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[phoenix]

Hi Betz,

I switched your posts and my replies to a new thread so I could keep track of them better.

I found that to be too soft so, with Shawn’s advice I switched the Medium layer to the bottom and put the firm in the middle. That was MUCH MUCH better. However, I am still feeling that the configuration may be a bit softer than I want. So I am thinking about switching the soft Talalay for a medium Talalay.

I don’t have any information about your body type or sleeping positions so my comments would be limited to your own feedback but if you are looking for a firmer sleeping surface and you don’t believe that there is any risk of pressure issues then switching for a medium top layer would make sense to me. It depends on whether you are having any actual “symptoms” and on whether you are looking to change the “pressure relief” or “surface” firmness or whether you want firmer underlying support because there are different “types” of softness and firmness (see post #15 here).

If you do a layer exchange they send the new one out first so you would have a chance to compare both of them before sending one back.

Last but not least–I have an antique headboard and foot board that has its own frame. Since in the olden days, they had only full size beds, my frame is actually too small for the foundation (length is fine but width is not). So, I went to Home Depot and bought two pieces of plywood (each one is 60 x 45) which I attached to the bottom of the foundation. That way, the foundation itself is supported and if someone sits down on the edge of the bed, there is no risk of breaking the support beam on the foundation.

That makes sense to me. Is the foundation supported in the middle as well (under the plywood)?

Thanks for the update.

Phoenix