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Has anyone purchased from Plushbeds? Can't seem to find much information on them. Thanks! |
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Good evening Phoenix,
Spent a good 30 minutes on the telephone with Bob from Custom Sleep Design. Provided a good overview of his mattress design and based on our sizes/shoulder/back issues he sent a break down of each layer of the 3 layers with zoned areas for hip and shoulder support. The core was 6" (40 ILD on my side 36 ILD on my wife's side) the next 3" layer was zoned 34" (measured from the top of the mattress toward the foot of the bed) of 32 ILD top part / the remaining 46" of the mattress was 36 ILD for me and my wife's was zoned 32" of 28 ILD for the top part and 32 ILD for the bottom 48". The final 2" layer was zoned 31" of 19 ILd on the top part and the remaining 49" bottom was 28 for me and my wife's side was 29" of 14ILD on the top part and 28 ILD on the bottom 51". Will be talking with him tomorrow concerning firmness, exchanges, layout of the zoned layers and of course pricing. He will do blended or natural latex. I know some people have had good overall experiences with him. Need to know how this zoning works. Are you familiar with it? Sounds like a good way to maintain support and comfort.
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Yes I am very familiar with it as I also had several very good conversations with him. The idea is that most of your weight is in your lower torso which would tend to sink in "too much" relative to your shoulders and put your spine out of alignment. Your shoulder area on the other hand has less weight but is wider than your hips and needs to sink in more than your hips but doesn't have the weight to do so. By making the top part of your mattress softer than the bottom, it allows your shoulders or upper torso to sink in more and your hips or lower torso less so you stay in alignment. He would also choose ILD's that he believed would give you the best combination of pressure relief and support for your particular sleeping style and weight distribution so that you would not have either "pressure issues" or "alignment issues". In other words it is a form of manual zoning to customize the mattress both up and down and side to side. Most zoning schemes that are "built in" to a foam layer or innersprings don't have as big a "difference" in softness/firmness areas and also are "off the shelf" and not "split" at points that are tailored to you individually. This is the basic idea and I believe it is a very good method of customizing a mattress. Phoenix PS: Cazual in this thread http://www.whatsthebest-mattress.com/forum/dr-breus-bed-talalay-latex/16100-0-1.html just got a mattress there and could give you more real life impressions and feedback This message was modified Nov 15, 2010 by Phoenix
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Phoenix, The search has ended. Today my wife and I ordered our latex mattress from Custom Sleep Design. After numerous discussions on the phone and sending pictures, Bob and his staff designed a bed that will hopefully meet our needs. I feel comfortable with the decision and now will be anixously awaiting its arrival in three weeks. I really appreciate your assistance and input the past weeks. I do like the option of changing the layers if necessary and the split zones to provide support and comfort. In reading a thread from the lady who resides in the Quad cities which is about 180 miles from us you may recommend this company. Their prices with a foundation are reasonable. Will let you know how things work out once our mattress arrvies. Again, many thanks! God bless and have a blessed Thanksgiving!!
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Way to go! If you are happy then I am happy. :) Let us know how it is when it arrives. Phoenix |
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Hi Phoenix,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Thought I would drop you a note on our mattress. Arrived one week before Christmas and we found the mattress was too firm. Spoke wiith Bob yesterday and he will be adjusting our two top layers to make it softer and they will ship the two layers next week. I think once we make the right adjustments the bed will be great.
sy
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Thanks for the report. Did you end up with the layering in post 45 of this thread or go with something firmer when you bought? I'm curious because the 19 and 14 ILD part of the top layer zoning is pretty soft already so I'm guessing that the 28 ILD in the upper layer is too firm for your hips? I'd also be curious what you are exchanging for as every piece of feedback is really helpful to help someone else in a similar position to you to "get it right". Thanks again for your feedback Phoenix This message was modified Dec 28, 2010 by Phoenix
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Phoenix, Here is a break down of our layers: Peg's initial specs top layer 2" zoned ILD 28/24 middle layer 3" ILD 32 core 6" 36 Bob's recommendations to soften top layer 2" zoned 14/24 middle layer 3" ILD 28 core 6" 36
Steve initial specs top layer 2" zoned ILD 19/28 middle layer 3" zoned ILD 32/36 core 6" 40 Bob's recommendations to soften top layer 2" zoned ILD 19/24 middle layer 3" zoned ILD 24/32 core 6" 40
Bob will exchange both layers and make additional corrections as needed. One thing I've learned is the different combinations make a hugh difference. It is too bad there was nothing in our immediate area to try the various thickness layers and ILD's. I would have liked to go to his store and eliminate the guess work. Bob has been very informative and helpful. He is willing to go out of his way to ensure the product is right.
sy
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