Hey everyone,
Been lurking around for the last few days and wanted to thank you all for such great insights! It’s helped me narrow down my search and focus on the right things.
Here are my stats
Age 29
Sex Male
Height 5’ 10"
weight: around 170
usually sleep on back sometimes roll to side in night but almost always go to bed on back and wake up on back
Budget: about $2K-the cheaper the better but willing to go higher if it will be enough of a difference in comfot
I’m mostly looking at latex, but have tried a few other options and in all but one, I have the same issue. My butt doesn’t sink down enough so there is a pressure point there and then not enough support under the lumbar area. When I tried softer options, there wasn’t enough spinal support so once I got my butt to sink down to the point of getting some lumbar support, I was completely out of alignment.
Here’s a summary of the top 3 I tried in order of preference
1-Felt absolutely perfect! Royal-Pedic all latex with 7 zones-I don’t know the ILD numbers for this but it was made from one layer of Talaly and had 7 zones. It felt like it fit the contours of my body perfectly, and even being quite firm i felt weightless on it, no pressure points at all. Only problem is price is $4k+tax, which is more than double what I was looking to spend.
2-Organicpedic Duo $2600+tax-Think its dunlop, not 100% sure. Tried this option with a Firm base layer, Firm Mid-layer and medium top layer. Also switched the middle layer to medium, didn’t notice too much difference. This option was quite good but had a bit of a pressure point under my butt. It was the least pressure I’ve ever felt from a mattress in that area with the exception of the Royal-Pedic, but I would prefer to eliminate this.
3-Berkely Ergo-Stockholm $1900+tax-This has an inner spring core, another spring layer, than an inch of latex. Tried the soft top which was still slightly firmer than the other 2 options above, but fit pretty well. I’d say this was very close to the Organicpedic Duo.
Since the options I like are a bit higher than I can afford, I was thinking of trying to get equivalents from either sleep ez or flo beds.
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Flobeds vZone-$2900- has 2 layers of talaly core, then a zonal layer of talaly and a convoluted topper. Goal here would be to replicate the feel of the Royal pedic and save about $1,400
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Sleepez 9000-$1750-3 layers of talaly, probably similar feel to the organicpedic duo I tried out. Only problem would be the pressure point under my butt, not sure that it can be accomodated without zones. This option would be best since it would be $1k cheaper than going the flobeds route.
I live in NYC so I am not able to try the flobed or sleepez. Do you think going with the sleep ez would produce a similar feel to the organicpedic, and has anyone else gone with an sleep ez and been able to fix a pressure point like i mentioned?
Thanks!