Mattress recommendation
 

Our mattress has butt depressions even though we flip and turn it every 3 months. I think it's time to get a new one before my back finally goes out.

Any recommendations? Anyone try those memory foam things?

What about buckwheat pillows?

Maybe you could experiment with different positions?

I used to have that problem. Got a Sleep Number which is basically a fancy air mattress. No more problem. The wife likes it and I can sleep on about anything after 36 or so years of flying so it works for us. Had it for 10 years or so.

Instead of an entire new mattress, try a memory foam mattress topper, which we like very much at our house. No butt marks yet

That is unless the mattress is 30 years old of course.....

http://www.costco.com/memory-foam-mattress-toppers.html

Serta iComfort is what my wife and I have bought in the last 9 months. $2000 i think, but worth it! We had sore backs each morning on the old spring mattress, it was a cheap one I had from my first years out of college, about 8yrs old, and it had dips and lumps for several years.

Best thing to do. Works good, lasts a long time.

My better half has one of these buckwheat pillows and swears its the best thing ever invented...I hate it though, so I guess its one of those things you really have to try for yourself

This is what we have as well. It's amazing. Well worth the money!

We have an icomfort also. The first night or two wasn't great, but every night after that has been incredible. Love that bed.

I had a water bed in College and my first 10 years of marriage, my wife loved it when she was pregnant with twins...until she got to about 7 months and couldn't climb out of it!

She looked like a beetle stuck on it's back, arms and legs flailing away, screaming, "Help! I can't get out!"

We gave it away when we moved, but I did love that bed, made a lot of babies on that thing!

Do they even make water beds any more? I haven't seen or heard anything about them in over 20 years.

I've had a Tempupedic for 10 years and love it. However, the salesman told me it was better for side sleepers and for those who are not extremely overweight. In hot temperatures it softens up a bit, and if you are large, that may be a problem. I'm 6'1" 195 and a queen size is fine for me and the wife. I notice a HUGE improvement in comfort and restfulness between my own bed and the hotel beds. Mine has something like a 20 yr warranty and is well made

I was going to say, "the one the person you are dreaming of mating has." I mean if Lucy Mecklenburgh or Kaley Cuoco wanted to sleep on a slab of concrete, I'd adjust.

Hey! I'm a giver!

Oh...look what I found on Google!

Oak Waterbed Bedroom Furniture Group Five Board

At only $695 I may have to go shopping! :D

Waterbeds where a 70's fad sold on the idea that somehow all the ladies would want to jump into bed with you to try it out. Everything about them is basically awful, but they could be an improvement over poorly made innerspring mattresses for some people.

Modern temperfoam or latex mattresses are very, very good. I have a temperfoam one and love it. I especially like that I can toss and turn and not disturb the GF. Yes they are great for side-sleepers. They make them in different grades so I think even a very heavy person could find one that works. I also like the temperfoam pillows, haven't tried the buckwheat ones. I dislike the overlarge overstuffed pillows you find in nearly all hotels.

Update:

Following the advice of satpak, I went to Costco yesterday and got a 3" foam topper. We opened the bag, spread out the foam and gave it a few hours to "recover" its shape, which it did nicely. The chemical smell was still there, however, but it didn't really bother us.

The topper comes with a nice Egyptian cotton cover. This is good since you're adding 3" onto your existing mattress.

I slept very well for the first time in a long time. My back didn't hurt, there was no stiffness, and the crink in my neck is gone.

If this continues so well, I'll recycle the box in which it came. There is no way to put the foam back into it anyway. :)

And the problem is??

Worked for me, and I always got a good night's sleep afterwards. ;)

I highly recommend the sleep number bed.

Update:

With the Seahawks bye week, we visited a couple of mattress stores and spent quite a bit of time lying ... on the many different memory foam beds.

The least expensive was an in-house, locally manufactured brand at Mattress Depot. The Tempurpedic is definitely nice, but the price tag boggled the mind. The iComfort was nice as well.

My husband did his memory foam mattress research using his phone and declared that the best buy is from Amerisleep, which is exclusively an online store. It'll take a few days for it to be made and sent over.

The best sleep I ever got was on an old feather mattress. I used it as a topper. It's probably difficult to find one today.

Tempurapedic is the boss. Sleep number sucks. Enough said.

It's awesome. You're going to spend years of your life sleeping in it, spend the money. I can't wait to get home after every trip just to get back in my own bed. After a week, the money spent won't even enter your mind. It takes a few nights to get used to, but it's the best "thing" I've ever bought.

"Never short yourself on shoes or a bed, if you're not in one you're in the other."- Old Irish saying.

Off subject but relevant to your post. I recently had customs orthodics made because of some chronic foot pain. Definitely some of the best money I've spent. I can walk again. I go for 5 mile walks (whenever I have time) on overnights now. My AME is going to be pleased.

This is a really good topic. We ought to all check back every now and then and tell how our mattresses are working out. I got the relevant copy of Consumer Reports magazine for this, and they say Sleep Number is one of the more durable brands so I ordered the C2 model. C-R has this one test where they pass a large roller over it a thousand times and give a score based on how many passes it takes before sagging starts. I have had a lot of trouble with mattresses sagging, materials are weak in most of them and cost does not equate to durability. Inner spring are the least durable and foam stuffed "memory foam" is not much better. Air beds are more durable. Some years ago I tried a camping-style airbed and was surprised how comfortable it was, until it leaked. Sleep Numbers are fancy air beds and I am hoping the quality is up to par.

No one else chuckled at the subtlety of this comment?

She never specifically said in her original post that her troubles were with or caused by sleeping...

Caspermattress.com.

I bought two of them already. Previously spent 1300 on a queen..which started to sink. 100 day trial period with casper.

good luck..

I got this in a Queen a couple of years ago. I love it so much. Always gets rave reviews from whenever I have a lady friend over. Took me a few days to get used to sleeping on a firmer mattress but after you're used to it, you'll never want to get out of bed.
Spa Sensations 8" Memory Foam Mattress, Multiple Sizes - Walmart.com

Best bed ever = ISTIKBAL (hyatt regency model)
Thank me later.

I have an ex girl friend who was/is a mattress Queen,you should ask her!

Mattress recommendation
 

Temper-pedic Cloud, Luxe Breeze with articulation. This is my second and I love them.

Parents had a Sleep Number and their backs kept hurting them. I told them to go lay down on a temper-pedic and they bought one. No more back troubles.

I had a Sleep Number for just over year and after the novelty dissipated, I just couldn't take it anymore. I felt the individual air chambers and it wasn't comfortable at all.

I switched to a Tempurpedic in 2007 and couldn't be happier with it. It is as comfortable as the first night I slept in it.

This post seems a lil bit old. Can we continue again? Dear, I hope you have bought your desirable mattress? Can you tell me which mattress are you using currently? Well my father was facing this same issue, doc recommends him to change his ordinary foam mattress into Hybrid Gel mattress, and trust me after changing mattress he feels quite well and his pain is reducing day by day, If you are still facing the same issue I suggest you must check on BiteMe, because I bought mine one from there.