Mattress shopping near Indianapolis, Indiana

[phoenix]

Hi Danny,

We have learned through our numerous mattress shopping trips that it is really hard to tell how a mattress is going to work until you get it home and sleep on it for a while. And apparently my lower back is quite sensitive to the kind of mattress I sleep on.

There are some testing guidelines in the mattress shopping tutorial (in step 4) that you can use that can help you more reliably predict how well you will sleep on a mattress in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) but if you are very sensitive and closer to the “princess and the pea” than the “I can sleep on anything” end of the range then it’s always a good idea to factor in a good return or exchange policy to the “value” of a mattress purchase.

So at this point we are looking for a topper for the PLB Beautiful that will provide a little more comfort/pressure relief without causing me to have lumbar pain. What would you recommend?

I would be very cautious with adding a topper to the PLB Beautiful because it is already a very soft mattress (too soft for many people) and if you are having any lower back pain sleeping on the mattress then a softer topper can make make it worse. If you don’t have any lower back pain when you wake up in the morning and all you need is some additional pressure relief then post #2 here and the topper guidelines it links to can help you use your sleeping experience a reference point to choose the type, thickness, and firmness for a topper that will have the best chance of success and also includes a link to the better topper sources I’m aware of as well. The most effective approach to adding a topper is “just enough” in terms of thickness and softness to provide the pressure relief you need with the least possible risk to alignment.

Phoenix