Hello All!
I just became a member of this site a day or two ago but have browsed this website for quite some time. You all do an amazing job in helping people. Most importantly, it seems like you care and put effort into your responses. If you could help this sleepy man find his good night of sleep, it would be greatly appreciated! So thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
To start, I want to give you some details about myself:
- Lives alone with only me using the bed
- 5'8" 230 lbs. Wide shoulders, husky build w/ daily shoulder and neck pain.
- About 80/20 - Shoulder/stomach sleeper.
- Sleeps very hot with tossing and turning issues. Very light sleeper.
- Tracking apps say I average around 12% deep sleep / 19% REM sleep / 69% light sleep.
- 40-45 times tossing and turning on average per night.
- Tend to wake up twice a night on average
- Don’t remember the last time I felt refreshed in the morning
- Only use my bedroom for sleep and nothing else to keep good sleep hygiene.
- Mostly got to sleep and wake up around the same time each night and day.
With that out of the way, let’s talk about current and previous set ups and thoughts
Current sleeping arrangements. Mattress owned for about 70 days.
- Winkbed Softer w/ the sleep eight pro pod thermal cover on an adjustable Tempur-Pedic base.
- Most of the time the head is either elevated slightly or flat on the base.
- I use a lightweight duvet or swap out with a 25 lb cooling weighted blanket.
- Also use medium loft shredded foam pillows.
- 65-67 degree room temperature. Blackout curtains. Mini industrial fan for white noise.
Current sleeping issues and thoughts:
- Winkbed [b]without[/b] Eight Sleep Pod Pro thermal cover
- Slept hot unless I ran a diy rigged bed jet with lower room temperature which would make it sleep more temperature neutral.
- Good shoulder relief / Poor lower back support / Indifferent on springy surface. Enjoy the feeling of pillowtop.
- Winkbed [b]with[/b] Eight Sleep Pod Pro thermal cover
- Sleep cool, sometimes too cool at times but mostly the perfect amount of cool.
- Firmer feel due to the Sleep Eight cover. Wake up with numb arms from falling asleep and a little shoulder pain. Back support is about the same, however and provides the same back pain.
Former Sleeping arrangements and issues:
- Tempurpedic Luxebreeze Firm - (Owned for 100 days)
- Same base, sheets, pillows, and room temperature.
- No Eight Sleep cover used. Instead, I used a diy janky bedjet like option
- Slept very hot, no matter what I did.
- Rough on my shoulder and not perfect on my lower back.
- Was overall comfortable and enjoyed the feeling.
- Between the issues I faced and the price I paid, I couldn’t commit
-[b]Unknown model of Tempur-Pedic – Owned for seven years[/b]
- Slept very very hot
- Was super comfortable.
- Firm until it got warm and then got quite soft but provided good shoulder and small back support and pressure relief. Roughly 10"
- Even with the heat, I enjoyed that for about six out of the seven years. After year seven it got too soft and that much hotter.
- Some kind of spring mattress – Most likely a S mattress
- Was somewhat comfortable as it didn’t do a good job with either pressure relief or support. It was owned and bought it off a family member.
[b]Material needs, wants, hopes and thoughts:
- Do not want:[/b]
- Air beds – Heard too many horror stories and I just don’t trust the concept
- All foam beds – I am 230 and would like to not have to deal with major sags early on
- Anything that sleeps too hot
- A mattress less than 10 inches – I want some appeal to the look of the mattress
- Preferable don’t want an all-foam core, if not necessary
- Incredibly basic mattress that passes potentially quality extras
- [b]What I need:[/b]
- A very comfortable bed, that has good pressure relief, especially around the shoulders and great support, especially around the midsection or small of back
- At minimum temperature neutral if not temperature cool
- Queen size or larger
- Something that will last at least five years
- Good edge support
- [b]What I don’t need but would like to have if it makes sense[/b]
- Something as soft as possible that allows for great back support
- Material does have to hug me but I’d like at least a little sink
- Softer pillow-top
- Something that has an elegance and have some type of tech
- Probably a zip off cover but that isn’t a deal breaker.
- More natural materials. Doesn’t have to be 100 percent though.
- I am open to both complete mattresses or DIY mattress, although I lean a bit toward a complete mattress.
These are some mattresses I am looking at:
- https://www.omimattress.com/collections/organic-mattresses/products/terra-organic-mattress?variant=8419872768036 - OML Terra
- https://www.omimattress.com/collections/organic-mattresses/products/pinnacle-organic-mattress?variant=8446946836516 - OML Pinnacle
- https://mlilyusa.com/product/powercool/ - Mily Powercool
- https://www.magicsleepermattress.com/fitness-pillow-top.html - Magnifique
- https://richmondbedding.com/flexalloy-hybrid-gel-13/ - Flex Alloy
- https://www.sleepcountryliving.com/product/the-napa/ - Sleep Living Napa
Thank you all. I am looking for that ahhhhh feeling again when you are in the right bed. -James
