Beds

[Garnate]

Well you got me thinking. A lot of these fancy sleep number etc. beds are nothing more than two Twins joined together to make a King.

Your grandmother had what is called a 'swing away twin' and she loved it. Essentially it is two twin beds hinged at a King headboard with a locking pin at the center of the bottom of the two beds. When locked up it is essentially a King bed, but each party can purchase a mattress/box springs to suit their own taste. She also liked the swing away feature for changing the sheets, etc. You were dealing with basically changing two twins instead of a King or Queen and a twin is a snap to change linen on.

Anyway, just throwing out an alternative.

Ishmael

I want one of those!

 

[marshalt]

PS. Call me later.

Shouldn't we call you Ishmael?

 

[Noor]

Growing up and staying over friends house I use to sleep on the floor. Let a blanket down on the floor, get something to cover up with, and I'm good to go. A comfortable bed is a plus, but it's not a need for me.

I was like that in my 20's too Not now though. A bad mattress is worse than the floor though.

Last winter, after the aerobed mattress sprung a serious leak, I was sleeping on a couple couch cushions for a few months. Now I am sleeping on the futon from the couch while I look for a new mattress. I prefer certain kinds of futons but can't seem to find them anywhere. I like HR foam core, cotton wrapped and then wool wrapped.

I do not so well with mattresses that have springs unless they are very large, sometimes I fall off them so I avoid them.
I have been checking out latex and foam mattresses also and I am currently considering one of these https://www.tuftandneedle.com/mattress. I tried one at a friend's and it seemed fine.

 

[Disgustipated]

PS. Call me later.

Are phone calls from Barney Rubble less or more creepy than you two idiots posting here?

*chuckle*

 

[Ishmael]

I want one of those!

You can buy the hardware separate. Google "swing away twin bed". You need a King headboard and a handyman.

Ishmael

 

[glynndah]

I have a sleep number bed. I like it.

 

[DesEsseintes]

What is a sleep number bed, might I ask?

 

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[smoothg103rd]

I was like that in my 20's too Not now though. A bad mattress is worse than the floor though.

Last winter, after the aerobed mattress sprung a serious leak, I was sleeping on a couple couch cushions for a few months. Now I am sleeping on the futon from the couch while I look for a new mattress. I prefer certain kinds of futons but can't seem to find them anywhere. I like HR foam core, cotton wrapped and then wool wrapped.

I do not so well with mattresses that have springs unless they are very large, sometimes I fall off them so I avoid them.
I have been checking out latex and foam mattresses also and I am currently considering one of these https://www.tuftandneedle.com/mattress. I tried one at a friend's and it seemed fine.

Plus I'm use to sleeping on those hard ass precinct benches. I sleep where I close my eyes. Bums sleep on concert, so I do with a uncomfortable bed. But that do look like a nice bed Noor.

 

[Saint Peter]

I have a sleep number bed. I like it.

I am a 147.

 

[Noor]

I liked the aerobed mattress, but it's hard to find one now that fits my bed which is a full.
It's funny because I gave up sleeping on the three quarter bed that I loved because finding futons for it was so bad and now the same thing is happening with my full bed.
The three quarter bed has no hardware and I could carry all the pieces myself even on the subway, several trips or a group of friends, of course.
I was going to have to give up my full because it was too short but now I don't. That is also why I didn't bother to get a new mattress when the old one went.

 

[Saint Peter]

What is a sleep number bed, might I ask?

It is just a trumped up air mattress. There are multiple air channels.

When I bought the thing the sales lady made a big deal of starting out with it as mushy and soup and then slowly adding air to find the perfect number (air pressure). I finally had enough of the dog and pony show and asked if I could run the remote control.

I pumped the thing up until it would pump no more. I like a hard bed.

The nice thing about the sleep number bed is it does not wear like a traditional mattress. Years later and there is not dip where my hips sleep every night. It does not get hot in the summer or cold in the winter.

I like it.

 

[DesEsseintes]

It is just a trumped up air mattress. There are multiple air channels.

When I bought the thing the sales lady made a big deal of starting out with it as mushy and soup and then slowly adding air to find the perfect number (air pressure). I finally had enough of the dog and pony show and asked if I could run the remote control.

I pumped the thing up until it would pump no more. I like a hard bed.

The nice thing about the sleep number bed is it does not wear like a traditional mattress. Years later and there is not dip where my hips sleep every night. It does not get hot in the summer or cold in the winter.

I like it.

Really interesting, thank you. Like a self-made bespoke bed I suppose. Is it easy to change? I mean, if you felt like a softer bed one night could you just take air out?

 

[Saint Peter]

Really interesting, thank you. Like a self-made bespoke bed I suppose. Is it easy to change? I mean, if you felt like a softer bed one night could you just take air out?

Yes. There is a remote that inflate or deflates it. The pump is as noisy as a train but it does the job.

 

[glynndah]

Really interesting, thank you. Like a self-made bespoke bed I suppose. Is it easy to change? I mean, if you felt like a softer bed one night could you just take air out?

Yes. There's a little remote control. You just set the number or hold the correct arrow and it either pumps air in or releases it.

Both of which are quite effective at scaring the cats.

 

[Noor]

Really interesting, thank you. Like a self-made bespoke bed I suppose. Is it easy to change? I mean, if you felt like a softer bed one night could you just take air out?

Aerobed's are also like that, but without a number and it affects the whole mattress not just one side, but if you are just one person it works well. Aerobed's for fulls are under $200, sleep numbers are much more expensive.

 

[DesEsseintes]

It does sound very efficient: thank you both for explaining. And it makes me feel very old. So no-one goes for traditional mattresses, then? Water or air, but pocket springs and horsehair are out?

Maybe Candi is right and I need to stop living in the past.

 

[Saint Peter]

Back in the caveman days we slept on the dirt and liked it.

Why do you have to be so new fangled and shit?

 

[DesEsseintes]

Back in the caveman days we slept on the dirt and liked it.

Why do you have to be so new fangled and shit?

I've slept on dirt. I've slept on pocket sprung cashmere.

I'm not going back to dirt.

 

[Noor]

It does sound very efficient: thank you both for explaining. And it makes me feel very old. So no-one goes for traditional mattresses, then? Water or air, but pocket springs and horsehair are out?

Maybe Candi is right and I need to stop living in the past.

I grew up on latex mattresses, and don't balance well on spring ones, so I am probably not a good person to ask.

I am looking at foam, latex and futons right now.

 

[Saint Peter]

I've slept on dirt. I've slept on pocket sprung cashmere.

I'm not going back to dirt.

Oh. Look at you! Next will be cooking the gazelle over a fire.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Oh. Look at you! Next will be cooking the gazelle over a fire.

No way. Me and the boys are going palaeo this year.

Every year, come to think of it. Kudu sashimi all the way!

 

[Hypoxia]

I like hammocks. Our faves are hand-knotted masterpieces from Yucatan. A nice big one can contain four active adults in great intimacy.

 

[warrior queen]

I have a basic model Posturepedic, and on top of that I have a 2" memory foam topper (removeable so I can flip the matress).
The bed base is a Zen-bed - lots of sprung slats that help absorb movement so one person turning doesn't disturb the other.

More important for me are good pillows. I can't sleep on cheap pillows.

 

[Lord Pmann]

It does sound very efficient: thank you both for explaining. And it makes me feel very old. So no-one goes for traditional mattresses, then? Water or air, but pocket springs and horsehair are out?

Maybe Candi is right and I need to stop living in the past.

I feel another nostalgic thread about "the olden days of steel springs poking your back when you sleep" coming on.