SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Jun 6, 2010 8:34 PM
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what is this SOFTNESS that occurs in Tempurpedics after you buy and sleep on them?

 

Can anyone like Budgy please explain that?

 

How soon this softness occurs?

 

does it take away SUPPORT AND PRESSURE RELIEF provided by the tempurpedic mattress?

 

Is SOFTNESS IN TEMPURPEDIC MATTRESS A  concern?

 

Thanks.

 

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #1 Jun 6, 2010 11:27 PM
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Regarding softening, from the Tempupedic website:

"This limited warranty does not include a normal increase in softness of the TEMPUR® pressure-relieving material which does not affect the pressure-relieving qualities of the mattress."

For complete details of their 20-year warranty, click link above.

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #2 Jun 7, 2010 4:25 AM
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pianoman wrote:

Regarding softening, from the Tempupedic website:

"This limited warranty does not include a normal increase in softness of the TEMPUR® pressure-relieving material which does not affect the pressure-relieving qualities of the mattress."

For complete details of their 20-year warranty, click link above.


See, that's why I hate Tempurpedic. They are saying the increased softness does not affect the pressure-relieving qualities... Well, it sure as h-e-double-l affects the SUPPORT quality! After about a week I found mine impossible to sleep on; it absolutely killed my back. At least they do have a 60 day or whatever it was, refund policy (where and when I bought mine, they did, anyway).

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #3 Jun 7, 2010 3:16 PM
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Jim what tempurpedic bed did you try? So it took only 1 week for that tempurpedic to soften up?

Jim I read that you tried the latex also..why did you return the latex?

thanks Jim.

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #4 Jun 7, 2010 10:48 PM
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jimsocal wrote:

See, that's why I hate Tempurpedic. They are saying the increased softness does not affect the pressure-relieving qualities... Well, it sure as h-e-double-l affects the SUPPORT quality! After about a week I found mine impossible to sleep on; it absolutely killed my back. At least they do have a 60 day or whatever it was, refund policy (where and when I bought mine, they did, anyway).

That's exactly what scared me away from building my own TP clone... fear of MF softening. After perusing this forum I know latex softens just a little, but nothing like MF.

I just don't want to have to guess at the right firmness... the "Well-it's-a-little-too-firm-now-but-in-four-months*-I-hope-it'll-be-just-right" sort of thing. Hopefully with latex such guessing won't need to happen.

*just after the sleep trial expires, of course

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #5 Jun 8, 2010 1:08 AM
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I'm hoping I won't have that issue with our new Bellafina. (It arrived today. Yay!) It's 3" of MF over 3" of latex, over 4" of "air channel" PU.

 

In the thread I started about TP's breaking down, which seems to happen at approx 4.5 years for many people, a number of people commented that they've had theirs for 10 years with no appreciable breakdown or loss of support.

Personally, even if mine does breakdown after 5 years, and it isn't covered under earranty, it's certainly not difficult, or terribly expensive, to just replace the softened layer. One TP user wrote a blog describing his cure for his own TP breakdown, which was to simply remove the cover and flip each layer. Easy, breezy, George and Weezy.

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Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #6 Jun 8, 2010 1:26 AM
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I have reason to believe that for most people the increase in softness (or decrease in firmness) is not an issue.  They do get softer over time......however the beds on my showroom that are 5 or 6 months old have barely changed....I think it usually is something that happens slowly over time for most tempurpedic mattresses.  In some cases people will be more sensitive to smaller changes that can happen quite quickly.
Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #7 Jun 8, 2010 4:09 PM
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garypen wrote:

I'm hoping I won't have that issue with our new Bellafina. (It arrived today. Yay!) It's 3" of MF over 3" of latex, over 4" of "air channel" PU.

 

In the thread I started about TP's breaking down, which seems to happen at approx 4.5 years for many people, a number of people commented that they've had theirs for 10 years with no appreciable breakdown or loss of support.

Personally, even if mine does breakdown after 5 years, and it isn't covered under earranty, it's certainly not difficult, or terribly expensive, to just replace the softened layer. One TP user wrote a blog describing his cure for his own TP breakdown, which was to simply remove the cover and flip each layer. Easy, breezy, George and Weezy.


Gary, I asked a retail salesman that sells Tempurpedics about bellafina. It does not have any latex like you are mentioning. In fact none of the Tempurpedics have any latex.

Thanks.

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #8 Jun 8, 2010 4:16 PM
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Here is bellafina.

no latex in it and no 3 inches over 3 inches either!!!!!!

It is all memory foam....

 

http://www.tempurpedic.com/mattresses/tempur/the_bellafina_bed_by_tempur_pedic/

Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #9 Jun 8, 2010 4:18 PM
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Your salesperson was mistaken. 

http://tempurpedic.ca/mattresses/bellafina.php

On the left in the support layers it specifically lists latex.  It is synthetic but it is there.  In the US they just call it Tempur Flex....but its latex.

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Re: SOFTNESS in TEMPURPEDICS
Reply #10 Jun 8, 2010 4:23 PM
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budgy wrote:

Your salesperson was mistaken. 

http://tempurpedic.ca/mattresses/bellafina.php

On the left in the support layers it specifically lists latex.  It is synthetic but it is there.  In the US they just call it Tempur Flex....but its latex.


hmm thanks budgy the regular tempurpedci site does not mention that. I wonder why.

But it is synthetic latex not natural latex. Is that a disadvantage? thanks.

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