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03/28/07, 08:11 AM
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Mattresses?
After 30 years of sleeping on a waterbed, I'm finally going low-tech. It's going to be a rough transition, so I'm wanting the absolute most cloud-like mattress set-up I can possibly rig up without paying an arm and a leg. With the advent of toppers, I'm wondering whether something could be done along that line. I have no back problems--comfort is the only real issue here. Your ideas?
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03/28/07, 09:01 AM
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Why are you changing?
If it's electricity you are trying to save?
Unplug the bed, put an unzipped sleeping bag (or several layers of GOOD insulating bedding) in between your sheet and the bed bladder...
You won't be cold and you won't be using electricity... I did that for YEARS until I switched to a smaller bed...
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03/28/07, 09:10 AM
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Good advice Gailann. If you have been comfortable for 30 years on a waterbed without any back problems, why change? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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03/28/07, 09:46 AM
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We have a soft side water bed that we bought used about 15 yeas ago. We joke that if we ever get a divorce who gets the bed. I say he can have everything except MY bed and my sewing machine. I, too, slept in water beds forever it seems. The soft side is not quite either one, but it is like both. The biggie is that the sheets fit. I don't think I could sleep on a real bed. Motels kill me when we have to go to one.
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03/28/07, 10:09 AM
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Amelia,
Funny you should have posted this. We too have slept on a waterbed (soft side) for over 20 years. I started to notice as I got older that even though its nice and cushy, it wasn't supporting us in places it should be supporting. I wasn't really uncomfortable, just not as comfortable as I should have been. Add water, reduced water...nothing helped. We too went to a regular mattress. We ended up with a sealy posturepedic that has the largest padded top. The padded top is filled with memory foam. BTW, we also changed our pillows to memory foam, which has helped tremendously also. I never thought I'd say this, but we LOVE the new mattress. I also found that my allergies are not as bad since we switched. The new mattresses are a lot different that the old hotel mattresses of yesteryear. I can't sleep on a hotel mattress or the queen mattresses we have in our spare room. But this new mattress is heaven. You just have to spend some time trying them out in the store. Lay on them in your normal sleeping position for at least 20 minutes. I think the memory foam makes the difference. Just my two cents....
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03/28/07, 01:46 PM
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Trust me on this. You want the most firm and least cloud like mattress you can find.
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03/28/07, 02:02 PM
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I was told instead of spending the money on the pillow top...that it is better to get a seperate memory foam topper.
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03/28/07, 02:13 PM
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30+ years of waterbed use here. I am starting to think maybe my back would be better off on a regular mattress, but I have tryed sleeping on a firm mattress at my MIL's and my hip and shoulder hurt so bad I couldn't sleep all night. Will the memory foam keep my shoulder from hurting and falling asleep like the waterbed does???
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03/28/07, 02:29 PM
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waterbed switch
We switched a year ago. I though I could never do it. We sold our large home and moved into an apartment until we could find what we wanted. No waterbeds in apartments. I love my bed - just like I loved the waterbed. we have a pillow top - memory foam mattress and it is great. it wasn't cheap. I still can't sleep on motel matresses. I do think that buying a topper for a regular mattress might be a good idea if you are unsure about the switch. and it might be cheaper too. In the mornings, I can see the "dent" where I slept. It is gone in an hour or so, but it didn't use to be there at all.
The firmness of a mattress is personal choice. It would be very hard to switch from a waterbed to a extra firm mattress.
Sleep well!
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03/28/07, 02:40 PM
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You've got to try them out. Go to a better store and lie down on all of the beds. Lie on each one a good five minutes. We ended up getting a pillow top and I love it. It's firm underneat, but the pillows are sooo comfy. I have a lot of aches and pains and when we got the pillow top I got the best night's sleep I'd had in years.
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03/28/07, 02:42 PM
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Sleep Number Bed. Yes, it is expensive.
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03/28/07, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by diane
30+ years of waterbed use here. I am starting to think maybe my back would be better off on a regular mattress, but I have tryed sleeping on a firm mattress at my MIL's and my hip and shoulder hurt so bad I couldn't sleep all night. Will the memory foam keep my shoulder from hurting and falling asleep like the waterbed does???
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We bought an expensive memory foam bed for the "spare" room (Kady still says it's hers but she's never here) I loathe it. It's hard, way too hard for my hips and just doesn't have enough give. We have a king size good mattress (springmaid?) with a nice pillow top and I have to put a feather bed on top of that to sleep all night without hip pain. See if you can try a memory foam before buying one.
Stacy
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03/28/07, 04:55 PM
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We went from a waterbed to a Tempurpedic memory foam mattress and have never regretted it.
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03/28/07, 06:34 PM
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We replaced our california king waterbed mattress last december with a 8" memory foam mattress I purchased on ebay . I didn't know anything about foam "viscosity" . I do now - lol . The mattress was extremly hard so I had to purchase a topper for it . It's good now . The only thing I don't care for is it hot . I'll have to find a solution for that before summer .
All together for the 8" mattress , 3" topper with padded mattress cover . it came to $425.00 including shipping . I think that is really good considering I could not get one locally for under $2000.00 !
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