Engineered Sleep ES Duo

“I feel so much resonance with your journey. Like so much resonance. And like you I have taken all of these different experiences to learn different things and to come up with a strategy and I came up with exactly your strategy, in retrospect. Side note, I also sleep hot, want something that lasts, had a budget around yours, and also relate to the comment about how it's still ruining your life. I ended up getting an engineered sleep Duo, 4 in latex. They are a solid company, and if you buy during sales even a king size can hit about that Target price, and it is really hard to find people talking about their beds breaking down quickly. Also, because of the duo, even if the top layer starts wearing down after years you can replace the topper and not have to replace the whole bed. And, they've been around for a long time. I got the 4-in latex duo, which ultimately ended up being a little too hard for me particularly in the middle of the night when latex gets hard. I added a 3-inch wool topper to it. I think a one or 2-inch wool topper would have been better in combination with the 4-in latex, or getting the 3-inch topper with the 2-in latex, as the 2-in latex would create a harder base. Essentially, it's a little too soft at this point, which is still agonizing to me. It feels good mostly but I think it's not enough support for my lower back, which continues to have issues. But, so much better than our old memory foam. It's also a bit warmer than I would like, but I think that's the case with all non innerspring mattresses. If I could go back in time I would probably have just gotten the DLX inner spring mattress. DLX is another company where the reviews tend to be really positive not only about the company but about how long the beds tend to last. Although latex is marketed as cooling, it is nowhere near as cooling as old inner spring mattresses, and the current bed setup is running a bit too warm for me. It's not terrible like my old bed, but some nights I still go sleep on the old sagging inner spring mattress because it's cooler and a bit firmer for my lower back. Even though wool is marketed as cooling, I do have an understanding that if it gets thicker it can actually warm things up more so than if you have a one or two inch topper. I think I prefer natural material toppers (had feather on the old old mattress, which was super breathable and added softness) to latex as I think they are cooler and more breathable and add softness without sinking, which can twist the lower back. Although I've heard a lot of good things about sleep on latex. Also, I am finding sheets make such a difference. I'm gotten rid of the synthetic ones, and have an okay pair of cotton sheets. They're not smooth enough in the bed just isn't as cool as my old bed, but I'm trying for one more pair of sheets in hopes it'll help me sleep better. My husband seems fine with everything. So it is me dredging through all this on my own. I have been losing my mind over this for 8 months in active bed shopping and fine tuning mode and 5 years since we got the synthetic sheets and memory foam mattress (which gave me plantar fasciitis, finally confirmed by it magically clearing up almost immediately after i stopped sleeping on it.) I wish I could go back in time and get the innerspring. I hate the direction the bed industry has gone. Some day when I die, and my ashes are sprinkled somewhere magic, I hope someone speaks to my extreme difficulty and trauma trying to sleep on new fangled beds (not actually exaggerating, it's been terrible and horrible in ways I'm not prepared to describe in public forum) and I hope they wish me freedom from that in the afterlife. Good luck in whatever you end up getting.”