Too hot in bed... been told to get some decent cotton bedding

richardc1983

I have just bought a new matress and we are finding that the memory foam covering is too hot for us... yet if we place a leg outside the duvet its too hot.

Its been suggested to get a lower tog duvet which I am looking at and also to get some decent quality fitted sheets and duvet covers... good cotton ones.

The ones I have now are a bit scratchy and were cheap from the factory shop (chiltern mills) but they are scratchy and not very comfortable... I think they could be the reason for being too warm as before this new matress we were still warm.

Have been told I need to look at the cotton thread count when looking at new bedding but not sure what to go for. My duvet covers were bought cheap from places like Asda or Wilkinsons so they again are not great quality cotton.

I also have a matress protector on but have been told to get a decent qaulity of one of these so it stops the memory foam absorbing our heat and storing it.

Can any one advise. Thank you.

Eric_Pisch

The bigger the cotton thread count number the tighter the weave so the better the quality

you can get 400TC Egyptian cotton bedding on ebay for very reasonable prices

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Egyptian-Cotton-400-TC-Fitted-Sheet-White-Double_W0QQitemZ300359158203QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Bedroom_Bedding_PP?hash=item45eecd09bb

richardc1983

Yes they look reasonable I need a duvet cover (kingsize) now.

I guess that I should be looking for "egyptian cotton" is that a good way to tell the quality if it says Egyptian Cotton?

dizzyanne

Hi!

I've always found Tesco Finest bedding to be good quality - it's 100% cotton and washes really well. I think it's good value for money too. This is one example, but there's many more to choose from...

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-0342.aspx

There seems to be all sorts of deals and discount codes around at the minute too for tesco, plus you get your clubcard points.

Hope this helps!

dizz

richardc1983

Thanks Dizz.

Can you suggest a good matress protector that will stop the matress getting as hot?

bcl999

I bought a M&S Coolmax duvet cover in their recent sale. Not sure how well it works as it's still quite cold here but I am certainly very impressed with the quality even though they are polycotton.. They have a full range of (plain) colours on their site with some reviews from buyers.

zzzLazyDaisy

Matalan has egyptian cotton bedding at reasonable prices.

Ikea also has good quality cotton bedding, again at very reasonable prices.

Memory foam can make the bed feel warm, but I find that using good quality cotton bedding does help.

I also have a wool duvet which is great and does keep me cool. I bought that from Dunelm Mill in a sale a few years back and it has been one of my best buys.

richardc1983

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Memory foam can make the bed feel warm, but I find that using good quality cotton bedding does help.

Can you reccomend a good matress protector with that in mind?

Eric_Pisch

dizzyanne wrote: »

Hi!

I've always found Tesco Finest bedding to be good quality - it's 100% cotton and washes really well. I think it's good value for money too. This is one example, but there's many more to choose from...

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-0342.aspx

There seems to be all sorts of deals and discount codes around at the minute too for tesco, plus you get your clubcard points.

Hope this helps!

dizz

200TC thou

zzzLazyDaisy

The problem with mattress protectors is that the memory foam reacts to body heat, in order to function properly. If you put a mattress protector on the bed, you reduce the amount of body heat available to the memory foam, and thus reduce the effectiveness of the memory foam.

It all depends on why you bought a memory foam mattress in the first place. If it was for someone with a health condition such as FMS or painful joints, you may be defeating the object by using a mattress cover. Having said that, I have a pure wool mattress cover (also bought from Dunelm Mill in the sale). I haven't found an appreciable difference in the effectiveness of my memory foam bed - and mine was bought to relieve a painful health condition, which it does wonderfully well, even with the mattress protector.

richardc1983

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

The problem with mattress protectors is that the memory foam reacts to body heat, in order to function properly. If you put a mattress protector on the bed, you reduce the amount of body heat available to the memory foam, and thus reduce the effectiveness of the memory foam.

It all depends on why you bought a memory foam mattress in the first place. If it was for someone with a health condition such as FMS or painful joints, you may be defeating the object by using a mattress cover. Having said that, I have a pure wool mattress cover (also bought from Dunelm Mill in the sale). I haven't found an appreciable difference in the effectiveness of my memory foam bed - and mine was bought to relieve a painful health condition, which it does wonderfully well, even with the mattress protector.

I bought it as it was liquidation stock and someone was selling them from a lorry he had bought the stock off of the company that went bust. I paid £140 as did everyone else at work when this guy turned up in the lorry. It was all above board as well... just a bloke earning his crust.

On the label there was a RRP of £899 so I know it must be a good quality mattress. IT is comfy apart from the heat issues.. however seems very soft but I feel thats the memory foam.

I have been told that I could turn it over and use the side without the memory foam on as its pocket sprung also not sure if this would damage the foam having a heavy matress on top all the time though?

If I reduced the heat going to the matress I guess that this would make the matress firmer as well... this wouldnt bother me as I like a firm matress also.

Maybe I shouldnt be using the matress protector at all then... perhaps more layers are just holding more heat?