We bought into the hype a couple years ago and bought a foam bed. At this point, I think we have tried more beds than most. My first bed, and my still favorite was a california king sized waterbed, followed by a standard spring mattress when our first son was born, then a pillow top a few years later, and now the foam mattress type. We did order at one point the sleep number bed, but then cancelled when we got home, when we thought about spending almost $3000 for an inflatable bed.
I would still sleep on a waterbed, if I could find them, I slept best on them. I had two different ones, the original just a large bladder type which held water and a small heater kept it warm, the second one was much more complex with baffles and all sorts of technology to reduce the wave motion so my wife wouldn't complain so much. Boy being born killed the waterbed era, as the plastic mattress was deemed a kill zone for any and all babies, " he could flip over and his face could be mashed into the mattress and suffocate". How can anyone argue with that kind of logic? The spring bed and even the pillow tops were OK, and we still have those beds, (I don't buy that mattress doubles in weight every seven years BS, that's just advertising) which we use in our guest rooms. I've even mentioned sleeping regularly on the older bed, when I come home early from work and Chubs is asleep with Wife.
When we slept on them every night, it seemed that both beds had formed a crevice in the shape of a big old fat beaner. But since we now only sleep on them, or rather guests sleep on them very occassionally, the mattresses have bounced back. And how is a bed supposed to accumulate body skin and dander to double in weight if bedsheets are used and they are washed once a week. I will also wash those sheets on the guest beds every time we have people sleeping over, just to ensure everyone sleeps on clean sheets.
So the problems with our latest mattress, the foam types are: you sink into them when you lay down, they hold your body heat, and they are not helpful AT ALL, in the love making department. Sinking in sounds great, it holds you like a baby, but if you find you want to adjust any, you either have to ask the bed for permission or you have to fight yourself into a new position. The body heat thing might be more from having to use a gore tex material under the bed sheet. They gave us a 25 year warranty with the mattress, but we have to assure that the foam does not get wet. So we were offered this pee proof sheets. They prevent sweat and accidental spills from reaching the foam, but also catch half your body's heat release mechanism and holds it hostage. Both my wife and I swear the bed is hot, but I think it's because this material doesn't let us breath. And finally, this material will never win Best Supporting Actor in a porno. On a regular bed you are humping into a spring bed, and naturally, the springs you push into push back with an equal force and allows you to build a concierto masterpiece with your lover. On a foam mattress, as soon as you set up on your knees to conquer the valley, you sink into the bed and there you stay. One good hump and there you both are, implanted into engineered foam until you rally all 640 skeletal muscles to go in an opposite direction, the bed ain't helping you do half the work for you. This is by far the worst thing and I am sure none of the foam bed makers are going anywhere near this factoid. Sometimes I tell the wife to join me in the guest room just to make sure I can still perform like in my 20s and 30s. I can't wait to pay off these $2500 mattresses so we can invest in something better, maybe his and hers hammocks.
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