Costco Cuddlebed since it is inexpensive and I can return it locally if it doesn't work out.