Finally Pulled the Trigger

[phoenix]

Hi Taoman,

After lurking about TMU since February/March and doing a lot of reading here and elsewhere, I’ve finally purchased a new King sized mattress. Through Amazon I’ve purchased the Ultimate Dreams Eurotop Latex mattress by Dreamfoam Bedding. We’ll start with the #5 firmness and see how it goes from there. I will post to share the experience.

Congratulations on your new mattress

You’ve certainly made a good quality/value choice and kept your options open for a comfort exchange which can be a valuable option to have with an online purchase.

I need a mattress pad, but after the sticker shock from mattresses, I’m still unsure about the pad. I’ve narrowed my choices to the Luna Waterproof Mattress Protector (~$50 on Amazon) and the St. Dormeir Wool Mattress Protector (~$189). I like the St. Dormeir but can’t justify spending 19% of the cost of the mattress for a pad :^ O I mean, I certainly wouldn’t spend over $47,000 to paint a $200,000 home; even if they included blown-in insulation.

There is more about the tradeoffs involved with different types of mattress protectors in post #89 here.

Both of these would make a good choice for most people but I’m not so sure I would measure the cost of a mattress protector (or any bedding such as sheets, blankets, or even a pillow) as a percentage of the mattress and more against the quality of sleep you will have with each part of your complete sleeping system you decide on.

For most people the Luna (or other similar membrane type protectors) would work well especially for those that are looking for a waterproof protector but for some people that tend to sleep hot these types of protectors can sleep warmer because they are less breathable than the other types.

The St Dormeir would be more breathable and temperature regulating and would be under $200 in king size which if you used it for 5 years would be a little over $3 a month. For me the comparison would be about whether the benefits of the St Dormeir (better temperature regulation along with the water resistance of wool) is worth it based on the quality of your sleep and its benefits rather than the percentage of the mattress purchase it represented.

Phoenix