SOS! I am in so much pain. Exhausted. Desperately need to choose a good mattress! Severe Rheumatoid

[phoenix]

Hi Bcgirl,

It would feel better with a wool mattress pad of some sort. Would that be best to have the wool mattress topper included on the inside of the mattress or just sitting on the top?

Either way works well but I would personally tend to use thicker layers of wool as a topper because you can choose the thickness of the wool topper, air it out in the sun (wool is self cleansing if it’s put in the sun) more easily than a cover, and you can also replace or change the wool topper if you need to without replacing the entire mattress. It provides more flexibility in other words than a thicker layer of wool quilted in a cover. Thinner layers of wool in a cover can be a great option to help with sleeping temperature and act as a fire retardant without having to buy a thicker topper so it would really depend on how much wool you preferred to sleep on.

I followed your advice and called another store “Snug sleep” for information on their mattresses. Custom made as well, and the owner states that in his long experience, couples with the weight discrepancy that my husband and I do, and my having such a light frame makes for the most difficult situation to accommodate with a mattress supportive of each persons body. He emphasizes the benefits of wool and all natural latex. I like the idea of having a mattress “system” that is adjustable for life custom made for us. The price is high though $4000/queen and the distance is over two hours from our house. It sounds like a wonderful bed. I just don’t know if we can come up with that much money for a bed. Do you think that custom made sides would be the best option for us?

There are several methods that can help a mattress accommodate a couple with different needs and preferences (see the first part of post #2 here) and a split layer construction is certainly one of them that can be a good option. Snugsleep makes some high quality mattresses with very flexible designs but I would also be aware that there are other similar “choose your own layer” mattresses that use the same materials that can also be split that are also available (including in the list of online retailers and manufacturers I listed in my earlier reply that ship throughout Canada) that are significantly less so I would make some careful value comparisons before purchasing a mattress in that price range to make sure that the higher cost is the best match for your personal value equation. I would also make sure you do some careful and objective mattress testing for PPP together because some designs may be a good match for both of you without needing split layering.

Phoenix