PCUK
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I'm thinking about using 2 inch normal foam and a 2 inch memory foam topper for my berth mattresses. Anyone with experience of this format?
Memory foam
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David2452
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Yes, but a 2" topper on 3" foam, it has transformed the bed from just about acceptable and I now rate it as comfy if a little firm.
Malabar
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We are very pleased with our 5cm topper from Duvalay. They specialise in toppers for boats and caravans. No connection; just a satisfied customer. Transformed the sleeping on board experience.
jrudge
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Opposite experience. If you buy from Costco you can take it back if you don't like it. I did!
PCUK
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Hmmm, two for and one against. How about just a four inch memory foam mattress and nothing else? Likely to be too soft do you think? Thanks for the comments so far.
Erik C
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Here it is just to hot for the memory foam, not a problem for where you are I guess. I turned over the mattress and sleep on the non memory side.
Greg2
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Advice from a marine canopy maker/upholsterer was not to go for memory foam on a boat. Said that they absorb moisture and having slept on one once it did feel a little damp......
PCUK
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That's an interesting one! I understood that memory foam was closed cell and therefore couldn't absorb moisture. Am I Wrong?
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I have come to the conclusion that memory foam is a triumph of marketing over mediocrity. It deforms too easily to provide any support, and the remainder just makes you hot.
cygnusv
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Agree with this. I used to slit the blocks and sell it, so obviously I had it aboard! It doesn't like anything that is not dead smooth and flat. We turned out 'vee' berth into one big bed, so we had to put a triangle of ply to join the two bunks. The memory foam split on and around these lines. Gimme a spring mattress any day.
PCUK
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OK I'm convinced. I'm going to have a 2 inch firm foam base and a softer 2 inch top layer. Without a memory!
Ripster
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Well, I am a fan. We have a nice 3" topper straight on top of the std boat mattresses and it has transformed our comfort - lovely and snug and helps stop you rolling about if its bit lumpy outside. No issues with damp, just use a antidamp layer anyway under the main cushions. Ours has a washable "cool" cover.
henryf
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I tried one a few years ago. I can't remember if it was any good or not.
Sorry, just couldn't resist
We've had one at home for over 5 years and get on very well indeed with it. As with all things in life there is good and bad. They also come in different degrees of firmness and can be combined to form 2 stage support. I certainly wouldn't write them off out of hand. Go somewhere which sells good stuff and try them out.
Henry
Sorry, just couldn't resist
We've had one at home for over 5 years and get on very well indeed with it. As with all things in life there is good and bad. They also come in different degrees of firmness and can be combined to form 2 stage support. I certainly wouldn't write them off out of hand. Go somewhere which sells good stuff and try them out.
Henry
Trundlebug
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We bought an expensive memory foam topped pocket sprung mattress for the bed at home.
Although it seemed comfortable, both in the shop and when I first lay down, I just didn't get a good night's sleep on it.
The root cause was, it's just far too hot. Just about OK in the winter (when it's well below 5 degrees) but unbearable the rest of the time.
It was like having an electric blanket on full power all the time. I could feel the heat reflecting upwards off the mattress, and there was no escape.
My natural reaction on being too hot was to turn over, but the heat just doesn't seem to escape and I just spent all night every night tossing & turning.
After a few months I'd had enough and we bought another mattress - this time with no memory foam.
Bliss.
That stuff's not coming anywhere near the boat, or the house, ever again.
Over hyped mediocrity describes it rather well.
Standard foam on the boat gives us a great night's sleep every time.
Although it seemed comfortable, both in the shop and when I first lay down, I just didn't get a good night's sleep on it.
The root cause was, it's just far too hot. Just about OK in the winter (when it's well below 5 degrees) but unbearable the rest of the time.
It was like having an electric blanket on full power all the time. I could feel the heat reflecting upwards off the mattress, and there was no escape.
My natural reaction on being too hot was to turn over, but the heat just doesn't seem to escape and I just spent all night every night tossing & turning.
After a few months I'd had enough and we bought another mattress - this time with no memory foam.
Bliss.
That stuff's not coming anywhere near the boat, or the house, ever again.
Over hyped mediocrity describes it rather well.
Standard foam on the boat gives us a great night's sleep every time.
sarabande
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hmmm. It does the job for me !
These are very good people who make the stuff in the UK. Very chatty ov er the p hone and keen toget the rightmixture for the job.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/1stforcomfort?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
These are very good people who make the stuff in the UK. Very chatty ov er the p hone and keen toget the rightmixture for the job.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/1stforcomfort?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
silver-fox
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We had a mattress topper made for us for use on the boat using about 100mm thick Dunlopillo Latex and been very happy with it for the last 7 years.
My wife, who has an arthritic spine finds she only sleeps well in two places, on the boat or on our Tempur memory foam mattress which is around 300mm deep.
A much more dense material than memory foam, the latex topper does not noticeably suffer from the draw back of being hot during the summer.
My wife, who has an arthritic spine finds she only sleeps well in two places, on the boat or on our Tempur memory foam mattress which is around 300mm deep.
A much more dense material than memory foam, the latex topper does not noticeably suffer from the draw back of being hot during the summer.
