I have a sleep number bed, not all its cracked up to be. I put a memory foam topper on top of it, its ok, sometimes I sleep wherever I can, recliner, spare bed, couch.

Well I tried a memory foam mattress topper. LOVED it, gotta save some money though:(

Hi Everyone,

My mattress pad is worn out and uncomfortable, so it is time for a new one. I have a twin bed and will be getting a mattress topper, what do you recommend? And how thick should it be? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Hugs, Cathy

Before I had my c-spine fusion surgery in 2003, we got a new bed with a pillow top, thinking that it would be a good idea for me. Wrong! Since the surgery, I've found that the simple act of rolling over in bed is no longer simple, and the pillow top made it even harder, because i would sink down more. So a few years ago, we blew the wad and bought a tempurpedic adjustible bed. They do have differing degrees of softness, so you may find one soft or hard enough for you. But I really love mine, and I need to be able to adjust the head and feet because of other diseases, such as COPD and GERD. I'd buy it all over again, that's for sure. I can honestly say that the only time I have some degree of pain relief is when I'm in that bed.

Hugs, Sue

Does anyone have a waterbed? I did years ago and loved that it was heated.

My BF does Tigg & loves it. If fact I gave it to her years ago.
She has back problems & swears it does not bother her & said the heat helps. Now I stayed the night while her husband was gone & she gave me her bed to try. Needless to say she had to get me out of bed in the morning. Then again her bed is the old type with 0 support. I believe they make the firmer water beds like a normal mattress. The heat would be wonderful I suppose. It may be worth checking out.
Sammy

my husband and I actually purchased a bed in March...it was time! I told my husband what i wanted to spend and so we went on a search, We went mattress firm which is a JOKE! those guys were trying to push me into a 3 thousand dollar bed! We went to another local store well known in our area and found a few we loved...but still wanted to look a little more. My husband told me he had passed a new place locally owned just a week earlier so we decided to go check it out. I am SOOOOO glad we did. We ended up buying a laura ashley firm pillow top...but the pillow top is 6 inches of tempur pedic memory foam. And the bed itself is made to disburse your body heat through the bottom of the bed....so you don't get too hot. (i get really hot when i sleep, so I LOVED that feature) The store itself was affiliated with the company who makes the laura ashley beds here in Greenville S.C. And the same California king bed at the other places we looked at was 2,350 bucks I got mine for a 1000 and they had to send out the order to the factory to have it made for us. Which only took a week. WE LOVE this bed. we can't feel either of us tossing and turning at all ...its cooler than my old bed.... temperature wise. And the memory foam is awesome.

What a great topic!!! Its time for hubby and I to get a new bed, ours is only abt. 5 yrs old but is killing us!!!!!!!!! But if he doesn't get his SS and back pay, may have to settle for a topper. Great ideas. We've talked abt. a temperpedic. The Laura Ashley sounds great too.

@ Tigg: After he went into the Army, I used to sleep in my son's waterbed when the house was cold, I was so skinny I'd wake between the mattress and the wooden frame. LOL They do make them w/ baffles now though and they're probably better. The temp. control IS great, warm in winter, cool in summer and I think the newer ones have options like dual temp controls. But my hubby is so much heavier than I am that I'm afraid he'd bounce me out when he's restless and flops around in the bed. I can just picture myself flying through the air in my sleep:>}

i did a lot of looking around for years and people have there ow opinio of the Temrapedic and the Sleep number bed. I don't have a ton of money for oen thise beds. I know that I needed some real bed as I went alone I felt I would just take my money and jump in. I bought a sleep number bed that has foam egg crate in the whole bed and also memeory foam. I sleep so much better now. I sleep in now. It did toake me a while to figure out what number to put on it and now i love it.