I went down a big rabbit hole to find a good mattress and bed.
Latex is a good material but if you need extra firm for your back maybe it isn’t the greatest, and it is expensive.
Not a fan of memory foam for health reasons.
The whole mattress industry as a whole is weirdly corrupt and intentionally confusing to the average consumer.
I’m looking at the article and it seems fairly accurate. Organic cotton outside is good. Wool or latex interior is good.
I purchased a thin wool quilt. Plain cotton quilt cover. Organic cotton sheets (aiming ultimately for organic linen in the future but too expensive, possibly cheap source direct from India. Will post here if I find and remember to post here.). I’ve got a memory foam pillow, a duck down/feather pillow and a latex pillow. I alternate between them for optimal sleep.
Mattress I got for free but it is a high quality new one. Not latex but I’ll invest in this in the future.
I got a really high quality adjustable bed to give adjustable head and feet position.
The next level is custom heating/cooling mattress topper. I can’t sleep without this now.
In combination with the various sleep supplements I’m using I’m getting the best sleep I’ve ever had, and I’ve not even touched DORA drugs yet so I’ve got this option in my back pocket.
Which one did you get?
Somnus Labs
How noisy is it at night?
Depends how high you have the intensity, which dictates how quickly it will get your device to the desired temperature.
This can be mitigated by setting the schedule to an hour before bed time, or turning on “turbo mode” which puts max output.
So it doesn’t stay on all night? Or it powers on every once in a while when it needs it (e.g. to maintain a set temp?). Does it wake you up at all?
You set the schedule. So set it before you think you’re going to bed, and then have it turn off when you expect to be out of bed. You can turn it on manually from app or a button on the topper.
There are some smart options in the app and it tracks sleep stages, HRV and other markers though the accuracy of these I cannot attest to and I don’t have any other tracker to compare it to.
Can split both sides for different partners preferences. Can set different temperature for getting into bed, middle of night and around wakeup. Can set an alarm in the morning via heating up which takes you out of sleep without a sound or visual alarm.