What topper brand is more plush and soft?

[phoenix]

Hi timberghost,

How did your week go?

Not much different from most other weeks … long hours, lots of research, and many interesting posts on the forum to reply to … except the week included my birthday so of course I also had a few “happy birthday” phone calls from people or family I don’t talk with as often

I think the Biab topper is 4lbs foam

Most of their mattresses use 3 lb memory foam so I would confirm this if you did go in this direction (see here).

I sleep equally on my side and my back, maybe a little more on my side. I’m 6’2" and I weigh 190lbs. so I’m lean. My ebay mattress is very firm and I would get pain between my shoulder blades when sleeping on my back and aches in my hips when sleeping on my side. I added a 1" thick topper that my gf had laying around and that seemed to lesson my symptoms a little bit but I still am uncomfortable when I wake up in the morning and stiff.

This clearly sounds to me like your mattress is too firm (which probably means it has a fairly thin layer of lower density memory foam over a firmer polyfoam support core). Since you need some extra softness and pressure relief … the topper guidelines here and the posts it links to may help you choose the most suitable thickness. In general … it’s usually best to choose 'just enough" extra softness so that you don’t end up with comfort layers that are too thick and soft and replace a pressure relief issue with an alignment issue.

Phoenix