I bought a new mattress four years ago from a local company in California (https://selectsleepmattress.com). It’s got 4 inches of “medium density” latex foam on top of a inner spring mattress (enclosed separately). After four years, the mattress is not terribly comfortable – there’s a noticeable indent where I regularly sleep, even though I’ve rotated the mattress regularly, and it doesn’t provide enough pressure relief for my shoulders and hips. It still provides a decent night’s sleep, but I recently slept at friend’s house on bet with a pillowtop topper, and I slept much better.
I’d like to get a topper for the mattress, rather than buying a new one. I’m hoping to spend under $200, and under $100 would be great. My two top priorities, equally important:
- getting pressure relief – not necessarily softer, but I love the pillowtop feel
- keeping the bed cool – I’m a very hot sleeper, and I love that this latex bed doesn’t build heat. I bought a down alternative topper at Costco (https://www.costco.com/SleepBetter-Beyond-Down®-Fiber-Bed.product.100227357.html) and it was way too hot – I had to take it off with ten minutes of trying to sleep on it.
Also, when I bought the bed, it initially had 2 inches of soft latex on 2 inches of medium, but that didn’t work for me – I sunk into the bed even further without getting pressure relief, so I exchanged it for the four inch medium I have now. Even from the beginning, it was a little hard, but I toss and turn a lot during the night and so the dents that the soft latex left were very uncomfortable.
I’ve looked a great deal at this site and other sites, but still don’t know what to try. Memory foam seems to provide the comfort I’d want, but not the coolness. The variety of choices with latex are confusing, since the first bed I had with 2 inch soft latex, didn’t work. And other alternatives, like wool and silk, are more expensive than I’d like.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially specific product recommendations.