The Buscuit Burner really wants a Tempurpedic type mattress, at home and in the coach. But despite my Brother-in-law's years-ago high endorsement of such an animal, I've put off buying foam because of complaints of overheating, like Sandie doesn't like. Like most men, I can't sleep if too warm, and certainly not if my back is sweating. Because the stock mattress in our new Beaver was waaayy too firm for us, we got a topper from the Costco in Bend after our first night in the coach at BCS. It actually wasn't bad, heat-wise, due to compartmentalized fill on one side of the topper, though it's still a bit firm overall for us.
They say that today's memory foam mattresses have modifications that deal with the heat problem inherent in the original foam models. And now that the Tempurpedic patent is long ago and far away, there are more affordable memory foam units available from competing manufacturers. But confusing the issue is the fact that today's "high end" regular mattresses have foam layers that create their so-called pillow top or "eurotop".
If flippable, the mattress may have pillow tops on both sides, which is great, but makes the mattress several inches higher off the floor for ingress and egress. Our 10 year-old top-of-the-line Serta at home is that way. The topper in our coach added 3 inches, which was enough to force the wife to sleep on the wardrobe side of the bed, where the engine cover riser made it easier for her 5' 1" self to get in and out of bed. But this put her further from the bathroom for night nature calls. The topper also kinda messes up the fitting of bed linens.
Consumer Reports rates memory foam mattresses higher than the Sleep Number air mattresses. Has anyone experienced a cool, not too high, full memory foam unit that they can recommend, or is the Serta RV Horizon eurotop as good as any? I ask because my back has been bothering me more for the last couple of months, and maybe a memory foam unit, at least at home if not the coach as well, is the ticket.
Joel
