laketrout
Joined: Feb 1, 2011
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latex weight
Original Message Apr 19, 2011 3:46 pm |
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My sister who just had lower back surgery a few months ago was directed by a cousin of mine to purchase a latex mattress. She went out and ordered a latex mattress and came in and she slept fine on it for the first two months. When my mom stopped helping her with making her full size bed she threw her back out on trying to lift it to put the fitted sheets on. She is now in traction and awaiting her next back surgery in the hospital and needs us to replace her mattress cause she wants her latex mattress gone by the time she gets back. Has anyone else had this problem and if latex is so good for you, why would anyone purchase one of these mattresses if they would do this to your body just changing the bed sheets? It just seems dangerous to me! Thoughts and comments on this would be appreciated. I do have a good idea on replaceing her mattress so don't need suggestions for that part. |
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weewillywinky
Joined: Apr 15, 2011
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Re: latex weight
Reply #2 Apr 19, 2011 8:55 pm |
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Weighing in here (pun intended), novice that I am...I got to say, weight is an issue for me. I am small, as my name suggests. As much as the rave reviews about latex are impressive, I am concerned about the weight of those mattresses. I am not sure I could manage them alone, and really, I don't want to make it any harder to move a mattress than it already is (hard!) I gather the thinner layers are lighter, but it seems they still are quite heavy, too. And of the course the recommendations are to put them over a heavy thicker core. I think it would be completely unwieldy for me, and I don't want to rope in my neighbors to try to help me with it. In fact, I'm even considering an airbed of some kind just to get around the weight problem (not mine - the bed's!) Best, Weewillywinky |
Sall
Joined: Aug 5, 2010
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Re: latex weight
Reply #3 Apr 19, 2011 9:54 pm |
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Weighing in here (pun intended), novice that I am...I got to say, weight is an issue for me. I am small, as my name suggests. As much as the rave reviews about latex are impressive, I am concerned about the weight of those mattresses. I am not sure I could manage them alone, and really, I don't want to make it any harder to move a mattress than it already is (hard!) I gather the thinner layers are lighter, but it seems they still are quite heavy, too. And of the course the recommendations are to put them over a heavy thicker core. I think it would be completely unwieldy for me, and I don't want to rope in my neighbors to try to help me with it. In fact, I'm even considering an airbed of some kind just to get around the weight problem (not mine - the bed's!) Best, Weewillywinky
This is one reason that we went with 2 twin XL in place of a king size mattress in this last purchase. A king is too big to move or manipulate alone....or when you get older like me. Layers of latex are easy to move around when working with a twin XL.
This message was modified Apr 20, 2011 by Sall
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