Ultimate Dreams Mattress 6 too firm

[01svtL]

@Phoenix

Hi 01svtL,

So I received my Ultimate Dreams latex mattress from Amazon and it’s a bit firm for me. This will be my 3rd week sleeping on it, and I woke this morning feeling like I was kicked in the back during the night. Their 6 is different than the 6 of Brooklyn Bedding. The Amazon mattress 6 is 28ILD.

Yes … their ratings are based on the overall “feel” of the mattress and not just on the ILD of the latex. While comfort ratings are always somewhat subjective … they both have different covers and quilting which would affect the “feel” and relative softness of each.

After speaking with Mario and Carlos, I went ahead and had them send me a 2" latex topper in 19ILD to hopefully fix my issues. I wanted to get Phoenix’s opinion on what to expect. I’m 6’1" and about 180 lbs. Somewhat broad shoulders and muscular, and about 50/50 back/side sleeper. Will the 2" 19ILD make a difference for me?

In “theory” yes it should make a “little to a fair” bit of difference (based on the guidelines I use for toppers in post #8 here). The extra 2" of softer latex will “allow” your wider shoulders to sink in more and improve pressure relief and is still thin enough to have the least possible effect on alignment.

A little thinner is much “safer” in terms of risking alignment because comfort layer / topper combinations that are too thick can be great for pressure issues but are riskier. “Just enough” and no more is generally the best approach.

While only your own sleeping experience can know for certain and I didn’t speak to you on the phone so I don’t know all the information you shared … it’s probably very close to the choice I would have suggested as having the best odds of success as well assuming the amount of extra softness you wanted is in the “little to a fair bit” range.

Phoenix

Gotcha. Well I definitely like the support of the mattress, it just gets to be a bit too hard for me to get comfortable. I feel like it’ll only take a small amount of top “cushion” to make it perfect, kinda like a pillow top. I just don’t want to go all the way through it or sink into it like a memory foam topper/mattress. I’ve learned I really do not like that feeling.

One thing I tried last night was to take off the mattress pad. There is very little fill, and it’s polyester fill. It’s more of a mattress protector, but there’s still a little bit of fill in it. I think it may have been just enough to affect the feel of the mattress, though. I did sleep better last night with just the sheet on top of the mattress. So, what pads/protectors would you get that are LEAST likely to affect the feel of the latex? This is my second pad. The first one was waterproof, but it made a crinkly noise and definitely affected the feel. This one I bought because it says it’ll keep me cool. It did for the most part, but I think it actually felt better without it last night. I’m not quite as concerned with waterproof, as I won’t have any animals or children on the bed. Water resistant might be an added bonus, but not worth it if it affects the feel of the mattress.