Greymaster Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 If it is a bannister issue on the stairs I'd get that sorted if I could as I would imagine the foam mattresses become sweat impregnated with no chance of airing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I used to suffer lower back pain. Bought a silent night memory foam mattress a few years back. Never had the back pain since and the mattress is still as good as it was when new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 We use a 1 inch think pure wool-felt topper - transformed the spring mattress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 We have a 2" topper on our mattress and it's very good. As said before, it takes a bit of getting used to but aside from that I would certainly recommend it for a good nghts sleep and aching back, etc. Unlike Ack-ack's saline stained one (which probably looks like a chalk outline of a murder victim) ours seems to be very tolerant of body temperature, and Mrs H can sweat in the night (don't tell her I told you that). By the way Ack-ack, are you sure that was spare bedroom and not the airing cupboard you got sent to sleep in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jega Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 We tried one a couple of years ago and didnt really get on with it,like some of the other guys have said, you sweat like a yorkie in a spelling contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 You'll never look back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 sleep is good on em , but you cant get a good grip with your knees or feet for when you arnt asleep ! if you know what i mean . Cut some footholds in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakoQuad Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 We have pocket sprung and memory foam mattress which I think is far better than a solid foam mattress on our spare bed. It does get very warm and sweaty to sleep on but very comfy otherwise. I reckon anything less than firm is a possible mistake as well, the foam feels really soft but the firmer pocket springs underneath make it very supporting. Re your prob about not being able to get double sprung mattress around bends on stairs - have you considered two single mattresses that can be zipped together? I realise that depending on the bends involved singles might be as tricky as doubles but if you can it's absolutely the dogs dangly bits as far as I am concerned. Wife can move around all night without you knowing about it (and vice versa) produces king size / super king size bed as well - hidden costs if you don't have king size already is a bunch of new bedding!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang 666 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hello mate, the wife and I just had a temper mattress made from dreams, it cost just under 3.5k but it is 7ft wide and 6ft9 long, I hurt my back after too many years of playing rugby and since getting it have slept like a baby, they do cost but what price do you put on a good nights sleep, we also have a very tight turn at the bottom of are stairs but the lads that delivered it got it round and up, they are alot heavier then normal mattresses so remember that if moving it yourself. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang 666 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 One more thing get the temper pillows as well they are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 the wife and I just had a temper mattress made from dreams Woh!, thats like... kinda far out man...i guess thats....like ...way cool man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Cut some footholds in it I find with my memory foam mattress that two sets of knee holes, one in the middle of the bed and the other set near the bottom works well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hot and vert sweaty, get a water/gel bed, much more comfortable!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hot and very sweaty, that was my view when we tried one sank into it fine but then that meant more of you was wrapped in it and just made me sweat like mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I find with my memory foam mattress that two sets of knee holes, one in the middle of the bed and the other set near the bottom works well for me. I just wear football boots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I just wear football boots Good Sir, I fail to understand this last comment as the last time I saw a photo of you on the memory foam you were tied down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Good Sir, I fail to understand this last comment as the last time I saw a photo of you on the memory foam you were tied down Indeed, but it was the boots that set the whole look off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman99 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Sorry wrong section Edited July 10, 2012 by fenman99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Arrr... the good old days. Reading this thread has brought back many happy days over 50 years ago! Me & my mates loved cycling 'up the woods' at 4am with the frying pan & breakfast, light a fire cook & listen to the dawn-co-ruse. We were all avid bird egg collectors , rarest being the red backed shrike. In the spring we usually got a slow worm as a pet for the summer, i think i be shot now. We lived near Bovington Air field-Herts & in the woods around we got to hear of planes that didn't make it back great finding wreckage & live ammo, even sneaked onto the runway when they were filming 'The Battle Of Britain' to look at the dummy spits & hurricanes. I admit to being a train spotter as well (only when i was a kid)& spent many hours at Hemel Hempstead station, we got a ride on the foot-plate of a steamer for 1/2hour while they shunted round the yard. Late 50's my neighbours took me shooting to the Ouse Washes for the first time, where i now live, you could shoot miles of bank for free long before the RSPB was invented! We used to drive 70miles & get there before dark. The 'punt-gunners' were ready to go, we would help them cut elderberry to lay on the punt as camo. The rafts of ducks in those days were massif & the gunners got in among them then fired, more often than not they end up in the water till there mate rowed out. This was our moment as the duck were every where & we ended up with half a dozen or so, not by me as i was scared stiff of his 12b hammer gun. I took a few year before i got a .410. On one of our outings we sore crows mobbing an otter, so we ran 1/2mile along the bank came up & it had gone! The only wild otter i v'e seen in my life! My first duck was an island on the Deben on an evening flight, we boated out & my mate on one side me on the other. A teal whipped past at dark i swung tho with the .410 & down it came, my first & this i was going to get so run after it, got it & sunk up to my waist in mud. I then laid on my back wriggled & pushed & got out on my back, well chuffed at my first. We did a lot of 'after hours' shooting on local ponds & lakes that were close to the railway. This was because we drove the duck off when a train when past this muffled the gunshot. This put meat on the table in those hard days on a council estate. Happy days fenman99 Great post Fenman but wheres the bit about the memory foam mattress? Come, on we're all gagging Sorry wrong section I know, sorry mate, couldn't resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXX73 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Bought a Tempur mattress and pillows about 3 years ago due to back problems, wasn't cheap but best money I've spent. No more back pain, worked a treat for me and comfy as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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