Help me understand progressive

[phoenix]

Hi awoods,

Thanks for the update and feedback and for the pictures (here and in your other topic about the sleep design protector) … I appreciate it

Your setup looks great and you certainly made some good choices.

Bottom layer - firm dunlop. It was very hard to get this piece positioned in the cover. The latex seems about 2 inches too big for the cover side to side. But we did better positioning the later layers, so I think this was more technique of assembly than an actual issue.

This is a fairly normal experience fitting the bottom layer into a tight fitting cover.

Top layer - soft talalay. One of the things I was surprised by was that the non-split configuration was 2 separate pieces that had been glued together. You can see the seam in the top layer here. Is this normal? I expected one solid piece. Not really a big deal, just wasn’t what I expected.

This is also normal for Talalay latex. The molds that are used to manufacture the latex are mainly twin XL (with some queen sizes) and anything bigger than twin (or a few queen sizes or full size that have been cut from a queen) will have a glue seam (see post #2 here).

I’ve slept on it for one night, and my initial impression is that it is quite a bit firmer than the s/m/f Savvy Rest that I tried. I really wanted my first night’s sleep to be great. But it just wasn’t. I didn’t sleep all that well, had a hard time getting comfortable as it felt a bit too “hard”. An odd feeling, I didn’t feel an specific pressure points, just an overall sensation of not cushy. Mainly an issue with getting to sleep, I didn’t wake up with any pain anywhere, so that’s good. Support was excellent. Hopefully I just need a bit of time for the mattress to go through initial break in and softening, and for my body to adjust after being accustomed to a pillowtop innerspring. Bit nervous tho…as the first night wasn’t that magic success one hopes for. But I’m not going to make any changes and just give my body some time to adjust.

Once again … this is also very normal. Latex is a very different material and it can take a little time for the mattress to break in and for your body to get used to a new sleeping surface and this is more the rule than the exception when you purchase a mattress that is different from the one that you are used to sleeping on (see post #3 here).

Not waking up with any pain or discomfort is a very good sign

Phoenix