Mattress Forum

Tempurpedic's website will tell you the break down of the two beds.  The Allura uses Tempurpedic's HD foam.  As the name implies it has a higher density.  The Allura is more of a plush option versus a soft option (ES foam in the supreme).  The HD tempur material has more cells to conform to your body so technically it gives you better pressure relief and support.  The Allura is pretty much Tempurpedic's most therapeutic bed.  Given your size the HD will be a better option in terms of pressure relief and support and it will also last longer due to its higher density.

I veered away from Cloud Supreme mostly due to price.  may have been little too plush at least for me. don't know.  I'm happy.

While laying on either bed in your sleeping position, which one allows you to get that feeling of "melting muscles" while you relax quicker and more naturally. the durability question is moot. It is all the same proprietary material regardless of Tempur, Tempur ES or Tempur HD. I first fell in love with the Rhapsody (HD over Standard), Absolutely decided the Allura was my favorite when I finally was able to try it because it felt so much softer to me... then when the 3rd "Cloud" bed came out, I bought it--the Cloud Luxe. It was the softest ES foam over the HD foam fiving me the best of both of the luxury feels--WAIT, what I mean is, it felt the best to me out of all of them.

Your back is the only true decision maker for great sleeso if the Allura feels better for you, go for it, if the Supreme feels better, keep it. Don't let a salesperson make you think more $$ means better bed!

Sleep Well "joed"!

Tmepurpedic beds and other memory foam beds don't keep sinking and sinking overnight.  Where did you get that from?  What model of Tempurpedic did you own?

How cool did you let your room get?  58F?  That's too cool for sleeping anyway.  Mine is 65F at night and TP is fine.

Anyrate, sinking too much just means one bought a Tempurpedic that is too soft for them.  And you will know it right away.

I'm 2 months and 2 weeks on this Cloud and doing fine!  Firmness is NOT constantly changing.  Still the best mattress ever for me.
 

My wife and I have had the Allura Bed since August of this year and we love it.  It is a an amazing bed and we have never slept better in our lives.  I had bad back pain for years on our old spring mattress, the pain would last all day and i just assumed i had a bad back.  After getting this bed i have been pain free since day one.  If we sleep on any other mattress we feel a very noticeable difference in quality of sleep.  I'm 6'4 and 210 and i find the bed provides more then enough support.  The Cal king is just long enough so that my feet do not dangle off.   

My best advice for you is to get one and try it out, we got ours at Mattress firm and they have a 100 night trial where you can return the bed if you do not like it, needless to say we love it and will not return it.  But every store should have this option, this way you can try the bed for yourself and you will find out for sure whether it is for you.  You can read every web site and debate it over and over, but all that means nothing as you really need to just try it out to really know what it’s like. 

A few tips, it's best to sleep in a room above 65 degrees like slpngoc said.  Do not use any mattress protector and use high thread count sheets.  We have found that putting layers between you and the mattress will decrease the effectiveness of the bed.  That's about it, I hope you enjoy the bed as much as we have.