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On 4/18/2019 at 9:38 AM, Big5er said:

Rich, I'm betting you have the newer model where the bladders zip together, unlike the old style that just had a piece of foam between them. I have had both and the newer style is a bit better, imho, although I never had any issues with the other. Either way,  I love my sleep number.

Could be the one in the S&B is just one year old and the one in the RV, previously in the S&B is maybe 5 years old.

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6 hours ago, richfaa said:

Could be the one in the S&B is just one year old and the one in the RV, previously in the S&B is maybe 5 years old.

A zipper in the middle, now there's a fix they should have done a long time ago.  Ours was very comfortable until each time the Valley of Pain developed.  I don't know if it would work for us even with the zipper with the way we sleep.  Even with our upcoming 37th anniversary on the 24th, we sleep spooned in the middle and probably caused the valley more than not.  Either way, it freaking hurt the backs bad when it developed.  For a couple that each claimed a side and stays on their side each night, they may never develop the valley.

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16 hours ago, NDBirdman said:

For a couple that each claimed a side and stays on their side each night, they may never develop the valley

I claim my side and my two girls share the other. Does that count? Their sleep number is exactly the same as mine (funny how that worked out) 😋

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I used to work for a well known 'bed specialist' so I'll attempt to try and give you some info on different mattress types which hopefully, if you don't get bored to death, will help reduce some of the BS and sales waffle and help you make a more informed choice.

To use a number system, all mattresses tend to go from a 1-soft, 2-medium / soft, 3-medium, 4-medium / firm, 5- firm. There are a lot of generic terms used in mattresses, mostly its sales waffle. Orthopaedic is one, it generally means its just a firm mattress. Trouble with too firm is that it will not give you the support that you need because there will be gaps where the mattress is so firm that parts of your body won't actually touch it. Memory Foam is another classic, any foam can pretty much be classified as a 'memory' foam as it springs back to its original shape once you take weight off it.

An 'open coil' mattress just means that all the springs are joined together as a continual piece of wire. They tend to be quite bouncy and softer for that reason. If you share an open sprung mattress with someone who is heavier than you then you'll find that you'll drift towards them in the middle of the night. This could be because you just can't bear to be away from them but more often means that your mattress isn't giving you the support you need and gravity is just doing its thing.

Pocket Sprung means that all the springs throughout the mattress are independent to each other, they all come in their own little separate cotton sleeve. Generally speaking, the higher the spring count the better for giving support and preventing the 'roll together' that you get from an open coil. Some spring counts are a little misleading though as manufacturers will put several layers of mini springs on top of the main springs to give the impression that you're getting thousands upon thousands of full sized springs.......you're not.

Memory Foam - Massive price differentials in memory foam mattresses, you can buy them at a reasonable cost online all the way up to several thousand pounds for a Tempur. You do get a decent warranty with a Tempur but you pay the price. I know people who swear by them for moulding to your body and giving support and I know people who hate them for the same reason. Downside to any memory foam is that they can trap body heat. You'll hear waffle about taking the heat away in some memory foam mattresses but this tends to be because they're multi layered and have holes in them so that when you move it acts like a set of bellows.
Latex seems to act in the same way but are hypo-allergenic, they do tend to get warm though.

Gel Mattresses. Same principle as memory foam, some such as an I-Gel are pretty good at temperature regulation, again though, they tend to cost a lot more.

Toppers - in general people tend to buy a topper because they're disguising the fact that their mattress is no longer doing its job.

There are a multitude of variations of the above, combinations of springs and memory foams or springs and gels. The best way is to get yourself to a bed showroom and don't be afraid to try a load of different types. It can feel a bit embarrassing at first but that's what they are there for. Personally I'd never recommend either a really soft or a really firm but it's a matter of personal preference.

Hopefully the above waffle will give you a little more idea about what's what

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12 hours ago, RacingVenture said:

Toppers - in general people tend to buy a topper because they're disguising the fact that their mattress is no longer doing its job.

I buy a memory foam topper because it adjusts for the wrinkles in the sheets so my sensitive skin doesn't get irritated by the wrinkles. But I place it on a medium firm pocket spring mattress.

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We bought an 8" thick Gel foam RV short queen mattress back in 2014 for our Sunnybrook 28' fiver. We also have bought two mattresses for our home a queen and a King now from Amazon. Very good prices back then and in 2018 when we switched to a King. 

We bought one on Woot and the last one on Amazon because of the reviews and feedback and questions. Here is a result for Gel foam RV queen mattress and you'll see some with 50k reviews!

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mempry+gel+foam+RV+queen+mattress&ref=nb_sb_noss

We lived in our 28 foot fiver for a year while our new house was being built in 2015. The 8 inch mattress was great and we slept well but we bought one without cooling gel construction and ended up buying a cooling 4" topper which made it perfect. But for us, an 8" mattress on the plywood bed base was excellent as far as comfort.

In summary if you full time 10" might be a good buy but get one rated cool, comfortable, and reviewed well on Amazon.

We both have back issues, I had cervical and lumbar surgeries in 2016 and we love our current full king size foam mattress. With cooling 4 inch topper. We like medium softness/firmness.

YMMV

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