Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by sillysaurusx » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:35 PM UTC

Silent bed frame. Most of the other parts aren’t as big of a deal. It’s kind of nutty how much difference it makes.

I tried to find out what model we have, but “I found it by searching silent bedframe on Amazon” is the closest answer you’ll get. :)

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by truth_ » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #7

I bought a hard (4) matress last year. Because a doctor said the harder the better. Now, I have low-key backpain, can't recommend.

Actually I have been sleeping on a hard mattresses for years. They are/were barely softer than the floor.

Never had any back pains.

And my father's doctor agrees with your doctor, and I have had this kind of bed since my early childhood.

I have trouble sleeping in soft beds of hotels and other places.

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by anoncow » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

I am thinking of getting a hospital-type bed with support for head elevation. GERD is getting the better of me these days and 2 pillows to prop me up is not doing it.

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by knaik94 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:37 PM UTC

Weighted blankets have been a nice upgrade for me personally, I have a 30lb. It's not too heavy for me, and the standard weight is 20-25.

I can't recommend them to people who sleep in warm ambient temperatures, they generally trap heat.

Does anyone have pillow recommendations for people who sleep on your side?

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by markb139 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

axaxs wrote: post #9

Cal King bed, because of my height. Just a foam bed in a box on Amazon. My mattresses start getting depressions in them after a year or two anyways, so I try not to spend a fortune. As for the frame, I like minimal. Just a steel platform that I can slide things under.

I have this problem too. I’m 2m tall and 118kg. I destroy most sitting or sleeping things eventually. It’s surprisingly reasonable to get custom made mattresses in the uk. Current one is 2.10m long. Perfect

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by jayports99 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

Has anyone tried out the Bryte bed?

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by megameter » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

Rumpl blanket on floor, comforter and fleece as tops. Throw pillow between knees and a second for head, occasionally using a blanket to pad either.

I could probably stand to get another bottom layer.

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by lizdax » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

totalZero wrote: post #2

Consider a heated mattress pad. It's like a heated blanket, but underneath you.

Do you have any recommendations for where to buy or brand? My biggest fear with these is that the build quality can be all over the place and the last thing I want is to burn down the place!

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by pbiggar » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:39 PM UTC

As far as sheets go, if money is no object, these are absolutely fantastic: https://www.sferra.com/products/sferra-giza-45-sateen-collec.... Warning, a full set will come to about $10,000 (though they do periodic 20% off sales).

I also got a duvet from them so that the duvet cover would match the size of the duvet.

Also, they'll customize the sheets to your mattress if you send them measurements. I haven't found any other way to get a tight-fitting sheet, as it seems that king mattresses and sheets have a wide range of sizes, and the last thing you want is to splurge on amazing sheets that give you a bad night's sleep cause they don't fit properly.

Re: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?

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Post by femto113 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 6:40 PM UTC

Just leaving this here in case it saves someone else a little suffering: it was life changing to start sleeping with a pillow between my knees. I used to wake up with debilitating lower back pain every morning, which I worked through with stretching and yoga and such but then I saw a commercial for one of those bowtie shaped foam pillows that go between your knees and figured "what the heck" and ordered one. It was weird at first but seemed to help a bit, then one night I came home late, tired, and couldn't find the thing so just jammed a regular pillow between my knees--the following morning was the first time I woke up without back pain in years. It's definitely hard on the pillows so now when I buy a new pillow for my head I demote the old one to knee service.