Re: ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BEDS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK...

[Guest guest]

My bed setup is like yours except instead of two

eggcrate pads I have one & a feather mattress on top

of that. Needs plumping up every night but it's ok.

Bubba

--- Vilik Rapheles wrote:

>

> Oh there is SO much to know about beds. I spent

> hours and hours...

> on the net...AND on beds...doing ... ahem...research

> on this topic.

> No, I was not going to just lie down on the job. Or

> let anyone

> pull the wool mattress-topper over my eyes. I wanted

> to make my

> bed...just right...and lie in it. Indeed I did.

>

> What you want is a bed that is firm and not saggy,

> yes, but a

> bed that sinks a little where the pressure spots

> are, and fills

> in where the hollows are.

>

> My bed now has a wooden platform, a futon platform

> actually,

> on the bottom, an innerspring mattress on that, and

> two pieces

> of eggcrate foam on that...topped with a wool

> blanket and cotton

> mattress pad. I am pleased.

>

> Before that I slept on a bed with a box spring, and

> I thought I

> couldn't be happy without a box spring. I do think

> box springs

> add a nice...bounce...but I am indeed happy with

> what I have

> created.

>

> When I went back to comfort select I found that my

> own creation

> feels better than their bed. If an airbed IS

> desired, there are

> many on the net. The ones higher than aerobed all

> have latex

> baffles, with inumerable combinations of other

> gizmos. There

> are better prices than comfort select, but comfort

> select

> has the only shops I could find.

>

> I got a free very nice pillow each time I tried the

> comfort

> select (in different stores.) It's 300 count cotton

> and filled

> with the bounciest stuff! I had to take it apart and

> take some

> out...my head was bouncing to the ceiling. They have

> a mattress

> pad made of that stuff, sells for about $80 for my

> size bed...

> I think it would be a nice addition. (More on

> mattress pads

> in another email.)

>

> Here's more of what I've learned, in my princess

> search to have

> a pea-free night.

>

> There are so many types of foam, densities,

> qualities. There's

> $10 stuff and up and up and UP. There's foam like a

> brick. There's

> foam like...well...foam.

>

> Latex foam. Ah. It's made from rubber, not

> synthetics. All the

> foam guys...who I now know like brothers...love

> latex. One said,

> " it's better than sex " . Okey dokey. Gotta go lie on

> that latex.

> It is...as the foam guy says...responsive. Oh yeah.

> More so than

> other foam. There's a subtle ... caressing ... as it

> were.

>

> Latex comes in many densities. From very soft to

> very firm. And

> all of them *respond*. It comes in many prices.

> My guy can get

> me a latex bed for $400. That is...just the

> bed-sized piece

> of latex. But...it's crumbly. So you hafta have a

> regular mattress

> cover made for it, or it will fall apart. Someone

> wrote to me

> that he paid $3000 for his latex mattress, and is

> very happy.

> With the cover I could get one for about $550. I

> suspect the

> spendier one has many " extras " .

>

> The latex toppers...they all have something around

> them, so they

> won't crumble. A latex topper would be divine. You

> can also

> get ORGANIC latex.

>

> Now the space age heat sensitive foam. It molds to

> your body. So

> you become kind of encased in it... Lots of people

> are crazy

> about it. The best deal I could find around here is

> a 2 " piece

> for $200. But then...I saw a magazine ad....I

> called...here's

> the deal.

>

> For my bed, a double, a 2 " piece of viscoelastic

> foam is

> $179.95 plus about $30 shipping. You can pay it in

> three credit

> card payments. You get a free cotton mattress pad

> with it.

> And 60 days to try it...also a five year guarantee

> from the

> manufacturer. (Good because one person told me this

> foam can

> " die " ...but no one else has said that.)

>

> This is supposed to be the same foam that tone

> sells for

> $450. I dunno. The website for the foam is

> http://www.technoscout.com

> They sell 1100 pieces of this foam a day, and they

> say 85% of

> the people who order it call back for more of it.

>

> Theirs is the original Swedish foam, which is

> open-celled. Their

> are other foams which are not, and you get hot in/on

> them.

>

> There website sounds quite interesting, it has many

> items they

> sell in a kind of warehouse way. To order the foam

> you can also

> call 1-800 992-2966.

>

> Do not blow your bucks on Martha's pad! Knowing what

> I know now...I

> would suggest many other much flouffy-er pads.

> (Though Martha's

> was good for money...I got the best one on sale.)

> Wool is super...

> cool in summer and warm in winter. Wicks the mosture

> away. A

> nice softness. About $300 for a bed my size. But not

> washable...

> and...what if I spill something? what if the dogs

> have an

> accident? What if I have an accident?

>

> I will continue this with some pads I found on the

> net. Also

> covers (and not too spendy) made of cotton which

> keeps the

> dust mites out or in, depending on where they start.

>

> Next time!

>

> Sleep well and prosper....

>

> ~^^V^^~

>

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