Hi jhmoss1,
I noticed that you registered with your email as your username which means that automated spambots will be able to harvest your email and add you to their spam lists. If you’d like I can remove the @ and the domain after it and change your username to just jhmoss1 (or any username you wish).
They both make the same component mattresses as they did when the topic was started so the only update would be that Flobeds has also since become a member of this site which means that I think highly of them and like SleepEZ and the other members here I believe that they compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, knowledge and transparency.
You can also see some additional and “updated” thoughts about the Flobeds vZone in post #4 here.
Forum searches on Flobeds and on SleepEZ (you can just click both links) will bring up many more forum comments and feedback about both of them as well.
I don’t know which configuration you purchased but one of the advantages of the Reverie system and other component latex mattresses is that they can be fine tuned or customized after a purchase to make changes to the configuration of the mattress and the latex cylinders in your mattress can be arranged into different patterns that can provide firmer or softer support. The first suggestion I would have is to have a more detailed conversation with Reverie so that they can share their expertise that comes from their experiences with other customers that are in similar circumstances to yours about the types of changes that would have the best chance of resolving any “symptoms” you are experiencing on your mattress.
There is more detailed information about the most common symptoms that people may experience when they sleep on a mattress and the most likely (although not the only) reasons for them in post #2 here.
There is more about primary or “deep” support and secondary or “surface” support and their relationship to firmness and pressure relief and the “roles” of different layers in a mattress in post #2 here and in post #4 here that may also be helpful in clarifying the difference between “support” and “pressure relief” and “feel”.
These posts are the “tools” that can help with the analysis, detective work, or trial and error that may be necessary to help you learn your body’s language and “translate” what your body is trying to tell you so you can make the types of changes or additions to your mattress that have the best chance of reducing or eliminating any “symptoms” you are experiencing out of the options that are available to you.
The most common (although not the only) reason for lower back pain is a mattress that is too soft which of course is the opposite of “cushy” which normally “points to” a preference for either thicker or softer comfort layers which can sometimes make lower back issue worse if your mattress is already too soft. It’s also possible that you may need different configurations on each side of your mattress but I would be very cautious about making a mattress softer if there is a possibility that your mattress is already too soft.
Once you have resolved any lower back issues with a different configuration and if you still need it after adjusting the pattern of the cylinders then adding a topper that will have more of an effect on “feel” or pressure relief than it will on support/alignment can also be an effective way to resolve any “feel” (which is more of a subjective preference than a “need”) or pressure relief issues. Some of the options here would include a softer foam layer (latex, memory foam, polyfoam) or a down or down alternative topper, a wool topper, or a shredded latex topper. Upper body or shoulder symptoms can also be the result of a pillow that doesn’t keep your head and neck in good alignment over the course of the night and it’s very common that when you buy a new mattress you will also need a new pillow as well because the distance between your head and neck and the mattress surface may be different from what it was on your old mattress.
Phoenix