FINALLY Picked A Mattress!!!!! Verlo Mattress in Longmont!

[phoenix]

Hi Bryce720,

Thanks for the update … I appreciate it.

OK, so I thought I would give an update on the mattress. I have slept on it since Friday. 1st night was horrible, mattress was just too firm with the extra 1" of soft latex zipped in the mattress cover. I think it was just much latex in a cover, so it couldn’t really expand as we layed down in the mattress. So the next night day I removed the 1" latex and put it ontop of the mattress and then a sheet ontop of that and that is how I have slept on it since. I am liking it, not loving it. When I lay on my back it feels great, but I am primarily a side/ side stomach sleeper with my arm under the pillow. The mattress feels ok for these positions. My legs, my hips/butt and back feel good, but the my shoulder when I wake up is killing me. My shoulder just doesn’t feel like it’s “sinking” in a bit like the rest of my body?? So the back side of my shoulder/lat/tricep will ache for the 1st half of the day. This isn’t going to work. I am not sure what to do next.

I would keep in mind that here will be a break in and adjustment period for any new mattress or sleeping system as the mattress loses any of it’s “false firmness” and the cover stretches and loosens a little and the materials settle and your body gets used to a sleeping surface that is different from what it is used to (see post #3 here). This would typically be a few weeks but it can be shorter or longer depending on the specifics of the person and the mattress (higher density materials can take longer) and it can be surprising to many people how much their sleeping experience can change over the course of the first month or so. I would generally suggest sleeping on any new mattress for a few weeks at a minimum whenever possible until you are confident any symptoms are the result of the mattress rather than the initial break in and adjustment period before deciding on whether it’s a good “match” in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP and/or deciding to make any changes.

So this mattress we bought was a floor model. We thought it was firm 3", med 3", med 3", it is actually 1" of xfirm, 4" of firm and 4" of med, 1" of soft, plus the soft 1" layer we have added. All layers are natural Talalay. Do I need to add more soft?? I am not sure where to go from here??

If the mattress is too firm for you then you could either take advantage of their comfort adjustment to make the mattress softer or you could add a thicker/softer topper. Once you have slept on the mattress for a little longer I would start with talking to them about a comfort adjustment.

Phoenix