marianne
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Post by marianne on May 18, 2015 14:39:32 GMT
We have a queen-size Sleep Innovations 3" topper that I bought on Amazon for about $170. I also keep my side covered with a light sheet blanket to minimize the heat issue.
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Post by angie3dpea on May 18, 2015 15:56:59 GMT
I have an iComfort. It's a gel memory foam. I don't notice that I am any more hot than I was on my old mattress
My hip pain went away on my first night sleeping on it. HOWEVER - I am about to call them because I have had it for 14 months and there is already a VERY apparent "crevice" (as my SO calls it) where I sleep every night. I mean you literally roll into the hole. LOL. But it's still sooooo comfy. LOL!
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Post by lucyg on May 18, 2015 16:06:07 GMT
I hear ya! I am in the same boat, so sadly I have no advice to give, but since I am about to go mattress shopping this weekend to take advantage of the sales, I am so glad you started this thread and I will be watching! In case you check back in, those of you w/memory foam toppers, where did you get them and do any of you have a problem w/them being too hot? Mine came from Costco. They often discount them (40% maybe?), every three months or so. I think the regular price for a queen might be around $140, so sale price would be around $85. They also have "cooling gel beads" embedded, for whatever that's worth. I do tend to sleep hot and I haven't had a problem with my memory foam. If I were buying a whole mattress, I'd be sure to get it with whatever the latest cooling technology is.
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Post by likescarrots on May 18, 2015 23:45:53 GMT
I'm a side sleeper and i recently bought an extra firm flat top mattress. I couldn't stand the memory foam or temperpedic mattresses. Way too soft. We do have a 2 inch memory foam topper, not enough to sink into so that i can't get out, but enough to keep my husband from complaining it's too firm.
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scrapngranny
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Post by scrapngranny on May 19, 2015 0:13:54 GMT
I'm a side sleeper and we got a Sleep Number mattress that also has a memory foam top. It is a slice of heaven.
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Post by joylynaroundthebnd on May 19, 2015 2:50:40 GMT
I love my tempurpedic and I am a side sleeper This.
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Post by MichyM on May 19, 2015 3:10:59 GMT
Ok, thanks everyone! I'm going to go looking for a memory foam topper this week. Hopefully it'll do the trick....I'd love to hold off mattress shopping as long as possible. I think the mattress itself may be "ok" still. There's no sagging, etc. so maybe the pillow top part of it gave out. The only downside is that my bed is already very high (especially with my short legs). I may need a step stool once I add a 3" topper
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Post by kluski on May 19, 2015 3:15:47 GMT
How do you get sheets to go over a 3 inch topper? I already buy sheets with a 19 inch pocket that barely fit my mattress.
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Peamac
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Jun 26, 2014 0:09:18 GMT
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Post by Peamac on May 19, 2015 4:22:57 GMT
I'm a side sleeper mostly and have recently started waking up with a sore hip over the last month or two. It seems to last for a week or two at a time, then go away. I recently slept on a sleep number bed, but couldn't get very comfy on it. The first night it was too hard, and the next night it was too soft (just call me Goldilocks!).
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 20, 2015 0:02:19 GMT
I am a side sleeper. Mostly sleeps on myleft side. We have a sleep number bed and we love it. This is th3 second one we have had. Th2 first on was a quwen. We loved it. It was just too small for us after we moved out of the trailer and into the hous3 we bought the king size same mattress.
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Post by MichyM on May 26, 2015 21:07:36 GMT
BTT for update...
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