The mattress in your bed?

[Controlshift]

While sleep apena is mainly a physical condition perhaps the matress you sleep on could improve your sleep and help your sleeping position.
If the type and condition of the matress you sleep on is vital for a good night's sleep, what type do you prefer, resons why, thoughts?

[jaw]

While sleep apena is mainly a physical condition perhaps the matress you sleep on could improve your sleep and help your sleeping position.
If the type and condition of the matress you sleep on is vital for a good night's sleep, what type do you prefer, resons why, thoughts?

The softer the better ?

[DreamStalker]

I built mine from scratch about 15 years ago using three custom cut 2" layers of natural latex foam, each with different densities (firmness). I stacked them to make a 6" thick mattress and had a custom cover made for it -- for change in relative firmness, I just flip the mattress over which lays on the floor futon style.

"Generally", side sleepers will want softer whereas stomach sleepers will want firmer. The firmness for back sleepers is "generally" less critical. Of course everybody is different and will have various health conditions/injuries that will fall outside of the generalities.

[BlackSpinner]

I spent years sleeping on a basic futon mattress - think rock hard. I liked a firm mattress for many years. Then as I got older and joints didn't work as well I added a topper.

Then I got my cpap machine..... I thought my body had seized up during the night, I could hardly move that first morning after sleeping 8 hours without moving. First I added more toppers as well as 2 quilts I had laying around. Later I bought a new mattress. Right now I have a pricey foam mattress. I find I need a balance between soft and firm. My hips and lower back need soft but my neck & shoulders prefer firm.

[Lucyhere]

I purchased a Serta 'Hybrid' this past December. I bought the firm... extra firm was too hard. I'm a side sleeper. It's been wonderful for my back and hips. Softer mattresses tend to sink where most need that extra support. Best mattress I've ever purchased.

[LSAT]

Just bought a new "firm"and it was two sided which is very hard to find. We update mattresses every 10 years.

[Controlshift]

I have a gen 2 memory foam mattress. I love it but my only complaint is it is quite hot. I may try the gel one next time. Maybe some as I'm trying to encourage side sleeping

[DeniseR7]

DH and I had a baffle filled water bed at first for years. then he wanted a Tem-a-pedic which I hated as too soft. Finally, Finally we got a Sleep number - I have my side set at 70 and his is set at 55. so no wonder I suffered. I also have one of the contured pillows with a dip in the middle. Before that I had a very flat pillow. In hotels, I would select the flattest pillow or sleep on a rolled up towel.

[chunkyfrog]

Modular mattresses might be an answer.
The largest part of the mattress would be built to fit the physique of the sleeper.
(Firmest for heavy occupants)
The topper would be chosen to fit comfort preference.
Since toppers often wear out first, the two components need to be separatable,
so the components can be replaced separately, as their usefulness declines.
Of course, this will never happen, unless a new company chooses to challenge the old guard.

[Sheriff Buford]

I got a Temper-pedic several years ago and I never looked back.

Sheriff

[Aclyesia]

I have a firm gel euro pillowtop king mattress by Serta. Only thing I don't like is trying to stretch sheets to fit it. Sucker is 21" thick.

My husband is a back-sleeper and I'm a stomach/side sleeper. We love it!

[Omne]

While sleep apena is mainly a physical condition perhaps the matress you sleep on could improve your sleep and help your sleeping position.
If the type and condition of the matress you sleep on is vital for a good night's sleep, what type do you prefer, resons why, thoughts?

My wife and I like different types of mattresses as far as firmness so we bought a Sleep Number that has two separate air cells and we can adjust it. I think we're about 30 points off from each other.
I like the fact that it doesn't change in firmness over time like a regular mattress or develop indentations.

[Sir NoddinOff]

I like the fact that it doesn't change in firmness over time like a regular mattress or develop indentations.

I also like that feature about air based mattresses. No indentations right where you don't want or need them. Also, no semi-annual flipping required. Cat and dog claws are not so much an issue nowadays with the newer ones... almost all are encased in some type of foam.

[Jay Aitchsee]

So, is there really much difference between a Wal-Mart air mattress for $53 and a Sleep Number air mattress for $1000?

Seriously?

[Pugsy]

So, is there really much difference between a Wal-Mart air mattress for $53 and a Sleep Number air mattress for $1000?

I actually have both. The air mattress from Walmart was bought because we only have one bedroom and when the grandson comes to visit we used to use the air mattress in the middle of the living room floor. Last year I got a new sofa that has a nice memory foam mattress in it. I have cats and they were deadly on those WalMart air mattresses.

Now I don't know about the Sleep Number bed that costs $1000 because mine cost more than that but there's a world of difference between what I have and the WalMart one.
Mine has the 2 sides so I can use one level of firmness and my hubby can use another.
Also I can change the level of firmness for me depending on what I want at the moment and it does change from time to time. Also in mine are some memory foam mattress toppers that can easily be changed to make the "pillow" top feel different. Turn it on one side and get one type of feel and on the other side for another.
All this is enclosed in the mattress portion....to change it around just unzip the top and fold it back and make the changes in the toppers then zip it back up.

So my Sleep Number bed is one of the "top of the line" models...looks and feels like a plush pillow top mattress but I can adjust the firmness and even the overall plushness feeling so I don't know how it might compare to the base model Sleep Number mattress.

I happened to get mine on a Black Friday sale.. 50% off or I couldn't have afforded it. Still pricey but I have never begrudged the purchase. I have such problems with arthritis in my lower back and pelvis that the ability to adjust the levels of firmness has made a huge impact on my sleep quality. There's no way in hell that I could sleep comfortably on that WalMart air mattress even if I could encase it in memory foam to protect it from the cats.

The Sleep Number bed purchase was one of the other things that I tried back when I was trying to improve my sleep quality and while my sleep quality still isn't perfect....it's a helluva lot better than it was with the regular mattress. I can get up now and walk normally where as before I walked hunched over from the pain for about an hour after I got up. Hubby noticed it right away. I used to hobble to the bathroom when I first got up.

I think I have had my Sleep Number bed for a little over 4 or maybe 5 years now. It's made a huge improvement in my over all comfort. Hubby likes a really firm mattress and I sometimes want softer and sometimes a little firmer but never to the firmness he likes. The dual mattresses have worked out well for us.

I don't know how I would have done with the base model though. Never really gave it more than a cursory lay down and get up and moved on to the models that felt more like a normal pillow top mattress.
I might have done well with one of those memory foam mattresses but hubby simply refused because he hated them.