04-09-2009, 10:23 AM
I have had every kind of pillow and mattress topper imaginable.
I had used a water bed for years. Not the new soft sided kind but the regular kind - with a very firm, no flow / waveless mattress.
I only need a rolled up towel for a pillow. The whole bed conforms to my body no matter what position - sex or sleep.
I tried a conventional bed when my doc told me because of my back and neck I shouldn't use the water bed anymore. We tried out those memory foam mattresses... they're awful! You get sucked right into a 'shape' of your body and turning is a major chore. You're basically stuck in one position! I can't imagine someone overweight in one of those - you'd need to cut them out of it!
I have the buckwheat pillow... it's OK if you have neck issues but it's too hard.
The memory foam pillows are good too.
I have a down mattress topper. I love it!
I got rid of the conventional mattress and went back to the waterbed last fall. My back is 50% better than the regular mattress.
When my doctor told me to switch from the conventional mattress to one of those sleep number beds instead, I went to my old waterbed. Good thing I stored it instead of sold it. Air and water displace the same way, so I pointed this out to him and he agreed, whatever keeps me pain free.
LMPP, I carry my own pillows on trips too. I have one in the truck - travel sized - for road trips at all times. For me pillows are hard to find with my neck being all screwed together and all. Most times the rolled up towel winds up being best. It all depends on the bed.
I had used a water bed for years. Not the new soft sided kind but the regular kind - with a very firm, no flow / waveless mattress.
I only need a rolled up towel for a pillow. The whole bed conforms to my body no matter what position - sex or sleep.
I tried a conventional bed when my doc told me because of my back and neck I shouldn't use the water bed anymore. We tried out those memory foam mattresses... they're awful! You get sucked right into a 'shape' of your body and turning is a major chore. You're basically stuck in one position! I can't imagine someone overweight in one of those - you'd need to cut them out of it!
I have the buckwheat pillow... it's OK if you have neck issues but it's too hard.
The memory foam pillows are good too.
I have a down mattress topper. I love it!
I got rid of the conventional mattress and went back to the waterbed last fall. My back is 50% better than the regular mattress.
When my doctor told me to switch from the conventional mattress to one of those sleep number beds instead, I went to my old waterbed. Good thing I stored it instead of sold it. Air and water displace the same way, so I pointed this out to him and he agreed, whatever keeps me pain free.
LMPP, I carry my own pillows on trips too. I have one in the truck - travel sized - for road trips at all times. For me pillows are hard to find with my neck being all screwed together and all. Most times the rolled up towel winds up being best. It all depends on the bed.