Hi Phoenix,
My wife and I bought the Beautyrest Black Ansleigh Plush last Summer. We liked it a lot in the store and got a great deal on it from a local retailer (they sold us the almost-new floor model for a steal, but this also meant we could’t exchange it if we didn’t like it - big mistake).
Anyway, I have extremely bony hips and I’m a side sleeper. 5’11", 155 lbs. After a few weeks I realized that this mattress just wasn’t quite soft enough and I was getting hip pain/numbness and turning from side to side a lot throughout the night as a result.
When we bought the mattress, it was not available for sale on us-mattress.com. I only bring them up because I like that they list the full specs of the mattress and the approximate comfort scale score. While they didn’t carry it at the time of purchases, us-mattress now carries the Ansleigh Plush and it turns out they only gave it a 5.5 on a 1-10 comfort scale. I’m guessing I need something more along the lines of a 7-8 as a slide sleeper who is prone to hip pain/numbness. My wife is a combo side & back sleeper.
In an attempt to soften things up, this past Fall, we purchased a Tempurpedic brand 3" topper at Bed Bath & Beyond. It has always seemed a bit TOO FIRM to me (the topper is EXTREMELY heavy and I believe it uses the 5.3lb foam and feels much firmer than other brands of toppers in the store). I still find myself flipping over from side to side a lot throughout the night to try to ward off pain in my sides. In addition to that, I’ve been having a different sort of pain below my hip for the past few days - kind of at the bony spot where your butt meets your leg about 6-8" below the top of your hip bone/joint. I’m actually now wondering if this might be being caused by misalignment from the 3" thick topper.
The full specs of the Ansleigh Plush are below. I’m thinking that I might need both a softer and less thick topper as my next experiment. Based on the specs of the Ansleigh, what do you think my next course of action should be? I’m not opposed to cutting the mattress open to replace foam if I can’t find a decent solution with a topper! Of course, I’d like this to be my last course of action if need be.
Ansleigh Plush (5.5 on the comfort scale)
Quilt - Top of Mattress
1" Gel Touch
1" Plush Comfort Foam
Comfort - Padding Layers
1/2" AirCool Memory Foam
2" Plush Comfort Foam
Correct Back Support System
Coil System: Veriform Advanced Pocketed Coil
1/2" Energy Foam
Coil Gauge: 14.75
Ventilated AirCool Foam Encasement
I also want to point out that the ONLY difference between the Ansleigh Plush (a 5.5 on the comfort scale) and the Brooklyn Plush Pillowtop (which gets an 8 on the comfort scale) is that the Brooklyn has the following in the comfort layer:
Brooklyn Plush Pillowtop (8 on the comfort scale)
1" AirCool Memory Foam With Gel Touch
1" Plush Comfort Foam
2" Plush Comfort Foam
So a total of 4" in the comfort layer of the Brooklyn Plush Pillowtop vs. 2.5" in the Ansleigh Plush. No other differences between these 2 models according to the specs listed on us-mattress. Can I achieve virtually the same feel of the Brooklyn with a softer 1.5-2" memory foam topper (something thinner and softer than the Tempurpedic topper we’re using now)? Or will I have trouble achieving the same feel without cutting the top of the mattress off and putting more foam inside, below the quilting layer?
With the specs of the Ansleigh Plush, what would you try next in order to get the mattress more towards a 7-8 on the comfort scale? I was actually thinking of trying the cheap/soft 1.5" convoluted memory foam topper that they sell at Kohls (open to other suggestions as well). I don’t care about longevity as much. If I have to replace a cheap $50-150 topper once a year, that’s well worth it for a good night’s sleep as far as I’m concerned (I’m fine with a more expensive, longer term solution as well).
Thanks so much!