I have placed 15kg worth of dumbbell weight plates under each bed post in hope this might reduce meditation of sound vibrations due to neighbors walking and running and doing whatever else to cause them. It works a bit but not as much as I'd like.
Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?
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#82Just 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 w…
Uh that's wild, I thought everybody did that. I can't sleep unless I fold my covers between my knees.
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#83After buying and returning multiple beds in the last year, I learned a few things:
- Bed reviews are either very anecdotal or company sponsored.
- Do not buy a bed without testing it. Bring a pillow and spend at least 15 minutes relaxing on each candidate.
- If you can afford it, avoid “beds in a box”. They retain serious heat, provide little support for any sleeping position, and are not easy to return. Casper beds specifically caused me and my spouse a month of back pain.
- Test the softest version of the bed before making a decision, even if you prefer firm beds. There is a often a significant positive difference between “medium” and “extra plush”.
- Beware “free” add-ons. Mattress stores use them to hedge against returns and refunds by applying the value of the items to the mattress. This means if you return the mattress, you won’t get the full refund back.
- Shop at local mattress outlets, if possible. I was able to save $1,200 on the same exact model quoted (also at discount) at the major mattress chain with no haggling.
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#84Bamboo sheets, they are better than everything else by miles and that includes silk
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#85I started sleeping on the floor about six months ago. Carpet, thin duvet folded beneath me. I’ve looked at a dedicated shikibuton-type-setup, but the paradox of choice has stricken pretty hard. It wasn’t from any sort of plan or goal, I just started doing so after some time spent crashing on my living room floor watching movies with my roommate. I like that I get up quicker in the morning. And it’s been a more dedica…
When our first kid fell out of our continental bed and smashed his mouth all bloody. We started sleeping on the floor. That was 4 years ago, and we have moved twice since. we are still sleeping on the floor. We wan't to get bed, but a very low one. Mattress on the floor is nice, but it's actually good have have some kind of airflow below the mattress, I guess for ventilation.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/loenset-slatted-bed-base-402787...
below the matress directly on the floor does the job and gives some ventilation. Writing this from this exact setup. Safe for kids also
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#86Saatva mattress. (Very good)
Nest bedding pillows (shredded memory foam). (Best) It is also specifically made for side and back sleepers like myself. (is cut out a bit in the middle)
Sheets vary (we have multiples). But usually what the wirecutter recommends.
Duvet from Costco - I think. Cover is from IKEA and is like $20 or so.
I also use a cotton blanket for myself but not everyone likes those. My partner loves duvets.
It works really well. We’ve never experienced a single bed that is better than ours.
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#87I have placed 15kg worth of dumbbell weight plates under each bed post in hope this might reduce meditation of sound vibrations due to neighbors walking and running and doing whatever else to cause them. It works a bit but not as much as I'd like.
You want something damping for that. Some sort of hard rubber would be ideal.
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#88I 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.
You could always put a few books under the feet at the head of the bed. Or even some sort of spacers to raise up the head of the box spring from the frame.
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#89Just 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 w…
I've been doing that for a decade now and what a relief! I'm the same, I just use an old pillow nothing special purpose.
I also find lower leg straight and upper leg on the pillow (so you look like an 'h') works really well.
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#90One fairly cheap bedroom addition I can't recommend enough is blackout curtains. Took me 25 years to discover that they're a thing, and the improvement in quality of sleep has been immense for me.
My wife loves them.
Personally I prefer to allow the sun to wake me (and I don’t nap).
With the curtains I have an extreme tendency to oversleep or wake unnaturally from something like an alarm in the middle of rem sleep and be all groggy. Prior to getting them I would just wake naturally between 7-7:30 in the summer and 6-6:30 in winter.
Sometimes I sleep on my couch in the office so that I can wake naturally that way.