Thanks Catia. So you found that when you stacked two SOL 3" firms on top of each other it felt softer to you than when you had one SOL 3" firm under a SOL 3" medium? Both set-ups you tried were 6" thick? Or was your second set-up 9" thick (i.e. SOL 3" firm - SOL 3" firm - SOL 3" medium)? Thanks!
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Might just ne diffèrent point of pression on the firm medium.
Aldo, I gave Seen this quitte often… The Side with the “finish” aspect might seems harder when you press on it with your hands while lying on the bed. (Is it only more elastic since the very top of That surface is a Little moré dence.
But the other Side (wich is the cut Side) is actually firmer. This also dépends if the pin holes gap is profond or not… If not it Will be harder on That part of the foam.
All of theses nuances make the foam a Little unpredictable.sometime…and it also means That when you Found the sweet spot… Flipping the latex could change the feel and support drastically.
I had the “chance” to get ALL theses variations into ONE single 1 inch medium from sol Wich Makes IT totally unusable.
Edit: I am fighting with m’y New phone keyboard autocorrect. Sorry for the grammar
2 of the 3" SOL firms (for 6") did feel softer than the 3" firm + 3" medium. It was still very firm. I have no explanation for how exactly that happens. Not a fan of their medium, or at least the one I received-it felt like nothing at all way too soft, did not feel any support at all, the medium folded in 1/2 for 6" was way too soft, just sunk in & bottomed out. I’m about 125lbs.
Also I tried the medium on top of the 2 firms, it took up space, but didn’t do much else.
As a side note, when I looked stuff up online, people seem to feel the medium is too firm. Maybe they sent me a soft by mistake, I honestly don’t know.
Hi. I’m no expert but I have a couple of thoughts regarding your lower back pain.
First, have you had a doctor’s exam recently? Lower back pain can be caused by an undiagnosed urinary tract infection among other illnesses.
Second, from my own experience, a too firm mattress can cause lower back pain also. I assumed that my very firm mattress was breaking down after one year when I began having back, hip, and knee pain. I tore into the mattress and found that it was still in excellent condition. But I decided to use the coils and replace the softer memory foam with a very firm latex. Mistake. I hurt all over.
After a couple of too firm builds, including an all latex, and after a lot of reading, I realized that my problem was the opposite of what I thought. I went softer and I’m able to sleep now and I wake up feeling much better.
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Yes their medium is weird, it does not feels like latex .I am only comfortable to buy their firms toppers now. I wonder how are their soft ones
Hi everyone! Been a minute! Wanted to give an update and see if anyone has any new recommendations…
I’m still sleeping on the floor. At the moment I have a 3" medium sleep on latex dunlop as my bottom layer. And I have a 3" firm sleep on latex dunlop on top. On top of that I have 2 old polyester fill comforters that I’m using as “toppers”.
I’ve found that putting the firm dunlop layer on top of the medium dunlop layer has helped a lot for me. It seems to have alleviated back pain. And to me it feels the most similar to a spring mattress, which is what I was used to.
The only problem now is that I fall asleep on my side and wake up with shoulder pain because although the firm top layer seems to help my back, it is not very forgiving on my shoulder…
What would you suggest I try to alleviate the shoulder pain, without creating a surface so soft that it re-introduces back pain? A softer latex? Memory foam? Wool? And how many inches?
Many thanks!
Have you considered a vzone or DYI a zoned top layer? i dont see how else you can customize the shoulder area to be soft and the hips/glutes area to be firm.
Both @EngineeredSleep and @CST can make for that accommodation. My guess is @ShovlinMattress and as well.