Break-in period for memory foam

[phoenix]

Hi Millenor,

I’m still struggling with my body adapting to the Cirrus Luxe I purchased in July. I’ve chatted with Peter at Select Foam and he assures me it will break in. I asked about maybe a topper to put over it in the meantime. I’m thinking if I’m having trouble adjusting to the memory foam, would a topper help, since it’s also memory foam? Your thoughts?

You can read a little more about the break in period and the adjustment period for memory foam in post #2 here. In most cases the “break in” period and the adjustment period are around 90 days or less but higher density memory foam can take a little longer. Whether you should add a topper would depend on exactly what you are trying to achieve. If it’s a matter of needing some additional softness then it could help or if it’s a matter of changing the “feel” of the sleeping surface (by using a thin layer of wool, synthetic fibers, polyfoam, or latex etc that has a different “feel” than memory foam) a thin topper can also be effective but it would also change the response of the memory foam layers below the topper as well because memory foam responds to body heat and it would reduce the amount or heat that reaches the memory foam and its ability to contour to your body (thicker toppers would have more of an effect on this than thinner toppers).

If you are adjusting to the “feel” of memory foam itself then adding more memory foam probably wouldn’t help because the topper would be a similar material.

I would also make sure that you have eliminated some of the other possibilities that are mentioned in the post I linked (especially any mattress pad, mattress protector, or your sheets) as the source of any of your “issues”.

Phoenix