Mattress Forum

This is how it was for me when I tried a Flobed a few years back.  We had every firmness core available, so we tried every combination possible before giving up.  I developed lower back pain of an intensity I had never experienced before always by about the 5th hour in the bed.  I too so wanted a latex bed to work for me but finally had to give up.  Does Sleepez have the same return policy Flobeds does?  For the same amount of $, you could get an S brand spring mattress and when the foam in it finally gives out, do mattress surgery in the future as others here have done.  And depending on your weight, the foam in the S brand may never compress - my several-years old Serta looks like new in that regard, no dip whatsoever.

I wouldn't worry about your baby's mattress unless your baby seems unusually restless and doesn't sleep well.  Even though I couldn't sleep on latex, I got my granddaugher the Natura crib mattress.  Maybe my daughter lucked out with an incredibly happy baby, but she said the little thing slept so well she was always checking on her to make sure she was still breathing.  She is now 3 years old and still sleeps very well on the mattress but with a new baby on the way she will have to relinquish it to the new addition.

I thought about getting the baby a latex mattress too, but I wasn't sure if my bed was making her nose stuffy. she is not having any different symptoms than she did before the bed arrived, I just worry about everything with this baby since I lost the last one at 5 months along in my pregnancy. She is my 5th baby, I did not worry like this with my first, I think I was just too dumb. Now with an overkill over info online, there is just more to worry about.

I still want to get the toppers for my other kids beds. They love my bed. They call it the Marshmellow bed. My 10 year old son is deaf, and he has a lot of skin issues and alergies too, I was hoping a latex topper might help him.

Leo, I have a 2" wool topper already. Sometimes I use it and sometimes I feel it causes lower back pain due to no support.

I'm thinking that surely a Talatech 14ILD will provide more support than a fluffy wool topper. Of course, I have been wrong before and I could be wrong again. But I'd like to try the soft latex.

mycakebed wrote:

Jim, maybe your wool pad is more densely packed then my wool on top mattress pad, it looks like sheepskin rugs.  Of course mine will be going flat in time I am sure.  But yours is inside the cotton right?

Maybe you are right and the soft latex (if only 1") will fill in the small of your back for more comfort.  You got to keep trying right?  me too.
 

Good idea.  Then the small (lower back) will get some relief with a small pillow under the knees.

I am not sure how long you have had your Sleepeze bed, but have you talked to Shawn again?  Can he get you a 1" or 2" soft latex, and replace the soft 3" latex for a medium or firm?  I am getting the impression from many folks that 3" of soft is just too darn much soft for your back.

If you read Lynn's posts she uses 1" soft latex over a firm latex base.  For some people (light weight) this might be the solution.

As for the 50's Sears beds, wouldn't you like to have one of those to see what they are like?

For myself, I have on one side of the bed, 3" of XF (36 ILD) over 3" of XF over 3" of XF, and on the other side, 3" of F (32 ILD) over 3" of XF over 3" of XF.  There is a 2" soft convoluted topper over all of that.

The XF/XF/XF side started out being my side, then I became attracted to my husband's F/XF/XF side and switched our layers around so that would be my side.  Although it is a little softer, my back is hurting again, so I'm about to go back to XF/XF/XF.

I feel the Sleepez mattress configuration might be too soft for those of us with back pain issues.  My daughter has the Sleepez mattress (10000 model)  in F/M/S, and the soft layer is definitely too soft for someone with back issues, although it's very comfy for a quick lie down or for someone who doesn't have back issues and likes a cushy mattress.

I would recommend you switch out that top layer for something firmer, and maybe even switch the middle layer to go one level firmer as well. 

The great thing about latex mattresses is our ability to exchange layers until we find what will work best for us.  Or, if it doesn't work at all, you have the 90 day trial period to return the whole mattress.  There's nothing to regret here, you are trying out a mattress - if you can't exchange layers to get it right for your back, or even after exchanging, you still can't get it right, you can return it.  That is a much better deal than what you would have gotten if you'd walked into a mattress shop and purchased a mattress there.  In a traditional mattress store, you may be able to do one mattress exchange, if you're lucky, but most won't let you return for a refund.

So the very best advice I can give to anyone who is seriously considering latex is to give yourself plenty of time, and to purchase from a company that gives you unlimited exchanges for a reasonable period of time. And then has a hundred percent refund policy.

Once I got used to my latex bed ( I had previsously slept on a waterbeds for 20 years) I found that it gave me both excellent support and just the right amount of cushioning so that I could become comfortable and get a good nights sleep.

Again the principle point I want to make is to be patient with yourself and don't always blame the bed when a nights sleep doesn't go as well as you would like. There are many factors which can cause a person's body to not relax and sleep properly that are not due to the mattress.