Wool - Your experience?
Dec 7, 2010 4:27 PM
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If anyone here has tried a wool topper, I am curious to hear your experiences and feedback.

Is wool a hard surface to sleep on?

Did it make the surface you put it on firmer, or softer?

Was It hot?

Did it feel coarse or did it scratch?

Secondly, has anyone tried an all wool futon or wool stuffed mattress? If so, what did you think about it?

thanks much!

This message was modified Dec 7, 2010 by jasmine
Re: Wool - Your experience?
Reply #5 Dec 13, 2010 3:18 PM
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jasmine wrote:

thanks for the posts.

i am considering purchasing a wool stuffed futon......wool only inside a cotton cover.

Has anyone tried one?


Show the link please.  Sounds interesting.

Re: Wool - Your experience?
Reply #6 Dec 13, 2010 3:32 PM
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Should make for one heck of a futon mattress. Although if it is still hand tufted which I hope it is for durability sakes, it will probably be relatively firm still.  Softer than an equivalent all cotton filled futon though.
Re: Wool - Your experience?
Reply #7 Dec 13, 2010 4:09 PM
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Shepherd's Dream is one such site. Their mattress is all organic wool stuffed with a wool cover.

Non-toxicity became a criteria for me after my negative experience with the "S" brand, so I began researching safer alternatives.

Budgy, thanks for the feedback, from what I have heard cotton futons become quite hard after awhile and wool is supposed to maintain its resilience. I was wondering how the wool might feel compared to a cotton futon and you answered that.

This message was modified Dec 13, 2010 by jasmine