mattress - latex or (memory) foam?

[♣ McKraut ♣]

so we're going to be looking around for a new mattress tomorrow after work to replace the spring mattress we have now.  i'm wondering if we should go with something foam, or if this whole latex thing is the way to go?  anyone have experience with either they can share?  i tend to get hot when i sleep so anything that keeps cool would be nice (which i hear latex is pretty good at).  i've heard "okay" things about the tempurpedic... but not anything that makes me want to drop $2k on one.  i think we're going to hit ikea and see how we like theirs (they have both foam and latex), since they're very inexpensive.

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I slept on an inner spring for many years, never could get a good nights sleep. Got a 'floatation system' (water tubes) and slept great for 10 years. Just last year bought a latex/foam mattress and have never slept as good. No pains at all.

[muskrat]

we have a memory foam top from Tempu something or other and I like it. 

if you're Ikea way call and we'll do dinner at the diner there....cheap and good. 

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I bought our foam mattress at Pier 1 Imports for $500. Not sure what the cost is for City Mattress in Fort Worth but they actually make the matteress' there. Best thing about the foam is that if I come to bed late I don't roust up spousal unit while she sleeps. 

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we have a memory foam top from Tempu something or other and I like it. 

if you're Ikea way call and we'll do dinner at the diner there....cheap and good. 

Don't they only have one thing on the menu? Stroganoff or something like that? 

[muskrat]

way more than that.  based on your diet plan I thought you'd know better 

[GeorgeInDallas]

LATEX.

Sleeps better than anything I've ever found.

Dust mites (which live in mattresses, pillows, pads, etc.) cannot live in latex - so you will probably notice your allergies will subside if not clear up entirely...also fewer colds, etc.

And they don't slide all over the place when you're having circus sex.

George.  Born to be mild.

[muskrat]

Not true George, baby oil and slip n hide we go 

[♣ McKraut ♣]

hmmm...sounds like it's latex far in the lead.  i'll have to take a short nap while i'm there to get the full effect.  we'll plan on "grabbing some meatballs" with you guys for dinner then too... i'll shoot you a text later on.   

[muskrat]

good luck catching a nap in that store.  it's like cattle herding there.

[victor441]

I needed to make that decision a few years ago and went with a latex mattress (from Ikea) after reading that many consider memory foam poor for ...ahem...recreation.  Been happy with it so far.

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Victor? 441?

Hmmm....must mean you HAVE one! Local? New here? Pics?

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D'oh!, if I'd read your profile earlier I would have known you're from the Bay area. It's cool that you're posting here!

[muskrat]

I needed to make that decision a few years ago and went with a latex mattress (from Ikea) after reading that many consider memory foam poor for ...ahem...recreation.  Been happy with it so far.

one word to that VISQUEEN 

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Visqueen+new mattress+so+massage oil= uh...