Hello,
I’ve been lurking on this site for a while and like so many others have gone down the mattress/topper rabbit hole and now find myself in paralysis mode.
My husband is 6’3” tall and weighs on average about 215 pounds. He is primarily a side sleeper who snores on his back periodically. I am 5’0” tall and currently weigh about 120 pounds. Due to hip pain while sleeping and some sinus issues, I find myself primarily a back sleeper, though I keep trying to flip on my side.
How I got here:
After my husband‘s euro plush top innerspring sort of mattress died, I purchased a memory foam mattress off Amazon. We live in a somewhat rural area, so that was most convenient at the time. I thought it was supposed to be a medium- firm mattress, but we were sinking into it quite a bit and it was very hot. I only had it for a week because I hated being surrounded by my mattress, so I honestly can’t speak as to any sort of pressure relief.
I might’ve tried another memory foam mattress at that point, but if we did, we hated it lol. It was at that point that I started doing a lot of research and decided to go with something a little greener. Since I am a hot sleeper, I ended up going with a medium-firm Avocado Original Green mattress. This was maybe six or so years back, so they were a bit more affordable than they are now and I don’t believe they contained latex layers at the time. My husband often has neck and back pain issues and was convinced from the get-go that the bed was exacerbating his problems. I tried to convince myself that it was a great mattress, but came to the conclusion that it was simply too firm for us over the years (and based on numerous reviews, I’m seeing this past month they do run firm). I am pretty sure that it greatly contributed to my hip pain, hence the back sleeping.
Anyway, my aunt had recently ordered just some medium-firm “cooling” memory foam mattress for her spare room off of Amazon, but then moved so we were left with a brand new mattress and my husband decided to give our daughter our avocado and try that one. we talked about getting a topper for the avocado, but he thought we’d try this one first. He liked it at first, but after a few months he tells me it’s too firm. I agree.
I’ve been trying to go between getting either a latex topper or just getting a whole new latex/ latex hybrid mattress. I almost pulled the trigger on a few different latex hybrids because I thought that might be best for us. I was pretty close to purchasing the sleep EZ flipable hybrid, but since this other memory foam mattress is only six months old I started thinking topper again.
Long story short – since we have differences in our height/weights and sleeping positions I find myself paralyzed between choosing 2, 3, or 4,” Talalay or Dunlop, or which level of firmness. I was just thinking 3” of regular old Dunlop soft firmness with a wool protector over top, but after seeing some other people, posit questions with similar situations, I am second-guessing. Or just get a new mattress? Help…
