[quote=“Phoenix” post=59892]Hi d3adrock,
I would suggest the testing guidelines in step 4 of the mattress shopping tutorial.
The most common cause of lower back pain is a mattress that is too soft (either comfort layers that are too thick/soft or support layers that are too soft) and if a mattress is too soft “for you” and your hips/pelvis are sinking into the mattress too deeply then the odds are certainly higher that you could experience lower back pain or discomfort. Having said that … not everyone fits inside the “averages” of other people that have a similar body type and sleeping style so your own careful testing or personal sleeping experience and lack of any symptoms or discomfort is the most reliable way to know whether any specific mattress is a good “match” for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences) because each person is different.
There is more about what I call primary or “deep” support and secondary or “surface” support and their relationship to firmness and pressure relief and the “roles” of different layers in a mattress in post #2 here and in post #4 here that may also be helpful in clarifying the difference between “support/alignment” and “comfort/pressure relief” and “feel” and how they interact together relative to different body types and sleeping positions.
Phoenix[/quote]
So I just got off the phone with both savvy and sleep ez. I got somewhat varying answers from both. The rep at sleep ez told me that she didn’t think that getting a layer of soft talalay and a soft talalay topper was a good idea and instead of the combination that I tried of F dunlop/M d/S talalay she recommended F/F/M or F/M/M with the soft talalay topper. She also said that part of the reason she said that is because using two soft layers would degrade the mattress faster (I am dubious about this, correct me if i’m wrong) and said that if it were to deteriorate faster that my warranty would be compromised because of it, which doesn’t sound right or fair in my opinion. Meanwhile the rep I spoke with at Savvy rest responded by saying that my preference for F.d/M.d/S.t with a soft talalaly topper was one of the most popular options and that she thought it would be a great combo for my sleep style and weight (Tall, light and curvy while being a side sleeper)
My remaining question is should I go ahead and order from sleep ez with the configuration I liked from savvy or should I follow the recommendation from sleep EZ even though I think it will be two firm? Looking at ILD’s for both each firmness level should be comparable but since I can’t try sleep EZ in person I don’t know for sure. Should I enquire further about the warranty info of having two soft layers from sleep EZ, it strikes me as very odd that they would use that as a warranty excuse? Wouldn’t it be advantageous to order F/M/S plus topper because if it is indeed too soft I could try it by switching the order to F/S/M plus topper to get the idea if it really is too soft and if it is I could exchange the layer versus not being able to go softer if I do F/M/M plus topper. Thanks!