Mattress Forum

Some caveats:  it is made in China and it had a stronger odor than most memory foams.  I let it air out for a couple of weeks before using.  I don't notice any odor now.  

If you order, look for the 10% off coupon at the top of the foam topper page.   They charge shipping and sales tax in California.  I think you can return it within 90 days.

Another option is 5lb Sensus at overstock.com, if they still carry it.  I have not looked in a while.  It is cheaper, but not as dense as the foamorder.  If you search on google you might find some 6lb. ones.

This one is not of the cool/more breathable variety (which tend to offer less support in my opinion).  So, if you are real heat sensitve that might be an issue.  I recently moved my bed and put the memory foam back on top of the stack, covered by 2 mattress pads (one wool filled).  So far heat has not been an issue, and I am heat sensitive.

Thanks for your reply to my other post, Sandman.  Yeah, a real pain not finding a perfect stack.  Before going out and buying yet another mattress in a poke (at least at a far lower price then 2-3 years ago)... what is your current configuration?

After spending the afternoon in the Beutyrest Factory warehouse, I am reminded that they alll feel better than my home mattress... until I have slept on them one night or more!

Maybe a few more tries are in order.

I will reply also to the original poster with my experiences, but cannot look back in "reply" mode to address properly

shovel99

Ditto on what Sandman has said, and overstock.com ... many searches... no longer carries any Mem foam higher than 4 lb density in topper thicknesses and sizes.  I, too have the 1 inch 5.3 lb from foamorder.com.  Remember to search for their discount... you will enter it in the info line at the final order page... think it is "Recession09"... and your price will be adjusted down 10%.  Just bought one inch 5.3 from them a couple of months ago.

Memory foam sleeps hot to me also, and I am quite heat sensitive.  My aged parents were split on it:  my dad, who was cold natured, fibromyalgia and other ailments... absolutely loved the 5 lb ;pink "sensus" product in 2 ", on top of his bed.  My mom who was hot... sank in more... and hated it because she was "in a hole".

If you buy 1 inch, you can fold it to test 2 inch... and if you like that.... buy another.  You can do the same with latex if you can find 1 inch in density ILD you want, but latex is a bit more "structural".... a 2 inch 20 ILD piece was firmer than 2 x 1 inch 20 ILD of the same material... because it structurally "pushes back"... and 2 inches of it in a block all tied together.... pushes back harder.

I am still, maddeningly, experimenting after several years of over 25 mattresses bought or "exchanged with bribes" from local sellers, and many configurations of PU, latex, memory foam and all of the above.  Search my ID for some of my earlier posted thoughts.

IN general... which density or ILD of a product and which product is subjective.  Latex compresses "linearly" the greater the force, the greater the pressure, so behaves more like a spring.  Solme like that, some don't.  This is called "pushing back" by the public.  Memory foam "melts" to your shape based on body heat... the closer it is to your body, the more heat it has to melt with, so, the greater the shaping.  The more stuff between you and the mem foam.... like a fairly thick mattress pad... sheet... the less it will mold (the "harder" it will feel) and vice versa.  When I use mem foam, I completely eliminated the mattress pad, because for me, that takes away a signficant amount of shaping capability of the mem foam.  Others use the wool filled pads and like them. I didn't.  Thought it was hot, too. I just use 2 sheets.. or three...and will just hope I don't ruin the material  Right now I don't care, just want something I can sleep on "today".

So you might have one inch of supersoft PU (most commercial mattresses, even some with mem foam and latex) put some "cheap but luxurious" Poly foam on top.  Foamdistributing.com has it in 1 inch, call it "supersoft".. and even softer in eggrate "supersoft."

Once Mem foam is more than 2 inches away, it gets little heat, is very hard.  It will also feel like a rock in a cool room in wintertime when you first lie on it.  Many mem foam mattresses are sold under misunderstanding:  the feel is firm in the showroom for the 10 minutes that the person is on it.  I even made a mistake of purchasing a spring mattress with mem foam top thinking it was a lot softer.  It was being offered in an unairconditioned warehouse environment... at over 90 degrees... so it was a lot softer in the SR than when I got it home!  Figure that one.

Because of temperature properties... MF will feel very different the minute you lay on it from 30 minutes ... 1 hour... all night.  Probably why there are many who complaints about tempurpedics... and there are many... because they didn't and couldnt try it out in the showroom long enough.  Goes for all mem foam mattresses.

The top 2 inches of whatever you are using will be 90% of the "feel", but the next 3-4 inches can be critical also.

In general, you can soften a firm mattress ...and especially with memory foam which doesn't really provide its own support... you need a pretty firm mattress on which to add a topper.  There is one "bridge" product  Rejuvenator at Overstock.com... stiff 2.5 inches of hard PU foam with 1.5 inches of 4 lb high qual mem foam.. that worked pretty well on a too soft mattress before I cut it apart.

For me, with lumbar back problems, 165 lb 6 foot.. kinda boney... and side and back sleeper... one combination that was "pretty good" is 1 inch of 4 lb ..."Mem cool" at overstock.com, they still have this.... over 1 inch of the 5.3 lb from foamorder.com.  This on a pretty firm mattress, because you will sink through these and feel "unsupported" if you have any more than the 2 inches, IMHO.

Of course, the challenges are that all of the densities and feels and weightings are subjective... and will vary with your weight (heavier foks need stiffer product).. and whether you sleep on your side or back.... personal preferences...and compound that with significant other preferences!

Good luck, and let us know how it works.

shovel99

If you go to 2", then I think you will find more options (like foambymail).  I also saw a place that sells 6lb in 2".  

Hi Paul.  Do you like the 5.3 memory foam from foamorder?  I have not heard any other feedback on that.

I have been using pretty much the same setup for the last year.  Sealy Reserve coils (probably too firm for my taste), 2" 32 naturual talalay with a 20ILD cutout under the shoulder + 1" 24 natural talalay + 1" 19 blended talalay + 1" 5.3 foamorder memory foam.   Sometimes I have the 19 ILD on top of the 5.3, when I want it a bitter firmer and cooler.   I tend to prefer the memory foam on top, and it has not caused heat issues lately.   I still have 1" of mem-cool and 1" of Sensus, so maybe I will try replacing the 19 with one of those again to see how I like it.