Memory foam beds

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Perfect_Chaos

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Been looking at these and i went to sweet dreams to try a few, one of them has a technology in its cover called Outlast which regulates your body temperature which can fluctuate 2c higher and 2c lower over average temp.

I saw another called body melt, the most expensive they had in the shop and the only difference was that it had more foam and sank in more than the other one i tried.

its possible to get the body melt with the outlast cover so it still regulates your temperature but i was wondering what this would be like in winter?.

also didnt know if there were any springs in it or if they were pure memory foam, is that bad for the back or good?.

a lot of questions for a bed :) but they did feel a lot nicer than normal spring ones.
 
I have a Tempur mattress, and it uses memory foam so when you get out of bed and get back in it's in the same shape. Brilliant and really comfortable, definitely worth it!
 
Maccy said:
I have a Tempur mattress, and it uses memory foam so when you get out of bed and get back in it's in the same shape. Brilliant and really comfortable, definitely worth it!
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I thought that it moulded to the body shape while you were in bed then goes back to normal?.

Btw, on the little printout i had in the shop about Outlast it says the average body temp is 37c so what that does is stop your temp from fluctuating basically or cool you down a tiny bit if too warm.
 
I've slept on a Tempur matress and I'm not a fan - apparently they don't suit people who move around a lot in their sleep, and the action of sinking into the foam keeps you warmer than a sprung bed - I'm guessing the fancy cover is there to prevent this to a certain extent.

Personally I don't think you can beat the support of a high quality pocket sprung bed with 2000+ springs. My Dad has had back problems for years and all the Consultants and Physio's he's seen have advised a quality pocket sprung bed as being best for your back. Just don't try and lift the matress - 2000 springs = very heavy!

My current bed is a Millbrook and is very well made.
 
Conflicting opinions already

hmm well the first one i tried and cheaper of the 2 i didnt sink in so much, but im sure you can get memory foam & pocket sprung matresses?

i dont know now, apparently the foam is supposed to stop you waking so much turning trying to get comfortable too but not from what you are saying blueboy2001 :(
 
I sleep face down, I'd probably suffocate in a foam matress! (I actually sleep on my front with my head to the side, not flat on my face.)
 
I've got one. I love it, but my wife hates it.
Wer'e getting rid of it after only 5 months and going back to pocket sprung.
 
They're not foam all the way through. Mine is pocket sprung with memory foam. You can also get cheaper ones that are basically just a normal base with a sheet of memory foam stretched over the top.
It took me a few weeks to get used to the news mattress and pillows, but I now get a great sleep every night.
 
Tempur and the like are 100% foam.

You can get pocket sprung beds with memory foam over the top, but they tend to be at the lower end of the range - around 1000-1500 springs and the matresses tend to be single sided so you can't turn them and therefore they don't last as long.

You will naturally sink into a pocket sprung bed anyway, but into wool and cotton rather than foam which will make you sweat.

Memory foam is supposed to provide the ultimate support as it moulds to your body, but as a consequence it stops you moving around and when you do move, it takes a while for the matress to mould to you again.

It's a very personal thing but I've heard many people say they've tried a foam matress and hated it, I've never heard anyone say I've bought a pocket sprung bed and hated it.
 
blueboy2001 said:
I've slept on a Tempur matress and I'm not a fan - apparently they don't suit people who move around a lot in their sleep, and the action of sinking into the foam keeps you warmer than a sprung bed - I'm guessing the fancy cover is there to prevent this to a certain extent.

Personally I don't think you can beat the support of a high quality pocket sprung bed with 2000+ springs. My Dad has had back problems for years and all the Consultants and Physio's he's seen have advised a quality pocket sprung bed as being best for your back. Just don't try and lift the matress - 2000 springs = very heavy!
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We've tried the Tempur, 2200 springs, and a waterbed, over the last eight years. Cost us a bloomin' fortune. :eek:

Now settled on an expensive spring mattress, in a soft tension (as SWMBO and myself are not heavy) and have given our nearly new medium spring mattress to a friend who had a Tempur.

None of us will use anything else from now on, so I'll ditto Blueboy's comment.
 
I've slept on one of the early Tempur matresses, solid foam, and I didn't get on with it. I liked the way it held you in the night but I didn't like the way it made me sweat and get hot against it. Apparently the new ones are made of something slightly different and you don't get the hotness/sweatyness. My friend has a slightly different one in his spare room, it's a sprung mattress but the top few inches are memory foam and I swear I have never had such a good nights sleep as I have on that mattress. The bed is shagged but that mattress puts you in a deep deep sleep.
 
Rebelius said:
I sleep face down, I'd probably suffocate in a foam matress! (I actually sleep on my front with my head to the side, not flat on my face.)
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Hahah i can just picture that. I used to sleep like that, but now sleep on my side. I guess the sleeping on your front comes from being a kid lol.
 
We got a Sleepeezee 2000 pocket sprug mattress with 70mm memory foam top and it is the most comfortable mattress the missus and I have ever slept in.
 
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