SOLVED!!! I picked up an air mattress at Canadian Tire for $20 and the last 2 nights there little to no over buildup of heat and I had dramatically better sleep. Thanks for all the recommendations. Getting a good night's sleep is priceless, but in this case it was it was $20! It feels so great to fall asleep within minutes without tossing and turning and to not be tired in the morning. Hopefully this continues. Thanks again.
Cliffs:
-I give off a lot of heat when I sleep
-mattress gets too hot
-fan works a bit but doesn't solve the problem of the heat between me and mattress
-think this might work and is worth $700? http://www.japantrendshop.com/kuchofuku-airconditioned-bed-p-140.html
-know of any other products that would help keep mattress cool?
Full version:
I've come to the realisation that almost all of my sleeping problems come from my mattress (and pillow) getting too hot. After looking around and doing a bit of research it seems that the populations is split into people who give off lots of heat at night and those who don't. Though I believe there are more people in the "don't give off lots of heat" category than there are people in the "gives off lots of heat" category. And it seems that there is a general trend that women mostly fall into the "don't give off lots of heat" category.
I fall into the "gives off lots of heat" category. For someone like me who gives off lots of heat at night, I have a hard time sleeping unless it's really cold in the room before going to bed. So I do everything I can to cool off my room before going to bed including leaving the door open, turning off my computer a couple hours before (source of heat) and removing my mini fridge from the room (source of heat), if I had a window I would open it, if I had an air-conditioner it would help a lot. However it's dawned on me that this is not the root source of the problem. The problem is fact that my body heat builds up very quickly directly into the mattress and pillow. At first when I lay down it's fine but within 20 minutes it quickly gets too hot, then I spend the rest of the night always shifting over to find a cool spot on the bed and rotating my pillow cause the other side is cooler. However after an hour or so this is futile because there are no longer any cool spots left on the bed, so I just can't sleep well.
So I started doing some research, and apparently a big culprit is pillow top mattresses. The pillow top readily absorbs heat and keeps it there, which is probably why most women love pillow top mattresses yet many men can't sleep on them, like when my mother bought a pillow top and loved it but my dad couldn't sleep on it, so they gave it to me and I couldn't sleep on it, so we gave it to my sister and she loved it. However the bed I'm currently on is not a pillow top, and I still have this problem.
No longer having the stress from school has helped a lot but it would be nice to sleep better and fall asleep more quickly. Sleeping without sheets doesn't solve the problem, cause the matress below me still gets really warm. A fan helps, but again it doesn't remove the heat between me and the mattress. Certain types of bed sheet materials like wool is supposed to help, and some people suggested having a spray bottle of water to spray yourself with when you get too hot, I've been trying this to some success, but really the thing I keep thinking would work best is .. an air-conditioned mattress!! Anyhow this seems like not something that many people have thought of, so it wasn't easy to find something like that. But I did find this: http://www.japantrendshop.com/kuchofuku-airconditioned-bed-p-140.html
It seems genius but it's expensive! It's just the layer on top and it costs as much as a mattress, it's expensive because it comes from Japan. and it's not actually air conditioned, just pulls the air away from under you, though that might be sufficient.
Anyone else have this problem and have found a solution? I am going to try and keep looking for other products like this, but there aren't many. What do you think? Is it worth it to spend $700 CA on this?
All suggestions appreciated!
Cliffs:
-I give off a lot of heat when I sleep
-mattress gets too hot
-fan works a bit but doesn't solve the problem of the heat between me and mattress
-think this might work and is worth $700? http://www.japantrendshop.com/kuchofuku-airconditioned-bed-p-140.html
-know of any other products that would help keep mattress cool?
Full version:
I've come to the realisation that almost all of my sleeping problems come from my mattress (and pillow) getting too hot. After looking around and doing a bit of research it seems that the populations is split into people who give off lots of heat at night and those who don't. Though I believe there are more people in the "don't give off lots of heat" category than there are people in the "gives off lots of heat" category. And it seems that there is a general trend that women mostly fall into the "don't give off lots of heat" category.
I fall into the "gives off lots of heat" category. For someone like me who gives off lots of heat at night, I have a hard time sleeping unless it's really cold in the room before going to bed. So I do everything I can to cool off my room before going to bed including leaving the door open, turning off my computer a couple hours before (source of heat) and removing my mini fridge from the room (source of heat), if I had a window I would open it, if I had an air-conditioner it would help a lot. However it's dawned on me that this is not the root source of the problem. The problem is fact that my body heat builds up very quickly directly into the mattress and pillow. At first when I lay down it's fine but within 20 minutes it quickly gets too hot, then I spend the rest of the night always shifting over to find a cool spot on the bed and rotating my pillow cause the other side is cooler. However after an hour or so this is futile because there are no longer any cool spots left on the bed, so I just can't sleep well.
So I started doing some research, and apparently a big culprit is pillow top mattresses. The pillow top readily absorbs heat and keeps it there, which is probably why most women love pillow top mattresses yet many men can't sleep on them, like when my mother bought a pillow top and loved it but my dad couldn't sleep on it, so they gave it to me and I couldn't sleep on it, so we gave it to my sister and she loved it. However the bed I'm currently on is not a pillow top, and I still have this problem.
No longer having the stress from school has helped a lot but it would be nice to sleep better and fall asleep more quickly. Sleeping without sheets doesn't solve the problem, cause the matress below me still gets really warm. A fan helps, but again it doesn't remove the heat between me and the mattress. Certain types of bed sheet materials like wool is supposed to help, and some people suggested having a spray bottle of water to spray yourself with when you get too hot, I've been trying this to some success, but really the thing I keep thinking would work best is .. an air-conditioned mattress!! Anyhow this seems like not something that many people have thought of, so it wasn't easy to find something like that. But I did find this: http://www.japantrendshop.com/kuchofuku-airconditioned-bed-p-140.html
It seems genius but it's expensive! It's just the layer on top and it costs as much as a mattress, it's expensive because it comes from Japan. and it's not actually air conditioned, just pulls the air away from under you, though that might be sufficient.
Anyone else have this problem and have found a solution? I am going to try and keep looking for other products like this, but there aren't many. What do you think? Is it worth it to spend $700 CA on this?
All suggestions appreciated!
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