IGX

The wife and I both prefer really firm mattresses; soft mattresses screw up our backs something fierce, so we've always had futons on top of a wooden platform bed.

The current futon was getting old and too hard even for us, so I thought I'd try topping it with a memory foam 3" topper. In the store it felt pretty good so I took the plunge.

It is the awesome. Feeling it by hand you'd think it'd be way too squishy, but when you lay on it, it just gives a little and then supports you all over.

My first reaction was "Wow, this feels really- SNXXXXXXX- honk-shuuuuu."
Post-sleeping, I feel really good and not stiff or messed up like a soft hotel bed will do to me.

I don't know how the full-thickness MF mattresses are, but the 3" topper on top of a firm mattress/futon is great.

GDG!

PS. This kind comes vacuum-compressed in a big bag, so it takes a couple of days to relax and get the creases out.
EDIT: Sticks reminded me, my brand is Tempur as well.

I have a Tempur topper and it is indeed best on top of a firm surface, like a futon.

I've got a king tempurpedic, and believe the fucking hype.

Shaf wrote:I've got a king tempurpedic, and believe the fucking hype.

The one drawback I've noticed, BTW, is that it turns the bed into a DOG MAGNET and turns the dog into a Canine Sandbag. I need a fucking forklift to get Sophie off of it.

Fortunately the other dog is arthritic and can't jump up, or there'd be no room for humans at all.

GDG!

Once you let a Dog on the bed, that's it, you either go with it, or give them a tramatic expeirience.
I have exhiled the Ol'Lady's dog to the yard cause of that shit.
It's her's and 10,000 years old, so I can't take it to trauma theater.
On top of that it shits all over the yard, not in one area, like any real dog. I've got a great yard to, I should train people out of there, but NOOOOO, we have to have a geriatric shit machine. It's like she's out there laying mines, 24/7.
If she was'nt so damn cute, I'd take her to Dr. John M. Browning, Vetranary/Human euthenist, # .45, 230Gr JHP. ( Hey, I'd give her a big bloody steak first, she won't feel a thing- We should all go as we=ll)
When she drops, I'm getting a puppy and starting from scratch.
Oh yeah, foam mats are great.

Yeah. Dog magnet is fucking right.

The boxer shits more than the two huskies I used to have.

We rescued a 4-year-old Dobie/GSD mix that loved sleeping on beds, and we were able to break him of the habit. When we were home, we would just tell him to get off the bed when he got on and praise him as soon as his feet hit the floor. When we weren't, I set up coat hangers and mousetraps so that a hanger would set off a mousetrap when the dog bumped it. The snap of a mousetrap would startle him enough that we were soon able to just leave coat hangers on the bed and eventually nothing at all. He now stays off of all furniture, even though my wife occasionally caves in and invites him up. (That's when she gets scolded.)

Nappy and Andy, of course, could probably tell you a better way to teach the dog to stay off of furniture, but that's what worked for me.

That's pretty cool, I might use it one day before going the next step.

Pinky wrote:We rescued a 4-year-old Dobie/GSD mix that loved sleeping on beds, and we were able to break him of the habit. When we were home, we would just tell him to get off the bed when he got on and praise him as soon as his feet hit the floor. When we weren't, I set up coat hangers and mousetraps so that a hanger would set off a mousetrap when the dog bumped it. The snap of a mousetrap would startle him enough that we were soon able to just leave coat hangers on the bed and eventually nothing at all. He now stays off of all furniture, even though my wife occasionally caves in and invites him up. (That's when she gets scolded.)

Nappy and Andy, of course, could probably tell you a better way to teach the dog to stay off of furniture, but that's what worked for me.

Reward for getting off of the bed + making it an uncomfortable environment is the right combination, for sure. The hangers and mousetraps are a good idea; with an earlier dog we had tried strips of duct tape (sticky up) but we gave up because it was such a chore to de-tape the dog when we came home.

GDG!

Tempurpedics are great. I have relatives though that swear by the much cheaper IKEA knock-off.

I had a cheap knock off that broke down within three months.

Shaf,

I tried the tempurpedic pillow and it was the best pillow I'd ever slept with, but after 3-4 months it no longer supported my neck and head. I'm curious how long you've had your king bed? And have you tried their pillows?

Jim