Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
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I had been given this site along with SleepEZ, FloBeds and SleepLikeaBear as recommendations to purchase a new latex mattress. I am a side sleeper that suffers from upper (shoulder neck) pain but more lower back pain from our current crappy old as heck spring mattress w/memory foam topper. My boyfriend says he is just fine on our mattress and is leaving it up to me (he's a snorer, side or back sleeper and about 200 lbs where i'm about 140), and if we are going to spend this much money i want to get him the appropriate ILD as well.
Flobeds says i should have M/M or M/F and him F/XF but i've also heard their ILD is off from SleepEZ and that i should go F/F for me and XF/XF for him? Does this sound about right? (or correct me b/c i'm getting more overwhelmed the more i read)
BUT since i'm a side sleeper i've started to read about this zoning and now am even more confused. is a 6" core good to start and then add toppers as needed? or should i really consider a topper to start as well? |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
| OMG.. I cannot believe this site and how many people continue to try to invent their own mattresses to find comfort.. Perhaps your old coil mattress is crappy becaue it is old or it wasn't a good one to begin with.. I have had both latex and memory everything and have come to the conclusion you need a really good coil support with a really good covering and a med. firm bed for a good nights sleep.. forget all these toppers and trying to be a mathmetician to figure out what density you need for this or that..it is all hype to make you spend more dollars. I would like to just save one person from making a huge money pit of mistakes for the mattress they think they will construct. The only way you can find the perfect mattress is to do serious shopping and not looking at high end for the end result.. You would be surprised at some of the mattresses that I overlooked because they weren't the big S brands or the Tempurpedics of the industry. If you are a side sleeper and get some of these foam beds that aren't firm enough you will end up with serious hip pain and then it will hit your back..Been there done that.. I am in a firm coil with a beautiful topping that isn't a foot thick either and I am finally getting sleep and this mattress was 1000.. compared to the thousands I have paid in the last 4 years.. Be diligent in shopping as everywhere will want to sell you so many crazy ideas of what you should be sleeping in.. go back to the basics.. and you will see I am right..this site promotes so many versions of bed making I actually get laughs out of it every day..Ridiculous.. good luck but be a smart shopper..!!! |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
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Glenbury wrote: OMG.. I cannot believe this site and how many people continue to try to invent their own mattresses to find comfort.. Perhaps your old coil mattress is crappy becaue it is old or it wasn't a good one to begin with.. I have had both latex and memory everything and have come to the conclusion you need a really good coil support with a really good covering and a med. firm bed for a good nights sleep.. forget all these toppers and trying to be a mathmetician to figure out what density you need for this or that..it is all hype to make you spend more dollars. I would like to just save one person from making a huge money pit of mistakes for the mattress they think they will construct. The only way you can find the perfect mattress is to do serious shopping and not looking at high end for the end result.. You would be surprised at some of the mattresses that I overlooked because they weren't the big S brands or the Tempurpedics of the industry. If you are a side sleeper and get some of these foam beds that aren't firm enough you will end up with serious hip pain and then it will hit your back..Been there done that.. I am in a firm coil with a beautiful topping that isn't a foot thick either and I am finally getting sleep and this mattress was 1000.. compared to the thousands I have paid in the last 4 years.. Be diligent in shopping as everywhere will want to sell you so many crazy ideas of what you should be sleeping in.. go back to the basics.. and you will see I am right..this site promotes so many versions of bed making I actually get laughs out of it every day..Ridiculous.. good luck but be a smart shopper..!!! GK |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
| GK.. been on the new mattress for 5 weeks now.. believe me I have had several mattresses of the highest quality and in 2 weeks I knew whether they would be a keeper or not..I don't mind replacing a mattress if I can get a few years out of it.. but at 3000 a crack with some of these so called best of the best.. I have found it to be just another way for the consumer to be taken..this site gives me entertainment at how foolish consumers actually are.. and I am one of them.. all caught up in how we can make our beds give us a good nights sleep..! This mattress industry should come under some gov't control to protect us better with our purchases.. the companies themselves boast all their warranties etc. but you are at the mercy of some of the stores and their policies when you make your purchase, they have a different set of rules that void your dealings with the company you think you are purchasing from.. it's all about the store you purchase from.. been taken and it will never happen again..mad as HELL.. |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
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Glenbury wrote: GK.. been on the new mattress for 5 weeks now.. believe me I have had several mattresses of the highest quality and in 2 weeks I knew whether they would be a keeper or not..I don't mind replacing a mattress if I can get a few years out of it.. but at 3000 a crack with some of these so called best of the best.. I have found it to be just another way for the consumer to be taken..this site gives me entertainment at how foolish consumers actually are.. and I am one of them.. all caught up in how we can make our beds give us a good nights sleep..! This mattress industry should come under some gov't control to protect us better with our purchases.. the companies themselves boast all their warranties etc. but you are at the mercy of some of the stores and their policies when you make your purchase, they have a different set of rules that void your dealings with the company you think you are purchasing from.. it's all about the store you purchase from.. been taken and it will never happen again..mad as HELL.. What mattress did you end up getting. Please post up what it is. Thanks! |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
| To Scott.. I accidentally stumbled into a mattress store off the beaten path one day..and he had all the usual suspects in his store but he also had a large line of Restonic's.. Now I had seen these prior to purchasing my first big $$'s mattress latex a few years ago and loved it, but got stirred away from it from ofcourse the salesperson.. and bought the latex.. it was good for 1 1/2 years.. and bowed across the middle giving me horrible back issues.. Anyway along the line of some of the S brands I got taken to the cleaners with them as well and this last one.. 3000 later.. I-comfort Serta.. my biggest mistake.. and the store had nothing for me to exchange to unless alot less and still nothing I laid on was any good..so I ate it and put it in the guest room.. my 3000 guest room!!!! makes me very mad.. so I continued to look and did lots of research and finally gave up until this day I went into this last store.. he had a beautiful line of Restonic's.. loved many of them but my red flag went up when I read some of the reviews.. but again went back to the store to give it their 60 trial.. I bought the firm one with a nice tuffted top that isn't so dense that you are sinking in..also the Restonic's happen to have this middle that is very supportive with extra coils of whatever..It has helped my hips and back which were my main concern.. it was 1000 with tax.. and I just wanted at this point to be able to sleep and want to go and get in my bed at night..so knock on wood I like my bed and whatever it becomes over the next few years I will deal with.. but this site I now frequent for entertainment for what people are looking for and the surgeries they are doing to beds just to get comfortable.. I do believe after having all sorts of beds that back to the basics is the only way.. coil good ones with a decent coverning.. and NO pillow top..everyone is different so this is just my story.. |
Re: Overwhelmed side sleeper in need of relief and latex mattress help!
| I agree that a coil mattress might be the way to go. We've been sleeping on a Simmons Beautyrest World Class Felicuty Plush for 12 years, and it has been a good mattress. Now it's time to look for a new one, and I think I will look at the Restonic since it's less expensive than Simmons. BTW, I am 140, 5' 3' ,have side thigh pain and am a side sleeper, so I need to keep this in mind when shopping. Hubby is 5'9". 165 lb. Weight isn't really an issue for us. |