Hello, I’m new to actually being a part of this forum (more of a peeping Tom).
I don’t really contribute to “reviews” much, but felt I needed to say something.
I was very skiddish about online shopping for a mattress. I’ve done research before and just got confused & overwhelmed and ended up going to the mattress store and buying crap. We’ve tried Tempurpedic and didn’t like getting out of the “hole” to roll over. Box springs have proven over & over to fail. Waterbeds are hard to decide upon and a kind of “commitment”. I still have yet to give the Sleep Number a fare shake.
Then I saw the Dreamfoam Latex on Amazon. Nothing but good reviews. Even the bad reviews were good reviews. I looked a little deeper and found this site. Again, good reviews.
I decided to pull the trigger. Hell 5-10 minutes on a mattress in a mattress store wasn’t getting anywhere.
I am here to say, It has been a let down (cue Price is Right loser music).
We received our mattress just before our vacaction. I figured we’d let it air out for the 10 days we were gone. I have not experienced any real “gas” smell since starting to use the bed. GOOD.
First night I thought the bed to be a bit too firm. Chuck had recommended a 6 and after reading a TON of Amazon reviews, felt that sounded about right. But, my wife prefers it a bit firm.
Second night I could NOT get comfortable. When you first move it’s good because you have a new soft spot on the topper. Once I sunk in, back to too firm.
Third night, slept OK with a little help from my old friend Unisom.
Fourth night. LIVING HELL. The best way to describe it is trying to sleep on a sandy beach on a towel. The initial feel is nice. At first it’s kind of soft, then the sand comforms to your body, but not too much.
Then you begin to feel like your sleeping on the ground.
I’m a mostly side sleeper. I’d try my left side and after sinking through the topper my shoulder would start to hurt. So I shift to my right. Then that starts to hurt. back and forth until I moved to my stomach. By now my shoulders are so sore It still makes it hard to sleep. Every time I fell asleep on my stomach, my body naturally wanted to go to my side and I’d wake up. Finally I just got up around 5 am. I’m typing this with little sleep and aching all over my upper back and shoulders.
Now the bad part. I bought a matress online. ($999).
When I talked to Chuck, I told him of my warranty concerns. At first he said that we could always adjust the topper at $100.
I asked him about comfort and he said that if we didn’t like it, we could return as long as we paid postage. Feeling comfortable with that, I went ahead, completely forgetting the fact that I was buying a KING SIZE MATTRESS (doh!) How the hell do you repackage a king size mattress!?! In Chucks defense, I’m writing this prior to talking with him. I’ll keep you posted about our conversation.
I don’t know what to do.
Is there some break in time? If there is, how long will I have to suffer?
It seems like even if I DO get a different topper that they offer (oh, by the way that anther $100, I’ll still sink to the number 6 bed below.