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05-06-2009, 11:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Boat: Lyman Morse 54' Sloop - New Morning
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Memory Foam Mattress - Too Hot?
We're cruising +/- 20 degrees lat and were wondering whether a memory foam mattress (tempur-pedic) retained too much body heat to be comfortable in a warm climate.
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05-06-2009, 11:41
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Bradenton FL
Boat: Med Yachts 62 Trawler
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We have a 2 inch thick memory foam pad on top of our mattress. The pad is enclosed in a plastic-like casing. We just use a regular cotton mattress cover/pad on top of that. It's comfortable for us in SW Florida (25 deg N).
I would imagine that a cotton cover / pad atop a tempur-pedic foam mattress would be just fine.
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05-06-2009, 11:49
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
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I'm thinking of using a 3" memory foam over my existing also... but was wondering the same thing...
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05-06-2009, 12:00
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CF Adviser Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Virginia
Boat: Island Packet 380, now sold
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We've been living at Latitude 17.2* N for about three years, sleeping on a 12' thick memory foam mattress, and find it to be very comfortable from a temperature perspective, along with being very easy on the spine. We don't use air conditioning.
We also have a 3" memory foam topper on our bunk in the boat, and it's been equally comfortable--in the tropics and the Chesapeake.
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05-06-2009, 12:04
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
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thanks! That's what my back wanted to hear...
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05-06-2009, 13:48
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: At the intersection of here & there
Boat: 47' Olympic Adventure
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If you find it's too hot, switch to lighter bed covers - that's what worked for me.
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05-06-2009, 14:28
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Boat: Lyman Morse 54' Sloop - New Morning
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this is very helpful and encouraging and I appreciate the quick responses and look forward to others ...
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05-06-2009, 17:59
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Presently on US East Coast
Boat: Manta 40 "Reach"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hud3
We've been living at Latitude 17.2* N for about three years, sleeping on a 12' thick memory foam mattress, and find it to be very comfortable from a temperature perspective, along with being very easy on the spine. We don't use air conditioning.
We also have a 3" memory foam topper on our bunk in the boat, and it's been equally comfortable--in the tropics and the Chesapeake.
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12 feet thick!!! Can you still feel a pea under it?
We also have a memory foam mattress and have no heat problem in the Bahamas and US east coast.
Mark
www.svreach.com
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05-06-2009, 18:32
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CF Adviser Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Virginia
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Good catch, colemj. I should have said 0.3048 meters thick.
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05-06-2009, 22:08
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cruising
Boat: Passport 40
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Ditto - 3" memory foam on our berth and it works great. In retrospect, though, I'd probably put a denser foam on the bottom and go with a 2" thick layer of memory foam. My wife's back has been acting up lately.
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05-06-2009, 23:14
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Paradise Cay
Boat: Hylas 47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hud3
Good catch, colemj. I should have said 0.3048 meters thick.
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Well sure, if you want to round up!
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07-06-2009, 21:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Antonio, TX/Bocas del Toro, Panama
Boat: 1990 Macintosh 47, "Merlin"
Posts: 2,844
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We have a new one on our boat - and love it. We've had one at home for years. BUT, they ARE a little warmer than a traditional mattress. Not a lot, but a little.
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09-07-2010, 08:14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Texas..soon to be where ever I want
Posts: 20
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I have used egg crate foam on top of memory foam and it worked well...I tend to find using the type of blankets used in most hospitals are great to help keep cool.
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09-07-2010, 08:33
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Moderator... short for Cat Wrangler
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: San Francisco
Boat: Cal 28 Flush Deck
Posts: 5,559
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memory foam ashore and afloat and happy with it in all ways!
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ain't what ya do, it's the way that ya do it...
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09-07-2010, 14:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Boat: Lyman Morse 54' Sloop - New Morning
Posts: 12
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Update on Memory Foam
Thank you all for your contributions.
We took the plunge and now have a 6" memory foam mattress aboard New Morning and love it. I do get hot on it (although hormones are at play) so I added a wool topper from 'earthsake' that provides a nice transition.
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