Traditional Tatami and Futon:
Tatami and Futon Bed:
Posted on 01/24/2023 10:00:42 PM PST by Kevin in California
OK, as I've gotten older, I now realize how important sleep is and I'm not getting much of it of late.
I'm about 190lbs and sleep with a CPAP machine. I bought a Sealy mattress (queen-foam) this past summer and it was nice and firm for awhile. Now, it's like sleeping in a crevice and very uncomfortable. I like a firm mattress that holds its firmness with little or no sinkage.
Any mattress gurus out there that can give me some guidance? I have $1K to burn. I just want my sleep back as I'm miserable.
I bought a Custom Comfort mattress about 10 or 15 years ago. It’s still in perfect shape. No sagging. I don’t think they are supposed to last that long. But it has.
We purchased a Sleep Number in about 2008. It still feels great! I recommend a basic model, especially for a bad back.
In her elder years she started to get Vertigo
on a waterbed. I had to give up my sailboat too.
45 years of marriage, Y’all have to deal with the “In sickness and in health” promise.
I think I bought it about 20 years ago. I think they come in all sizes, plus, I think, 8 or 10 inches. The thicker one, was more comfortable, but cost too much for me.
That’s going to cost more than $1,000.
For $1,000, Costco has a number of very good options, and a great return policy. That’s the way I’d go. Buy a firm mattress and add a 3” foam topper could be a great option.
My wife and I have a Sleep Number i10. It’s a lot more than $1,000. Closer to $3500. Have had it for 12 years and will likely have it for 12+ more years.
I am not fond of IKEA in many ways, but my wife and I have had extremely happy with the mattresses we have purchased from them. They are inexpensive and have lasted great for us. We prefer to use a good foam mattress cover. You might give them a look if you live near one.
Okay, quick poll: How many FReepers have not "gotten older" over the course of the previous twelve months?
Regards,
Bookmark
Depending upon your height and general build, you could be clinically obese. That might be your problem, right there!
Recommend a strict regime of exercise and dieting!
Regards,
Fir the last 3 years, I’ve been sleeping on a piece of plywood sandwiched between a few camping mats and a 4” thick foam pad. Ever since I started this, I’ve been sleeping really well in 8-10 hour periods. Before, I could only go for five hours. Any longer and I could barely walk due to a really sore back.
Gonna be a while before I can afford a sleep number bed.
For anyone reading this in the Syracuse area, Syracuse Mattress Company makes fantastic mattresses.
They have a store on Erie Blvd near Midler, near where Sam’s Club use to be.
They are made locally and we have bought several of them and have never been disappointed. They are very comfortable and hold up very well.
Total cost was $70, and it's the most comfortable I've ever slept. Two other related recommendations ... I've got all sheets from MyPillow, and find them to be extremely comfortable (and properly sized - no short-sheeting!), and the low-cost Bamboo brand pillows (which I got at SAMs) are amazing.
The stripe pattern sheets at MyPillow are recommended, as they help get the sheets on right the first time.
The Leesa Legend (Costco best price) does a good job of aligning the spine into a natural position so your shoulder digs in but the small of your back doesn't. Excellent neutral position and support . A friend had purchased one for his very painful back (years of sleeping on a too soft mattress) and while the Leesa Legend was initially more comfortable than his prior mattress, his pain was still present. It took months, but the Leesa Legend rid him of back pain and now he knows what it's like to sleep in late, something the numerous points of back pain had always previously prevented.
I think it took him so long to adjust to a mattress, any new mattress,because so much was out of alignment with years of a bad mattress and it didn't just 'snap' back into place. At the four week mark, his arm stopped going numb, but between that point and the 3 month mark (the 90 day trial period) some different pains had occurred (things moving around in his back), and yet at around the 5 was has all gone and he no longer hates 'trying' to sleep. ALL gone. Perhaps it depends on how your back is and where you 'need' to go to ease the pain.
Actually the Leesa Hybrid, and the Leesa Hybrid Legend both received very good reviews for back pain. Both are a mixture of innerspring and memory foam. The Leesa Hybrid Legend is heavier (Queen size is, I think, at least 120lbs) and supposedly offers more support, yet people with back pain have really good things to say about the lighter (90lb) Leesa Hybrid.
Sidenote: When on sale at Costco, the price more than 50% of compared with the Leesa.com pricing, but the Leesa website always has sales on it's various products.
These mattresses are a foam/innerspring combination (HYbrid) so it requires full support, not just a perimeter bed frame (needs a platfom or slats). It's delivered to your home compressed in a box (which some buyers then get to 'shove' upstairs with a bad back).
In addition to a personal recommendation, I like to throw a few research/review sites into the mix. I found these sites highly informative:
https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/mattress-reviews
https://www.mattressadvisor.com/mattress-reviews/
I think it helps if you consider whether you want to buy an innerspring, a memory foam, or a hybrid (combo) to help narrow down your search. These links helped me figure that out.
I will say I was suprrised at how important edge support turns out to be, because if you abruptly drop off the edge of a bed because the support is not there, you end up with a smaller mattress (fear of falling off).
Prior to the Leesa, I had always liked the independent coils on the Beauty Rest brand.
Maybe it's just popularity and not product, but the 'traditional' brands I grew up with, Sterns & Foster/Serta/BeautyRest didn't make it into any of the reviews I read. Newer brands Casper, Saatva, Ghostbed and Leesa were new to me, but seemed to get better reviews.
Chattam and Wells all wool. Like a cloud.
Ask Kamala Harris. She’s an expert on mattresses, especially with politicians on them and her.
She’s the Mike Lindell of mattresses only he’s a patriot, not a political whore.
Traditional Tatami and Futon:
Tatami and Futon Bed:
Bookmark
Don’t know if they have a store out west, but I love their quality. They build a variety of mattresses to chose from at decent prices. https://www.originalmattress.com/
I know buying mattresses online is the new thing, but going to the store and laying down is your best bet to find what works for you.
We slept on a Select Comfort for 20 years. It was great and allowed for my soft side and Mr APD’s firm side. We still have it in a guest room and it’s still holding up perfectly. About 8 years ago we bought a Beauty Rest (made by Simmons/Sealy), with the individual coils and pressure points features, for the bed in our log cabin get away. And we liked it better than the Select Comfort we had at home.
So 5 years ago when we built and moved to the mountains to retire we chose the Beauty Rest. It’s super firm, but I don’t mind that because the pressure points feature soften places where needed for a side-sleeper, like elbows. And the individual coils mean person on one side doesn’t feel it when person on the other side turns over.
Mattress Firm stores have a 120 night sleep test where you can return it or exchange it if you don’t like it after trying it out.
GHOSTBED
Costco
Love mine firm and fits.
My Nephew recommended, a 2 year user. Plus free returns
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