Thinking of buying new mattress

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Locutus

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I'm looking for a new mattress - I'd like to buy one of these but I'm not sure if a like the idea of a memory foam gel topping - do you folks have any experience with the memory foam? I've heard you tend to sink into and stick in place.

https://www.douglasbed.ca/en/mattress-made-in-canada/
 

Angela53510

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We have a a hybrid memory foam, and I hate it. It doesn't support, it is hard to move on, and it hurts my back. My daughter got a true memory foam, and it was toast in a year. She said it was impossible to move on. Apparently the high quality, very expensive memory foam is a bit better.

I personally would stay away from memory foam anything. I would get a nice bed with a soft cushion, but something that will support your back and body. I think memory foam was a fad, like water beds! LOL
 

JaumeJ

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Just over a year ago I did buy a mattress with "memory foam. Haaving had a couple of broken backs three vertabrae each time, I appreciate the "memory" feature, and now with upper crevical problems even moreso.

Having sid this, I can understand how people with strong bones and body would not beso happy with one… I also use a cervical pillow, an that is highly questionable…..lol.
 

blue_ladybug

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I have a memory foam mattress topper and it works very well. I have horrendous back problems and it helps greatly to have the topper. It came from Walmart and wasn't real expensive. Even my pillows are memory foam.. I LOVE them.. :)
 

blue_ladybug

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Just over a year ago I did buy a mattress with "memory foam. Haaving had a couple of broken backs three vertabrae each time, I appreciate the "memory" feature, and now with upper crevical problems even moreso.

Having sid this, I can understand how people with strong bones and body would not beso happy with one… I also use a cervical pillow, an that is highly questionable…..lol.
I use a pillow under my right hip at night, and one between my knees.. and yes, the hip pillow is a memory foam pillow.. lol
 

JaumeJ

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Bad spelling? Ha! I m not one to boast…..
 

shittim

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I finally did it. I bought a new pair of shoes with memory foam insoles. No more forgetting why I walked into the kitchen.
 

Locutus

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Thanks for the feedback - I have a cotton futon - a couple of years back my hips were hurting after a night's sleep, I bought a 3 inch regular foam topper to place over it - it's not bad comfort wise.

I'll probably stick with what I've got.
 
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I am quite late to reply here, well I also use memory foam gel topping, and it's too much comfy and lightweight, we can move easily, I bought it from nest bedding mattress sale after reading its benefits and reviews, if you still wanna buy you can check there, I hope it will help you in future.
 

JaumeJ

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Just over a year ago I did buy a mattress with "memory foam. Haaving had a couple of broken backs three vertabrae each time, I appreciate the "memory" feature, and now with upper crevical problems even moreso.

Having sid this, I can understand how people with strong bones and body would not beso happy with one… I also use a cervical pillow, an that is highly questionable…..lol.
UPDATE on my mem/foam mattressIt is recommended to turn the mattriss 180 degrees every once anda while. I have done this. I think the mattress has lost its memory or it has a mind of its own. I do like it still but it does develop "sink/holes" mostly due t my physique, lol.
 

shittim

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a mattress topper can be replaced more easily than a whole mattress, I flip mine over and end to end to further the life. I look at the "Purple" brand and wonder if that would be better, the Sealy brand topper gets the highest marks in some surveys.
 

Billyd

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I have a 3" memory foam/gel (cool foam) topper. It is much better than my memory foam topper was. No more sweaty nights. No more waking up with back and neck pain.
 

blue_ladybug

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We have a a hybrid memory foam, and I hate it. It doesn't support, it is hard to move on, and it hurts my back. My daughter got a true memory foam, and it was toast in a year. She said it was impossible to move on. Apparently the high quality, very expensive memory foam is a bit better.

I personally would stay away from memory foam anything. I would get a nice bed with a soft cushion, but something that will support your back and body. I think memory foam was a fad, like water beds! LOL

My mattress is not memory foam, but all my pillows and my mattress topper are. I LOVE them. They don't go flat, and they fluff back into place when you're done with them..
 

Silverwings

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I bought a very high priced Temperpedic Memory foam mattress, I paid a total of 3600.00 for it and the frame, why? Because my back was in bad shape and I thought it might be helpful. NOT. I have yet to even use the fancy part that lifts my head or feet in the air, nor the vibration, nor the heat. I think I must have experienced a sucker day. And worse than this is the fact that the furniture company that I bought it from cheated me on the amt due, I am still trying to find a way to deal with them, may end up taking them to small claims court. I do not like the fact that when I set on the mattress it sinks way in, it does come back but I am not sure how long this will last, and the other part right beside me, is like a stiff mountain, my partner is dead so I live alone, and am the only one in the bed, the other side never gets used, and i keep trying to break in more of the mattress but it is hard to move on it, everything considered if i had it to do over again, I would try to find another regular mattress like I had before, it was very comfortable, and I only paid about 500.00 for it, about 25 years ago, it lasted that long and was far from being over. Live and learn, I guess. I really like an air mattress better than the one i got.
 

shittim

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when my last foam mattress gave out, I experienced the lower back pain first thing in the morning, the new mattress I ordered I goofed up big time, way to hard, got a foam topper and it is ok, I do wonder about the Purple foam crate type and am curious if that might make a decent topper, but don't see one offered.