Ultimate Dreams 13" Gel Memory Foam Mattress - First Impressions

[phoenix]

Hi TheKdd,

Thanks for the update and for taking the time to share your experience … I appreciate it

With it, we ordered the metal platform bed frame. It sits higher off the floor than a standard box which is nice (you can store more stuff under there) so that was a plus. The downside is this mattress seems to slip away from the wall it’s up against (we don’t use a headboard) so every couple of days I need to push it back against the wall. It’s not that big of a deal though and probably nothing a little rubber tape or something for grip would fix. One day I will get to that.

While there is a wide range of heights available for bedframes, foundations, and mattresses which together will add up to the height of your sleeping surface … a typical metal bedframe is about 7" - 7.5" high and a “standard” foundation would be in the range of 8" to 9" so the combination together would normally be somewhere in the range of 15" to 16.5". A fairly “standard” height of a sleeping surface would be somewhere in the range of about 26" give or take an inch or two so yours (14" + 13" = 27") would be in a fairly “normal” range although it may be higher than what you were used to with your previous sleeping surface.

The second problem I have run into… My husband and I watch TV a lot in our room, so I use the area under the head of the bed to sit in a lot. Indian style, what have you. It seems me sitting there constantly has made that area softer than the rest of the bed and sometimes makes me quite uncomfortable when I do actually lay down to sleep. I know the fix is probably just to stop doing that, or start sitting in different locations on the bed every day, (or watch TV in a different room haha) but that kinda stinks. And, you can’t flip the mattress. We will probably rotate soon though.

This would be normal for any foam material (to different degrees depending on the type and density of the material) which will soften more under the more concentrated weight of sitting … particularly in the first few months.

I would definitely suggest rotating your mattress on a regular basis for any mattress to even out the softening (see post #2 here).

An adjustable bed or a foam wedge behind your back (something like one of these or this) will also support some of your weight and reduce the weight concentration when you are sitting up and help slow down the process.

Phoenix