Best Mattress for PAP users

We bought a tempurpedic in march and i love it. It has the power tilt at the head and i lift it just a little. My sleep study was done on a sleepnumber and that convinced me we made the right choice. Getting a good sleeping position for me has made adjusting to my new CPAP easier. I know they are expensive but we spend lots of time sleeping so for me its worth every penny. Good luck.

Well, I hesitated to give my opinion, but if you truly want what I consider the most comfortable & supportive bed, think about a waterbed. Not the garden variety from the 70's 80's & 90's, but a Strobel Hydro Support. My bed is a hybrid. The waterbed 'bladder' is the Strobel 1900 series & its encased in a Sensa Sack. The combination provides back support along with comfort. I think, along with my hubby, that its easier to sleep on our bed with our CPAP's than sleeping on a 'regular' bed in a hotel.

To get this set-up, you will need to order the entire outfit online. You will also need a waterbed 'hard side' actual bed to put the mattress in.

Also, a downside is that to move the bed, you will need to drain it, so we don't move ours often. About once in 15 years.

Now this may be more trouble than its worth for most people but I just wanted to share it for anyone who doesn't mind a lot of extra work to get a really comfortable bed.

Jen

Interesting site... it helped when I purchased my bed.

http://www.sleeplikethedead.com/

Sir NoddinOff wrote:I agree with what most of the other replies said: whatever is most comfortable for you personally.

Along those same lines, I do have a bone to pick with mattress sellers. You go into the showroom with your best friend, spouse, parents, whoever and you lay down on the display mattresses. Then your fellow shoppers lay down and give opinions; most opinions widely divergent and irrelevant to you, no doubt. Then you lay back down and focus on hardness, softness and things like that. The one thing you can't do in the showroom is actually sleep on the mattress, that is, unless you have a special agreement with the dealer. It seems there's no real way to test a mattress when it's really important.

I think that's a bone most of us could gnaw on. A lot of mattress sellers are like vacuum's, they suck.

I also like our Tempurpedic. We actually have the two long twin beds pushed together that make a California King size. We have dual controls to adjust the beds. We love it!

I differ from some others on here who have said the mattress won't affect cpap therapy. In my experience it has.

I was titrated on my side and returned home to start therapy on my normal box-spring mattress. A year or so later, I slept on a Tempurpedic while on vacation. After a couple of incredible nights' sleep, I took the sheets off to see what the mattress was (a Tempurpedic). The tempurpedic, more so than a regular mattress, spread out and reduced the pressure points -- primarily my shoulder and hip -- and allowed me to sleep in one position a lot longer. As a side-sleeper this helps me keep my mask positioned (lessening leaks) and to have longer stretches where discomfort doesn't intrude.

When I returned home, I got a tempurpedic and it has been great. I also got the frame that elevates. I incline it slightly every night -- I can more comfortably read before sleeping, it helps with heartburn, and being elevated seems to help my therapy.

There are downsides. The expense - I didn't want to shell out the money but it was enough of a difference for me to buy one. They take a while to warm up (on a cold night) and they build up heat during the night. I have a couple of buckwheat pillows that are effective bolsters and I use one for my head as well.

I haven't tried a sleep number but the concept is intriguing and it would also seem to spread the support more evenly than a box-spring.