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Making an emperor bed

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Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by koolba »

war1025 wrote: post #39
Freak_NL wrote: post #8

> At this point, I decided the only thing that made sense was to build my own mattress from scratch. Bless this mindset. The internet would be a lot less interesting without the makers and their write-ups.

I have no write-up, so probably not a terribly interesting comment. But my wife and I decided to make our own 100% wool mattress several years ago by stitching together five italian officer blankets with wool batting sandwiched between each layer. By far the most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on. We've had it for maybe 5 years now I think.

How would you rate the firmness and does it breathe? I’d imagine wool would retain body heat quite a bit.

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by MiddleEndian »

mosselman wrote: post #65
theabacus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to criticize, but you sound like a can’t-put-the-Kraft-single-cheese-on-if-it-didn’t-come-out-of-the-package-right person. To each their own. This bed might not look “clean” but it does make sense structurally and the author has a complete working knowledge of how his bed works and can do any repair he wishes. It’s the author thinks it’s good, then he can deal with it.

No offence taken as I am actually a pretty handy person. When I choose what to build myself however, I decide, or at least I hope I do, based on what my skills are and how expensive bought or ordered things are. Beds and mattresses are not in the expensive category. Things like isolating your attic or redoing your bathroom are expensive to get done, so I do those things myself. This week I am replacing the shower, si…

My intention was not to save money but to get a particular product that didn't seem to exist otherwise (large mattress in the US, and then large mattress with particular properties). I tried to buy one first, there wasn't much else for me to do.

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by MiddleEndian »

scentedmeat wrote: post #72

I feel a bit like the Princess and the Pea, but those lines down the middles would bug me.

I agree and in the first rendition you could feel the borders between the gel sheets, which was quite distracting.

An encasement that made those lines invisible might be too thick and negate the benefits of using the gel. When the fitted sheet is over the mattress, you cannot see the lines.

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by oneplane »

I wonder what the deal is with 'naming' bed sizes. Here in The Netherlands as far as I know, we just use dimensions so you always know exactly what size you have/want/get. Is it a country or language specific thing? Or perhaps an industry idea to hide information behind ambiguous terms?

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by duxup »

Freak_NL wrote: post #8

> At this point, I decided the only thing that made sense was to build my own mattress from scratch. Bless this mindset. The internet would be a lot less interesting without the makers and their write-ups.

I love to read them as they are interesting and a bit "OMGwataretheythinking!"

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by api_or_ipa »

oneplane wrote: post #75

I wonder what the deal is with 'naming' bed sizes. Here in The Netherlands as far as I know, we just use dimensions so you always know exactly what size you have/want/get. Is it a country or language specific thing? Or perhaps an industry idea to hide information behind ambiguous terms?

Names work well because the actual size of a mattress isn't really important to most mattress discussions, nor are the measurements ever 100% accurate because of differences in material or manufacture. If I'm at the shop buying sheets and I remember my queen mattress is roughly ~1.5m wide, is it a 1.37m wide double mattress or a 1.53m wide queen mattress? Using a name placeholder avoids this ambiguity, a queen sheet will always fit a queen bed, within some margin of error, even accounting for differences in material: I imagine foam is more ductile than spring mattresses so might be made a bit bigger to account for this difference.

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by theabacus »

mosselman wrote: post #65
theabacus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to criticize, but you sound like a can’t-put-the-Kraft-single-cheese-on-if-it-didn’t-come-out-of-the-package-right person. To each their own. This bed might not look “clean” but it does make sense structurally and the author has a complete working knowledge of how his bed works and can do any repair he wishes. It’s the author thinks it’s good, then he can deal with it.

No offence taken as I am actually a pretty handy person. When I choose what to build myself however, I decide, or at least I hope I do, based on what my skills are and how expensive bought or ordered things are. Beds and mattresses are not in the expensive category. Things like isolating your attic or redoing your bathroom are expensive to get done, so I do those things myself. This week I am replacing the shower, si…

True. I didn’t factor in costs and cost savings (especially with regard to time), so you have a fair point.

If there is a name, I don’t know it.

Re: Making an emperor bed

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Post by twic »

api_or_ipa wrote: post #77
oneplane wrote: post #75

I wonder what the deal is with 'naming' bed sizes. Here in The Netherlands as far as I know, we just use dimensions so you always know exactly what size you have/want/get. Is it a country or language specific thing? Or perhaps an industry idea to hide information behind ambiguous terms?

Names work well because the actual size of a mattress isn't really important to most mattress discussions, nor are the measurements ever 100% accurate because of differences in material or manufacture. If I'm at the shop buying sheets and I remember my queen mattress is roughly ~1.5m wide, is it a 1.37m wide double mattress or a 1.53m wide queen mattress? Using a name placeholder avoids this ambiguity, a queen sheet…

And yet, at the hardware store, you by two-by-four, and if someone suggested that that should be called a duke-size instead, you would think they were off their rocker.
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