The Unofficial Memory Foam/Visco Elastic/NASA Pillow Thread

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john333

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A good place for a memory foam mattress is here : http://www.foam-fabrication.com/mattress.html

I bought their king matress 'kit' about 2 or 3 months ago - the thing is friggin awesome! For $480 you get a 5" foam base, and a 3" 5.5lbs memory foam upper, and a zipup cover.

The 5.5 memory foam is fairly firm and nice an supportive, but is amazingly soft and comfortable. We've been sleeping much better than on our previous old 10 year old Ikea mattress.

The old mattress went into the guest room, and we got a 2.5" 4lbs topper for it from costco. I find the costco topper a bit too soft - not enough support - though guests found it better than the old matress on its own at least :)

The kit is basically the same as the Bergad Isoform mattress ( http://bergad.com/mattress.html ), except for the two foam sections not being glued together (which could be a bonus as you could always replace the upper) - the foam-fabrication site is their custom foam shop. Also saves over $300 from the ready built mattress, and god knows how much over a tempurpedic equivalent.

Shipping on the King was $100 to go right accross the country - if you're east coast it'd be cheaper.

Putting the two foam sections together in the cover was pretty easy - though having a second person to help was useful - certainly worth the $300 saving:)
 

Atrac

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Originally posted by: LolotheBunny

*edit* What are you sleeping on right now btw Atrac?

I've been using a Sensus Queen Sized Memory Foam Pillow that I purchased about a year ago from eBay.

Amazingly enough it still feels just about as good as the day I bought it.

 

Reckoner

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Originally posted by: Atrac
Originally posted by: LolotheBunny

*edit* What are you sleeping on right now btw Atrac?

I've been using a Sensus Queen Sized Memory Foam Pillow that I purchased about a year ago from eBay.

Amazingly enough it still feels just about as good as the day I bought it.


Yeah I've been looking at one of those on ebay for $39 which includes shipping. Is it worth the price in your opinion?
 

Atrac

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Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Originally posted by: Atrac
Originally posted by: LolotheBunny

*edit* What are you sleeping on right now btw Atrac?

I've been using a Sensus Queen Sized Memory Foam Pillow that I purchased about a year ago from eBay.

Amazingly enough it still feels just about as good as the day I bought it.


Yeah I've been looking at one of those on ebay for $39 which includes shipping. Is it worth the price in your opinion?

Definitely. Especially when compared to a $99 Tempur-Pedic. :)

 

beatle

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Has anyone found a pillow similar to the Comfortpillow by Tempurpedic at Brookstone? This is the one that's relatively soft and not a solid chunk of foam. It does NOT have the double sided cover (satiny on one, terry-ish on the other). This is terry all around. I think this is what I need to be able to sleep on my stomach and not wake up and crack my neck every morning. I also think it was the one Atrac hated in an earlier post. :)

I'm planning to buy some things from FoamByMail.com. Namely a 6" base of HD36-HQ foam, a 2" 5 lb topper for the middle layer and a 2" 4lb topper for the top layer They have what appears to be good foam and they've been in business for quite a while.
 

Reckoner

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I picked up the 3" Memory Foam mattress topper from Overstock. Can I just put my regular bed sheets over the topper or will that take away some of the comfort?
 

JEDI

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well after many months w/the 2" memory foam topper from Overstock, i decided to remove it.

i wanted to see if i notice any difference.

After a couple of days, i got used to the bed w/o the topper.

i cant say that the Overstock topper helped in any way. :(
 

jkresh

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anyone heard of bragada or angelbeds both seem suggest they are using similar foam (and densities 5.3 for the viso elastic part) to temper pedic, and their prices while not as cheap as some listed in this thread are a bit better then temper pedics?
 

XelHa

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Sleep innovations Nova form pillow at Costco! Try it and you probably won't ever want to go back to a regular pillow.
 

jkresh

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just ordered a queen size serenity from angel beds for $1199, wont have it in till Janauary (asked them to hold on shipping as I am moving, but wanted to take part in their current deal). Supposedly it is slightly ahead of temper pedics delux model ($2199). They have a 90 day (after recieving it) trial and shipping back is reasonable so I figure its worth trying it.
 

AMD K9

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A 3 year old running thread. That's got to be a record. Now which Ebay pillows are best? Surprised the prices haven't dropped much in 3 years either...
 

nikko

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Stupid question about the memory foam mattress toppers. Do they go under or on top of the bed sheets?
 

nikko

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OK, a second question. I'm 5'7" and 180 lbs. Is the Costco 2.5" one going to be effective for me? I'd be putting it on top of a normal mattress.
 

jkresh

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you should definitely notice a difference, how much of one will depend on what matress you currently have, though with costco's return policy it cant hurt to try it out.
 

hydro1234

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After reading this thread I've decided to go for the tempur-pedic. My question is, should I get the swedish pillow or the normal one?
 

tuan209

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Great thread. I read alot on here, and some of the older posts helped alot. I have a question about Foambymail. Ive looked up stuff their stuff on ebay and their websites, and it looks like they dont have the "sensus" memory stuff anymore. How are their newer stuff?
 

kaborka

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Be careful if you're considering getting memory foam products from ebay stores. I wrote to seller 'completesleepshop' to ask what brand VE foam they use, and got this response: "We use a no name brand manufacture that makes our mattresses to our specifications. The specs of this mattress is 10" thick w/ 3" of memory foam and 7" of a polyurethane base foam." At least they were straight. Some of the other vendors are offical Sensus distributors, as confirmed by the Foamex hotline (see http://www.foamex.com/sensus.php)
 

misterj

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after all this, i went back to my regular pillow. i actually sleep with no pillow most of the time, i just use it for side support.

i still sleep on a simple 1" foam topper though. i guess if i see a memory foam topper for cheap i'll scoop it up. no rush though..
 

jkresh

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Finaly had a chance to try out the angelbed (serenity), first night was great (significant improvement over a nice matress with a costco topper on it), will need a few weeks to deside how comfortable it is but so far I would say it apears close to temper pedic, hand prints stay for a while and it seems to adjust nicely. Only problem so far was the freight company they ship with only brough it to the loding dock in my building they wouldnt bring it upstairs.
 

SugarTooth

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I'm looking at a 'completesleepshop' auction on eBay (Item #4430903528) and they clearly state that they use Sensus foam. Are you saying they admitted that they don't? Someone should report them...

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kaborka wrote:
Be careful if you're considering getting memory foam products from ebay stores. I wrote to seller 'completesleepshop' to ask what brand VE foam they use, and got this response: "We use a no name brand manufacture that makes our mattresses to our specifications. The specs of this mattress is 10" thick w/ 3" of memory foam and 7" of a polyurethane base foam." At least they were straight. Some of the other vendors are offical Sensus distributors, as confirmed by the Foamex hotline (see http://www.foamex.com/sensus.php)
 

JEDI

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Holy... 7yrs and only 109 posts?!
 

Conky

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Well, the Crazy Fool rolled the dice and went with a discount Temperpedic knockoff. :D Link to manufacturer on Ebay

I will give an honest review. I have slept many times on a real Temperpedic so if this thing is anything less than you better believe I will howl until someone listens, lol.

:)
 

gergever

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has anybody tried one of these these from ikea



doesn't look like JC Penny carries the "5" jc penny extra firm support foam topper" anymore (to use as a base).