| Any thoughts on using a waterbed mattress and frame as a foundation for a latex mattress or topper ? The water level could be raised or lowered to get the proper height and less thickness could be used, thus saving money on a latex mattress insert. A 2" or 3" topper on 6" of water might just be the ticket! What do you think? |
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jimsocal wrote:
These days they seem to be quite expensive and have layers and baffling etc and I'm not sure they're as good as the old style with minimum baffling... There are 2 styles of waterbeds, softsides and hardsides. Softsides look like regular mattresses and are as expensive as conventional mattresses. I have a hardside that basically is a wood frame with the water bladder inside. My mattress cost less then $500.00 and the frame itself that I bought online was $500.00. I have a Dreamweaver waterbed that can be found online. Like I described before, it has extra fiber in lumbar area so there is no hammocking. It is considered 99% waveless, so no wave action. Was your waterbed the old style full motion ones? When I laid on this bed for the first time I didn't even know it was a waterbed, awesome pressure relief for my bad shoulders. The full motion waterbeds won't give you the lumbar support that the waveless ones will so I think it would be better for your back. But then again there are people with bad backs that like the full motion, so go figure. PM me if you want some more detailed info. |
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Thanks Floats. If I can't get my mattress into a working configuration in the next several months (and I think I can), then I may well try the waterbed you mention. I had a hardside type: a wooden frame with the water bag inside, and the bag had some baffling in it, but it was minimal. You definitely felt the waves, but not as much as the really really old type where there was no baffling at all. Yours sounds like maybe the next generation from the last one I had, with the baffling. Sounds pretty good. I never had any back issues when I slept on a waterbed. But then, that was before having 3 car accidents, so ...? who knows? |
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Floats wrote: There are 2 styles of waterbeds, softsides and hardsides. Softsides look like regular mattresses and are as expensive as conventional mattresses. I have a hardside that basically is a wood frame with the water bladder inside. My mattress cost less then $500.00 and the frame itself that I bought online was $500.00. I have a Dreamweaver waterbed that can be found online. Like I described before, it has extra fiber in lumbar area so there is no hammocking. It is considered 99% waveless, so no wave action. Was your waterbed the old style full motion ones? When I laid on this bed for the first time I didn't even know it was a waterbed, awesome pressure relief for my bad shoulders. The full motion waterbeds won't give you the lumbar support that the waveless ones will so I think it would be better for your back. But then again there are people with bad backs that like the full motion, so go figure. PM me if you want some more detailed info. I ask because I recently read an article somewhere on the net about how vinyl off-gasses a bad chemical and is not healthy and I got rid of everything vinyl in our apartment. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I have allergies and asthma so try to keep away from things that off-gas chemicals or odors. |
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jimsocal wrote:
I ask because I recently read an article somewhere on the net about how vinyl off-gasses a bad chemical and is not healthy and I got rid of everything vinyl in our apartment. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I have allergies and asthma so try to keep away from things that off-gas chemicals or odors. |