Mattress Forum

I appear to have 2 problems with the Comforpedic:

1. It is not soft enough.  Although the mattress conforms to my body, it's not soft.  I woke up several mornings with hip pain from sleeping on my side.  I'd often end up lying in weird positions because I couldn't handle the pressure on my hip.
2. There is not enough support. I would wake up with a lot of leg pain - and even had some swelling in one of my knees!  The bottoms of my feet, even hurt, which I thought was weird.  I sometimes had a little upper back pain. 

Every morning, it became more of a struggle to get out of bed.   For a few hours, I would feel like I had had a hard work out the day before. 

I read a thread on this site where someone said they fixed some of the issues they were having with a memory foam mattress by adding a couple of inches of latex.  I tried to order a latex topper from Foam By Mail a few weeks ago, but they are waiting on a shipment and have a big back order of Twin & King mattress toppers right now.  Finally, with my knee so swollen that I could barely hobble around, I bought a 2" latex topper from Amazon and put it on last night.  I think it's still too early to give a final verdict, but I feel much better this morning than I have in a while.  I don't think I aggravated my knee, and can actually walk on it as well.

The big thing is, I have to see where my partner stands on the Latex topper after sleeping on it a few nights.  He liked the bed the way it was, and is not thrilled about having to add a topper to it.  I'm disappointed that this didn't work, because I liked the Comforpedic line so much in the stores. Unfortunately, I ended up discovering that my body was not made for memory foam mattresses. 

Good update Zack, sounds like you may need a sleep number if you and your partners preferences between firm/plush differ that much. You started with a plush and it has gotten softer over a few weeks and now you are experiencing some back pain. Do you think its possible that you need a firm mattress as it will soften up a bit as well and give you a slighty plush feel?  I know I had alot of trepedation deciding which firmness to go with and they both felt good in the showroom. I finally relied on my chiropractors recommendation of Firm and the sleepys sleep calculator recommendation of firm.

I would start at Sleepy's and try there calculator with your partner to get a recommendation of the type of mattress thats best suited for you.

Hope this helps

It took roughly 5-6 weeks for the smell to completely disappear but it does go away. As far as comfort goes, the Sales people and sleepy's test machine were 100% correct. Firm was brutal for the first couple of days while my back adjusted to the new mattress but I have not had any back pain at all since then.  So we are definetly in the honeymoon phase at the moment as I have no back pain or sag issues to report but after reading other reviews and hearing from other users on here I am definetly on the lookout for any issues.

Completely happy with the purchase so far.