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

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

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Post by axaxs »

markb139 wrote: post #25
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

LOL, about identical stats and understand completely. My furniture is all either wood, metal, or super cheap. No sense in dropping 2k on a fancy couch I'll just destroy in 6 months, I figure. Do you guys have size Cal king in the UK? Luckily they aren't too hard to get here in the US, though finding nice bed sheets can be an adventure.

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

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Post by Buttons840 »

I don't make my bed. I just have a pile of king size blankets on my queen size bed (about 3 of them, depending on the season). I crumple them to lean against sometimes, and spread them out at night. They're pretty much square so I don't care about their orientation.

I have a Linen blanket, it feels a bit like a potatoe sack (it gets softer over time), but it has a decent weight (more than a sheet) and feels cooler than my other blankets. The hype around them isn't made up, when I first received it I was surprised that it felt physically cool to an extent I had never experienced with other blankets. Linen is made of flax seed. It was more expensive than regular blankets, about $100.

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

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Post by austinl »

I've been really happy with my setup.

Floyd Bed Frame — The Floyd frame can be bought as a queen size, then upgraded to a king later. (https://floydhome.com/products/the-bed-frame)

Parachute Linen Sheets — kind of expensive, but the first set of sheets I've felt excited about using (https://www.parachutehome.com/products/linen-sheet-set)

~5 years into a cheap mattress off of Amazon, but I've been really happy with it so far. I think it was a Wirecutter recommendation: (https://www.amazon.com/Dreamfoam-Bedding-Plush-Pillow-Mattre...)

Before I moved in with my girlfriend, I was sleeping on a twin mattress on the floor! (With a small rug underneath it). So I suppose anything would have been a step up.

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

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Post by k__ »

truth_ wrote: post #22
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.

I don't sleep on my back. Do you think this has anything to do with that?

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

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Post by dpeck »

Adding my own question, great topic, have any of you hackers figured out a great bed cooling system to buy or build? It seems like there are a lot of options, but not reviewed particularly well.

Bedjet probably the best example but there seem to be a lot of them. Basically anything that can move some heat away from me while going to sleep, but still being able to enjoy the weight of a sheet or light blanket would be really nice.

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