Soft foam mattress pad, 3 inches (I’ve tried 4 and it’s too much) with a medium regular mattress underneath. Replace the foam every few years it’s worked really well for me. I call my bed the “soul taker”
Firm. I have a couple I bought that claim they are firm (and felt so when I’d spend some time on them in the store) but then, after a night, it turns out they are not. Hurts my back if they are too soft and I sink in too much. Of course this may also be because I spent years sleeping on a closed foam cell camping pad on rock, for example the Precambrian shield (the other choice would sleeping on pine tree roots so large sheets of relatively smooth rock won every time) or 4" foam mattresses in the crew section of tall ships.
What I really want is one of those personal comfort brand air beds - this is a sleep number knock off but cheaper. Except I don’t want it with a ton of foam topping, just a couple of layers of it, as too much then just defeats making it firm.
Rock hard firm, topped with 5" of gel foam. I keep the temps around 65 in the winter, so its like custom made packing - body heat softens the foam into perfect contours. Summer I keep it around 74, so the firm mattress gives the back support.
It’s a bitch finding high thread count pure cotton sheets with deep enough pockets, but not having back pain or joint aches is worth the effort.
As innersprings go, the only difference between a “firm” and “plush” mattress is how much extra padding they add on top of the springs.
I prefer a flippable firm innerspring with separate 2-3" memory-foam and 100% cotton-shell “fiberbed” (quilted-polyfill) toppers. That way, I can flip and rotate the toppers and mattress separately to even out wear (usu. do the toppers bimonthly, the mattress yearly), and just replace either topper alone when it wears out or bunches up, rather than having to replace the entire mattress like a no-flip (read: can’t-flip) pillowtop.
The innerspring provides a durable foundation that’s firmly supportive yet bouncy (because giggity), the memory foam conforms to my body for more evenly-distributed support, and the quilted-polyfill top is washable and adds some fluffy cush and cool breathability.
a comfortable one
I prefer a recliner
medium I guess?
@awk, same. That’s what I liked best at the mattress store.
Doesn’t matter when you mix booze and muscle relaxers.
Tatami. Superhard compared to springs, soft compared to concrete.
Medium
Medium firm mattress with a soft topper (down preferred but…)
As long as it doesn’t make me hotter (eg memory foam.)
Soft on top with a firm foundation, sinking into the pillow to the board below.
/giphy sink soft bed
/giphy Exactly
She wants it firm
Worthless soft
A lumpy couch.
Firm mattress with a soft-ish top layer, but not squishy like the mattress topper that’s getting meh’d today.
Definitely firm, like a pallet on the floor. On foam and I feel too warm on it.
I spent the first 29 years of my life without a mattress, so anything too squishy feels really weird to me and hurts my back.
And even the firm ones are way too hot most of the time.
@brennyn There is a story hiding in here somewhere…
@ApplePI Not that great of a story. Just plain ol’ being poor enough to sleep on a sleeping bag on wooden pallets.
I prefer to sleep on a soft mattress. But my back hates me the next day if I do, so firm it is
Soft foam mattress pad, 3 inches (I’ve tried 4 and it’s too much) with a medium regular mattress underneath. Replace the foam every few years it’s worked really well for me. I call my bed the “soul taker”
Firm but not too firm. I have a firm latex mattress with a medium latex topper, and it’s perfect.
Uh… my mattress is a waterbed. It’s perfect for me.
Yeah, yeah, child of the 70’s, etc…
@transplant My 8 yr old is concocting a business plan to bring back the water bed with his friends. It’s been fun listening to them talk about it.
@show_the_maw That’s great! My business plan when I was eight y/o was going through the sofa cushions for change.
@transplant Or picking up returnable soda bottles at the nearby construction sites. (child of the 60’s)
@transplant I miss my waterbed. Gave it up when I moved to N Texas.
@phendrick @transplant
I bought a butt load of books from the Scholastic Book Club doing just that… yep, back in the 60’s.
I like it good and firm. A nice hard … mattress.
Firm. I have a couple I bought that claim they are firm (and felt so when I’d spend some time on them in the store) but then, after a night, it turns out they are not. Hurts my back if they are too soft and I sink in too much. Of course this may also be because I spent years sleeping on a closed foam cell camping pad on rock, for example the Precambrian shield (the other choice would sleeping on pine tree roots so large sheets of relatively smooth rock won every time) or 4" foam mattresses in the crew section of tall ships.
What I really want is one of those personal comfort brand air beds - this is a sleep number knock off but cheaper. Except I don’t want it with a ton of foam topping, just a couple of layers of it, as too much then just defeats making it firm.
Rock hard firm, topped with 5" of gel foam. I keep the temps around 65 in the winter, so its like custom made packing - body heat softens the foam into perfect contours. Summer I keep it around 74, so the firm mattress gives the back support.
It’s a bitch finding high thread count pure cotton sheets with deep enough pockets, but not having back pain or joint aches is worth the effort.
Rock hard mattress. No waterbed, hurts the spine too much!
Firm, not bedrock.
As innersprings go, the only difference between a “firm” and “plush” mattress is how much extra padding they add on top of the springs.
I prefer a flippable firm innerspring with separate 2-3" memory-foam and 100% cotton-shell “fiberbed” (quilted-polyfill) toppers. That way, I can flip and rotate the toppers and mattress separately to even out wear (usu. do the toppers bimonthly, the mattress yearly), and just replace either topper alone when it wears out or bunches up, rather than having to replace the entire mattress like a no-flip (read: can’t-flip) pillowtop.
The innerspring provides a durable foundation that’s firmly supportive yet bouncy (because giggity), the memory foam conforms to my body for more evenly-distributed support, and the quilted-polyfill top is washable and adds some fluffy cush and cool breathability.