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Pilsner posted:That wall sure is purple. gently caress you say
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# ? Apr 22, 2017 23:53 |
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Ok I can weigh in a little more on side sleeping on a Purple mattress. This weekend we were staying with relatives and the bed in their guest room seemed nice at first, but I was waking up all night to shift from my side to my back and woke up with lower back pain. Fast forward to side sleeping on my own mattress at home on Sunday and I was out like a light until morning, no soreness no shifting. For perspective I'm 6'5", 240. Standard fuckoff huge cold weather Midwesterner of Northern European descent build.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:30 |
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Do these fancy mattresses like Casper and Purple also need to have their custom frames purchased? I've got a standard metal frame/box spring and I don't know if those are compatible with the mostly-foam mattresses.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 23:00 |
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Oxxidation posted:Do these fancy mattresses like Casper and Purple also need to have their custom frames purchased? I've got a standard metal frame/box spring and I don't know if those are compatible with the mostly-foam mattresses. Purple doesn't. We put it in our completely normal Ikea frame and it works fine.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 23:17 |
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Has anyone bought those stupid as hell Koala mattresses that get advertised all the drat time (in Australia)? Are they actually any good? Why do they think people will want to keep red wine glasses on their bed while their partner elbow drops the mattress? (context:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S4TgsXCsM0 Synonymous fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Anyone using the Purple Mattress using a cover on it (either theirs, or your own)? I'm tempted to use my own (because theirs isn't bedbug-proof), but I'd hate for that to get in the way of the breathability.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:48 |
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Thanatosian posted:Anyone using the Purple Mattress using a cover on it (either theirs, or your own)? I'm tempted to use my own (because theirs isn't bedbug-proof), but I'd hate for that to get in the way of the breathability. Have you ever had a problem with bedbugs? I thought that they were rare outside of skeezy motels.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:55 |
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therobit posted:Have you ever had a problem with bedbugs? I thought that they were rare outside of skeezy motels. If you make that post in the Gooncave thread, you will essentially discover a Bedbug Survivor Support Group. We all have bedbug PTSD. And at one point, they were rare, but these days they have been growing into a bigger and bigger problem; we suspect we got ours from an Amazon package. I was lucky enough that they never got into my bedroom (I suspect because I had a metal bed frame, and my roommate didn't), but I'd rather not have to go through the extensive inspection, cleaning, and bagging of all my worldly belongings (as well as paying for the heat treatment) that getting rid of them again involves. Cleanliness makes basically zero difference; once they get a foothold (and it only takes one bug), they're in, and there is no pesticide that is effective against them.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 05:02 |
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bed bugs are not super rare (and aren't limited to the bed hurr hurr), especially if you live in a large city, you're bound to know someone that's dealt with them. Thrift stores are a major source, also people buying used mattresses(why!?!?!)/furniture or picking up used furniture out of an alley. They are also common in nursing homes, my fiance worked in 3 different ones and they all were dealing with bedbugs pretty much constantly to some extent.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 08:15 |
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therobit posted:Have you ever had a problem with bedbugs? I thought that they were rare outside of skeezy motels. You wish. They are common enough in most major/large cities that planning ahead with bedbug mattress protectors has become ubiquitous for everyone I know. And it will only get worse.
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Actually I'm curious about the cover too, because bed-bug covers are also dust-mite barriers, and I'm very allergic to dust-mites.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 15:48 |
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Thanatosian posted:Anyone using the Purple Mattress using a cover on it (either theirs, or your own)? I'm tempted to use my own (because theirs isn't bedbug-proof), but I'd hate for that to get in the way of the breathability. We bought the cover too, waiting for it to show up. -- And chiming in with the bedbug chat, they are definitely a concern. We had an epidemic here in Chicago, maybe five years ago. I avoided it, thankfully, but a lot of people- including the company I worked for at the time- got infested. Nasty old dirty city problems, I guess.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:02 |
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Do the purple or tuft and needle mattresses have any latex? I'm allergic as all hell and looking for a new mattress.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 17:47 |
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Do the purple or tuft and needle mattresses have any latex? I'm allergic as all hell and looking for a new mattress. No latex in purple. It uses hyper elastic polymer on the top layer, which means whatever that means. The pillow is made of the same stuff and they claim it has no latex in it.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 17:55 |
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Do the purple or tuft and needle mattresses have any latex? I'm allergic as all hell and looking for a new mattress. I'm also allergic and I have noticed while shopping that it varies greatly. Purple says they're 100% latex free, but others (like Ghostbed) use a massive amount of latex. Check before you buy.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 18:53 |
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I emailed Purple. They said their protector is not bed bug proof, but helps against most allergens (my main issue). However they recommend a mattress protector called "Sleep Tite" from another company as an alternative. I know that having dust mite proof protectors changed my allergy life.
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# ? Apr 25, 2017 21:04 |
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Hi, I sell beds now. Ask questions and I'll answer as honestly as I can; if I don't answer a question, it's because I'm worried that my response could put my job in jeopardy. If any goons in the greater KC area are looking for beds, shoot me a PM and I'll try to offer direct advice. Fair warning, I've never gotten a chance to tear any online only mattresses apart; I'm hella interested in Purple mattresses. They're so hush-hush on their proprietary polymer that it makes it impossible to compare against.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 04:51 |
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Synastren posted:Fair warning, I've never gotten a chance to tear any online only mattresses apart; I'm hella interested in Purple mattresses. They're so hush-hush on their proprietary polymer that it makes it impossible to compare against. You can get little samples of the material. When I pressed a hammer into it, it did this:
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 04:58 |
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signalnoise posted:You can get little samples of the material. When I pressed a hammer into it, it did this: My biggest problem with Purple is that their marketing is so brilliant that it is difficult to get any real, substantive information. Any of the traditional vendors we work with will supply us with intimate details regarding their beds' specs. Purple illustrates a nonsensical (but visually impressive) "egg test," for example. I'm actually trying to rationalize purchasing one of their chair cushions so I can get a large enough bit of their material that I can use it. I might also put it to some tests of my own devising, that I can do to floor models or something.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 05:16 |
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Synastren posted:My biggest problem with Purple is that their marketing is so brilliant that it is difficult to get any real, substantive information. Any of the traditional vendors we work with will supply us with intimate details regarding their beds' specs. Purple illustrates a nonsensical (but visually impressive) "egg test," for example. I'm actually trying to rationalize purchasing one of their chair cushions so I can get a large enough bit of their material that I can use it. I might also put it to some tests of my own devising, that I can do to floor models or something. Just buy a cushion or something from them if you wanna try out the material. The best way I can explain how it feels good is that while foam can support you well, and it compresses, it doesn't STRETCH. The effect of stretching cannot be overstated here. If you're a heavy person, or a side sleeper, or both, you need the bed to create basically a sharp dip in the surface. When you do this, it increases the surface area of the mattress. The purple material can be squished at much sharper angles than other mattresses, which allows you to be cradled for support, as the material presses against you over more area of your body. This reduces the maximum pressure exerted against your body, because you are spreading that pressure more evenly, against more surface area. Make sense? It's fuckin great and it feels amazing.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 06:37 |
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Purple is suing one of the mattress review blogs. Not a good look for them. https://www.honestmattressreviews.com/purple-sues-honest-reviews/
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Synastren posted:My biggest problem with Purple is that their marketing is so brilliant that it is difficult to get any real, substantive information. Any of the traditional vendors we work with will supply us with intimate details regarding their beds' specs. Purple illustrates a nonsensical (but visually impressive) "egg test," for example. I'm actually trying to rationalize purchasing one of their chair cushions so I can get a large enough bit of their material that I can use it. I might also put it to some tests of my own devising, that I can do to floor models or something. This leaves consumers with the option of either A) going to a physical mattress store or B) trusting online reviews. Both of these options suck.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:23 |
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signalnoise posted:Just buy a cushion or something from them if you wanna try out the material. The best way I can explain how it feels good is that while foam can support you well, and it compresses, it doesn't STRETCH. The effect of stretching cannot be overstated here. If you're a heavy person, or a side sleeper, or both, you need the bed to create basically a sharp dip in the surface. When you do this, it increases the surface area of the mattress. The purple material can be squished at much sharper angles than other mattresses, which allows you to be cradled for support, as the material presses against you over more area of your body. This reduces the maximum pressure exerted against your body, because you are spreading that pressure more evenly, against more surface area. That makes it sound as if they found an alternative way to get the same effects of really high end memory foam. That's very cool, and sounds promising. I would really be interested in hearing about the beds' longevity, as it's an entirely new material. Imaduck posted:What would you consider an actual objective measurement of anything about beds? It seems like outside of the type of bed it is, there are very few things to actually compare them on. Everybody talks about amazing construction and space-age polymers and spring counts and all that bullshit, and then maybe there are some arbitrary ratings of firmness, but none of that seems particularly useful. I'll be the first to admit my bias, given my job. However, if we're talking innersprings, knowing coil gauge, coil density, and number of turns in a coil should tell you everything you need to know about how firm or accommodating the metal layer of the bed is. Beautyrest has more turns in their coils than Serta, for example, so they tend to feel firmer in general. BR then has different coil gauges based on whether we're talking firm or plush beds. Finally, they have different coil counts based on the quality level of the bed in question (Recharge has fewer coils than World Class, for example). Foams are much more complicated, as the manufacturers have many more proprietary materials than anywhere else. The go-to for foams would be density and cellular structure. The higher density, the firmer the foam. The larger the cellular structure, the more airflow and thus the more temperature-neutral the foam will be. High density + large structure foams are the most expensive because they are the most difficult to make. And then consider all of the add-ins (diamonds, metals, phase change material), and foam gets rapidly out of control.
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Shooting Blanks posted:Purple is suing one of the mattress review blogs. Not a good look for them. Yeah apparently there's a white powder that coats the inside that's a proprietary secret. I see "white powder coating" and I think of latex, but it's supposed to be some form of plastic. This is what their website says: Here are the details about the inert non-toxic plastic powder that we invented to solve our packaging conundrum: It is NOT a talc powder. Talc is a mineral and our plastic powder contains no talc whatsoever, or any mineral for that matter. It is chemically inactive, AKA an inert substance. It is a food-contact-grade material, meaning that this family of plastic materials can be used for eating utensils, children’s toys, etc. It is 100% non-toxic and is completely harmless. You can think of it being as safe as eating with a plastic fork, so you can rest easy on our bed! In fact, it may be even safer—no Purple product ever stabbed anyone in the lip! Gumbel2Gumbel fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Synastren posted:I'll be the first to admit my bias, given my job. However, if we're talking innersprings, knowing coil gauge, coil density, and number of turns in a coil should tell you everything you need to know about how firm or accommodating the metal layer of the bed is. Beautyrest has more turns in their coils than Serta, for example, so they tend to feel firmer in general. BR then has different coil gauges based on whether we're talking firm or plush beds. Finally, they have different coil counts based on the quality level of the bed in question (Recharge has fewer coils than World Class, for example). quote:Foams are much more complicated, as the manufacturers have many more proprietary materials than anywhere else. The go-to for foams would be density and cellular structure. The higher density, the firmer the foam. The larger the cellular structure, the more airflow and thus the more temperature-neutral the foam will be. High density + large structure foams are the most expensive because they are the most difficult to make. And then consider all of the add-ins (diamonds, metals, phase change material), and foam gets rapidly out of control. Everybody keeps raving about Purple though, and it seems to check all of my boxes, so I'll probably just end up getting that :P.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 16:21 |
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Shooting Blanks posted:Purple is suing one of the mattress review blogs. Not a good look for them. This seems like a dumb Streisand-effect mistake. I mean a food-grade white powder is going to just be corn starch 100% of the time, right?
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Synastren posted:That makes it sound as if they found an alternative way to get the same effects of really high end memory foam. That's very cool, and sounds promising. I would really be interested in hearing about the beds' longevity, as it's an entirely new material. It's insanely good. I sleep completely still now and between the sheets and the materials of the mattress it sleeps ridiculously cool, so I don't wake up during the night. I'm currently a pretty big Purple fan.
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Unload My Head posted:This seems like a dumb Streisand-effect mistake. I mean a food-grade white powder is going to just be corn starch 100% of the time, right? Except they say it's plastic.
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Unload My Head posted:This seems like a dumb Streisand-effect mistake. I mean a food-grade white powder is going to just be corn starch 100% of the time, right? Well not to mention the fact that since they're bringing claims of libel, to which truth is an absolute defense, it opens up the formulation of the white powder to the legal discovery process; so by bringing suit Purple will be forced to disclose exactly what they wanted to keep secret and I guarantee there's no studies anywhere to back up their claim that their inhalable plastic powder is "100% safe". biznatchio fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Apr 26, 2017 |
# ? Apr 26, 2017 19:15 |
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Sorry but any site that pushes notifications can go gently caress itself and anything of worth it has to say.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 20:30 |
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I honestly don't care if this poo poo makes me die faster.
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 20:55 |
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Hell, I welcome death.
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Shooting Blanks posted:Purple is suing one of the mattress review blogs. Not a good look for them. "As the son of a decorated deceased Vietnam Veteran," *emphasis his gently caress this guy and his stock photos of the American flag and mouths with tape over them w/ FREEDOM written across it. Scudworth fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Apr 27, 2017 |
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Scudworth posted:" As the son of a decorated deceased Vietnam Veteran, " As the son of a decorated deceased Vietnam Veteran, I launched Honest Reviews Platform around one core question,"What's best for consumers?" What the gently caress does that have to do with that
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# ? Apr 26, 2017 23:54 |
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Look, his father didn't go lose a useless war to secure America's paranoia about the spread of the commie menace so that good hard working people could sleep on uncomfy mattresses or secret toxic powder beds okay. Freedom isn't free.
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# ? Apr 27, 2017 02:01 |
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His father slept with his rear end on that uncomfortable hunk of mattress for two years.
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# ? Apr 30, 2017 00:10 |
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Pilsner posted:His father slept with his rear end on that uncomfortable hunk of mattress for two years. Two long years, he slept with his rear end on that mattress. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the mattress. I slept on that uncomfortable hunk of mattress, on my rear end, for two years. Then, after four years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give this mattress to you.
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# ? Apr 30, 2017 01:30 |
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What's a good temporary sleeping arrangement? I don't want to sleep in the floor for the next 2-3 weeks, but I also don't want to blow $100 on a futon and never use it again.
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# ? May 6, 2017 22:13 |
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get a purple or tuft & needle mattress 2 day shipped and use it on the floor
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shame on an IGA posted:get a purple or tuft & needle mattress 2 day shipped and use it on the floor I've tried a TN mattress recently; I was not impressed. I can't weigh in on Purple, but that lawsuit is likely to bring some poo poo down on the company hard due to byproducts of its manufacture. My on-the-floor solution was a foam topper instead of an air mattress when my parents-in-law visited last holiday season.
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