We have a king plush Luma All Latex Sleep System. We have had the system for 1-2 years now and I am growing increasingly uncomfortable and am ready to replace it.
Wife and I are both side sleepers. Her 5’5" ~140lbs, Me 5’8" 180 lbs. The issue is I feel like the mattress sags around my hips, or just isn’t firm enough. I end up with lower back pain and stiffness. When I sleep on the ratty old guest spring matress, (which is very soft by the way) my back pain goes away. Return to the latex system and the pain and stiffness returns.
I know latex should be supportive and contour my body, so my assumption is that it is not firm enough. We traded the plush topper in the beginning for a plush+ topper, and it was too firm, we just didn’t like it. When we start increasing the firmness of the latex I get shoulder pain as a side sleeper. So we returned to plush.
So now I am at an impasse with the matress. We both prefer a plush feel, but need I am in need of something with more lumbar support at the same time.
Any reccomendations? I am considering a innserpring or innerspring/latex hybrid and using the latex topper we have to increase plushness. Something like the Saatva which has a lumbar support zone, or even the Luma innserpring mattress in medium and putting the current topper back on.
Other than that, I am out of ideas. Am also trying to minimize overall cost, becasue this current setup is still relatively new but am willing to buy the “right mattress”.
Hi,
I know your pain. I spent 2019 finding the right mattress - I had hybrids in both latex and foam and then all Latex and all foam and finally The Winkbeds Memory Lux (all foam) in Firm finally did the trick - it is soft enough to support my hips and shoulders for side sleeping and yet supportive enough in the lumbar area to support my lower back issues. It says firm but it is more a medium feel so you get the pressure relief and support. Trust me…spent thousands on trying out and returning all major brands before finding this wonderful company. Made is the US - great customer service and exchange and or return policy. Well made and 12 inches high, so fits on my adjustable base perfectly. Check out Winkbeds online - you won’t be sorry. Does not run hot either. I had a tempurpedic and it was so terribly hot that was one return in 2019…UGH.
I am a very HOT sleeper. I am quite wary of non-latex foam, hence the reason I am on latex now. I love it in that regard, never knew how cool I could sleep until I swtiched to latex. But I will check it out. Thanks for the reccomendation.
Welcome back to the TMU forum ! Thanks for your question.
Sorry to hear of your lower back pain/ stiffness discomfort with your current Luma mattress. I’ve seen some of your earlier posts where Team Luma helped out with a comfort exchange, as well as expert member @SleepEZ offered some advice on latex comfort layering; sorry too that these were not helpful for your pain relief.
Luma Sleep uses Leggett & Platts’ 8" Quantum Edge Bolsa pocketed coils in its mattress support construction, one of the most popular and durable support systems used. Just a couple of questions for you, kai920: before your all latex mattress, what type mattress were you using, and also have you slept on an innerspring mattress before? Don’t know where you’re located from a shelter-in-place standpoint, but are conditions safe to make appointments for site visits in your area? I’m linking you up with several of Phoenix’s research articles you may find of use during your research:
Thank you for sharing your experience with the Memorylux. I’m also looking for a mattress that’s soft enough for side sleeping but conforming and supportive enough for when I sleep on my back. I have low back issues due to a bulging disc. Would you mind sharing which other mattresses you tried and how the Winkbeds Memorylux compares? I’m considering the Memorylux myself after trying two hybrid mattresses (memory foams/coils; and latex/coils), which were both too firm and not conforming enough for me. I’m 5"8 and under 140 pounds. Do you mind my asking if you have a similar build? I’m surprised to hear a side sleeper found a firm mattress to be soft enough. Thanks.
Hello,
Sorry about your back issues- it is a challenge for sure. So, I had a Beautyrest top of the line K class medium tight top Hybrid and it was TERRIBLE…thought I would need surgery it was so firm. I tried Natura Latex. Hybrid with the Dunlop and coils - too heavy for my adjustable bed and not great for comfort on my shoulders. The Tempeurpedic was too soft and too hot. So, I finally found Winkbeds and at first got the MemoryLux Medium and it is probably the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on - HOWEVER, I am 5’5" and 179 pounds - so my weight means I need more firmness in the lumbar support area because of my pear shape - so I went for the MemoryLux Firm(they have a great exchange program). It really is not a firm mattress. It is a Medium and the Medium is a Medium soft. My opinion. Since you are 140 lb. you’d probably love the MemoryLux Medium. It was a dream(haha). It actually felt firm at first but by month two it was conforming and like I said the most comfortable bed ever! It is not hot either - my body adjusted to the foam in a week - takes that time to regulate. The MemoryLux Firm is more like I am sleeping a bit more on top of the mattress- however, it still conforms to my shoulders and hips so there is pressure relief. Funny enough, the firm model took only a week to break in. If you go with the MemoryLux - remember to rotate every two weeks for the first three months and then every month for the next six months and then every six months for the next year and so on. Winkbeds has a patent on their airfoam material(won’t heat up). It isn’t too hard to rotate either since it is 12 inch high and there is this nice piping around it. Oh and the edge support is great too. I spent a year searching - so hopefully you won’t have to! Let us know how it goes.
! Thanks for your question.