| Hello, I'm starting a new thread to attract those that use waterbeds and all their wisdom.... the only time i had a waterbed was one with softsides and TUBES, i would love to have this kind of bed, but i found that my backside slid between the tubes of water!! now this was over 20 years ago, and i wonder if they have changed the design of these tubed waterbed so that this doesn't happen anymore? does anybody have experience with this? also, i would like to hear about waveless waterbeds and back pain... how are people finding waterbeds for the pain? i can't seem to sleep on anything for more than 5 hours without having to get up and let the pain go away... would a waterbed help? and REALLY how much of a risk is there of flooding your home?? should i put a drain under my bed? lol thanks! elaine |
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Hi Elaine, I recently purchased a hardside 100% waveless waterbed. The wife and I laid on a bed at a mattress store and if we were not told that it was a waterbed we would never had known. There is no movement when one of us gets out of bed and it feels like sleeping on gel. I also have a bad back and I get good support from this mattress with the added lumbar support. Some benefits:
I suggest you google waterbeds and do some research..Good Luck!
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| on gel, yes, you are right, so different from way back when... i tried a 95% waveless one, do you think there is a big difference between 95% and 100% waveless? i'm so torn, because my husband will hurt me haha if this doesn't work out :) i know the 95% waveless one had lumbar support too.... it seemed so comfy, but i couldn't stay on it because they didn't have the heater on... i'm not a fan of hard beds anyway, but i'm just wondering if a waterbed will put my back in a weird albeit natural position... my husband says i'm too big for a waterbed, that my center will sink down, but i said 'fat floats!!' i'm not sure which of us is right lol |
| A good website to actually see the difference between different levels of wavelessness is Waterbedoutlet.com. They have short videos showing wave and push tests with different mattresses. I did a ton of research before I bought a waterbed and one thing I read that I agree with is that because pressure is distributed your muscles relax more then on a conventional mattress. But of course..YMMV! |
| what does YMMV mean? lol i'm behind on my accronyms!! yeah i've seen a couple of those videos in my research so far, the waves on the free one seem to go on for half the video!! i was going to buy a free one at first, because i thought i needed motion, because it seems that my back hurts from spasming in one position for so long, but my husband said HIS back hurt in a regular waterbed! so that was out.... i'm trying to do my research, but it seems that there is only people who are prejudiced against water beds, and people that had one when they were young and loved it... no oldies with bad backs lol |
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YMMV = your mileage may vary. I totally agree with the anti-waterbed sentiment that you see around here but some of that has to do with people's experience with the free flow mattresses and from bad info people get. If people would actually try the waveless ones then their opinions may change. I bought a hardside frame for $300.00 and a mattress for $400.00..pretty reasonable if you ask me. My mattress will not fail in 5 years like a innerspring will..it will provide the same amount of support 10 years from now as it will on day one. |
| YMMV i was like 'yo mama might.. what starts with v?' lol i wasn't talking about HERE in my research, i haven't seen any waterbed prejudice here, i did a search for waterbeds and didn't find much... i was talking about usually blog discussions, and such.. stuff i find in google when i search on waterbeds and back pain i see waterbed sellers saying they are wonderful, and i get the weird people opinions on blogs and i can't find anything on big people and waterbeds, but i didn't feel weird when i tried it out... maybe coz of the lumbar support... but yeah i think if people tried the waveless ones they would change their minds... i know i did... i thought sleeping on water and sleeping on air would be about the same thing, i HOPE not, coz sleeping on air does me nooooo good... it does me baaad :) cheers elaine |
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You are right, sleeping on water and sleeping on air is vastly different. You think air...light, soft, without weight, clouds....wrong! Compressed air runs power tools and is quite firm. I used to have a water bed way back when, waveless, and when we moved we just stopped using it because it was a PITA to set up. Probably should have because our bedroom was quite cold in the winter and could have used some warmth. Bed choices are individual so if it works for you, use it! Kait |
| Hi Kait!! seems you're quit famous around these parts, good to see ya, i went back to my mattress store coz of you to see if i could buy an innerspring mattress without much padding and add my own stuff on top, i doubled up a latex topper on one such a bed, but it aggravated an injured part of my back to sleep on such a flat firm surface, didn't work for me... as a matter of fact i'm losing hope, and thinking the waveless waterbed will be the only thing that works for me, i PRAY it does, because i'm out of options, and there's noooo comfort exchange on waterbeds, so once it's bought it's bought.... but i think i have to try, how was your experience with a bad back and a waveless waterbed? i've got the kind of bad back that spasms by morning so that i can barely move, LOTS of pain... i'm hoping a bit of motion thru out the night will help... and yeah, an air bed = bad... it's not that it's uncomfortable with the foam on top, as a matter of fact if i was trying my current set up in a show room i might be sold, but it would be returned the next day haha.... |
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How did this get bumped up (prior to me) and there's no post showing?? I agree with the positive comments about the waveless waterbeds. I like them, and they really do feel like gel, which is far preferable to foam, to me. And they are right: If the heater is not on, that waterbed will be like sleeping on ice. But I have 3 cats with claws and I don't want the risk of leaks. There's also a weight issue with some of the flooring in the newer construction and possibly with old rickety construction, particularly with king size. This message was modified Oct 26, 2010 by TC2334
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| Waterbeds are have many advantages over normal mattresses - The dust mites thing was what sold me!! With a waterbed you have removeable covers that you can wash in your machine. Check out http://www.georgestreetwaterbeds.com/ |