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Re: Cuddle Mattress

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Post by meaty »

CJefferson wrote: post #6

While this is a really cute idea, beds are not something to joke about, and I'd really like to see some good evidence that long-term sleeping on this bed doesn't do any damage. I usually dislike people how just insult other people's ideas, but in this case there is a genuine chance of people causing themselves serious damage. Does anyone know of any evidence of this actually helping people sleep better? If a few year…

Agreed.

From experience (broken leg), any compression on your body including limbs leads to a shitty night's sleep so I don't think I'd want to wedge bits of my body in gaps then lie on them.

My other half would also hate this.

The best night's sleep we've both found is on a bed which is pretty much like a piece of concrete with a sheet on it :)

Re: Cuddle Mattress

#22

Post by meaty »

wybo wrote: post #12
duiker101 wrote: post #11

Really nice idea and all...I have just one doubt, why would someone want a t-shirt or hoodie with the logo of a mattres?

To --- when in conversation with a nice lady --- nudge the topic towards the mattress, tickling her curiosity to try it out ;)

Way to get maced :)

Re: Cuddle Mattress

#25

Post by damncabbage »

lucian1900 wrote: post #4

I've seen this idea before, and it does look like it would solve the problem nicely. Hard to lug around a mattress when you're moving house (if you're renting), though.

This comment confused me on first reading. In Australia, it's very much common that you bring your own bed (and other furniture) with you from place to place. (You can get furnished apartments, but they're much less common, at least in Sydney.)

Are you in the US, or somewhere else?

Re: Cuddle Mattress

#26

Post by andrewingram »

Seems like it solves the cuddling problems but creates a whole new how-to-have-sex problem, I can imagine a bunch of positions would be made rather awkward by this mattress.

Re: Cuddle Mattress

#27

Post by bencoder »

damncabbage wrote: post #25
lucian1900 wrote: post #4

I've seen this idea before, and it does look like it would solve the problem nicely. Hard to lug around a mattress when you're moving house (if you're renting), though.

This comment confused me on first reading. In Australia, it's very much common that you bring your own bed (and other furniture) with you from place to place. (You can get furnished apartments, but they're much less common, at least in Sydney.) Are you in the US, or somewhere else?

Not the OP, but in the UK(well, London at least) it's very common to have furnished apartments and not to lug your furniture every time you move.

Access to many apartments and houses in London is very restricted. You'd have to take your furniture apart to get it through the door and up the staircases.

That said, a mattress will fold and bend round corners easily, so I don't think this is a big issue if you're renting. (Getting rid of the landlord-provided mattress may be a bigger problem in my experience)

Re: Cuddle Mattress

#29

Post by NickNameNick »

wybo wrote: post #19

I wonder why they don't have a single sized one. Because where cuddling is optional on a double bed, it pretty much is the only way to share a single bed. Also interesting to consider is that it won't fit all types of beds. As with a lattice bottom bed, slices could fall through, and with a box-spring bed the slices at the top and bottom of the mattress could simply slip over the edge.

It looks like they run a pair of fasteners through the whole stack of slices, to prevent them from separating too much.

That will definitely prevent the ends from falling off. Not sure how effective it will be on a slat base.

Re: Cuddle Mattress

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Post by lucian1900 »

bencoder wrote: post #27
damncabbage wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment confused me on first reading. In Australia, it's very much common that you bring your own bed (and other furniture) with you from place to place. (You can get furnished apartments, but they're much less common, at least in Sydney.) Are you in the US, or somewhere else?

Not the OP, but in the UK(well, London at least) it's very common to have furnished apartments and not to lug your furniture every time you move. Access to many apartments and houses in London is very restricted. You'd have to take your furniture apart to get it through the door and up the staircases. That said, a mattress will fold and bend round corners easily, so I don't think this is a big issue if you're renting…

Yes, I do live in the UK. At least for now, I can't afford an unfurnished flat. And so far, I've had to move quite a bit.
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