mattress toppers

givememoney

I am confused. Which is best a memory foam topper or a cotton type with polyester filling.

Just come back from a hotel which had a polyester one and it was lovely and cosy but the more I read the more I don't know which is best.

Tim_Deegan

givememoney wrote: »

I am confused. Which is best a memory foam topper or a cotton type with polyester filling.

Just come back from a hotel which had a polyester one and it was lovely and cosy but the more I read the more I don't know which is best.

For support memory foam is best. For softness polyester is best, but can be a bit sweaty.

Don't use a topper to try and revive a worn out mattress.

givememoney

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

For support memory foam is best. For softness polyester is best, but can be a bit sweaty.

Don't use a topper to try and revive a worn out mattress.

I am surprised you say the polyester is a bit sweaty as I have read that the memory foam can get hot. This is one of my worries as I often get hot in bed anyway.

shown73

This is one of my worries as I often get hot in bed anyway.

Too much information?? (Just being fascetious!)

Tim_Deegan

givememoney wrote: »

I am surprised you say the polyester is a bit sweaty as I have read that the memory foam can get hot. This is one of my worries as I often get hot in bed anyway.

Have you ever used a polyester quilt, and compared it to a feather one? If so you will know what I mean, they polyester one is really sweaty compared to it.

Also with polyester it can become lumpy after a while, but good quality memory foam won't.

There are a couple of reasons that some people say that memory foam makes you too hot:
a) Some manufacturers use very deep layers of memory foam, and tell people that the deeper the foam the better. The truth is that the optimum thickness for memory foam is 2" to 2 1/2". Less than this and it won't be enough to contour to your body. If the foam is too deep, then you will sink into it, and it will wrap around you making you too hot.
b) Mattresses with Reflex foam and memory foam don't allow air to circulate under the memory foam to remove the heat. This obviously isn't an issue with pocket sprung or open coil sprung and memory foam mattresses. Memory foam does actually absorb heat from your body which then reacts with it to soften it. So as long as the heat can then disperse there is no problem.