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OT, but relevant .................. air beds .......
Does anyone have one of those air beds? The expensive ones like Sleep
Number? Any recommendations? I got to get a better, different bed, but that's a big chunk to spend without some input. I think they all have a 90 day free trial thing. Input appreciated. Netnannies, just take three Xanaxes and a thorazine, and write in when you wake up. Steve |
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"Steve B" wrote in
: Does anyone have one of those air beds? The expensive ones like Sleep Number? Any recommendations? I got to get a better, different bed, but that's a big chunk to spend without some input. I think they all have a 90 day free trial thing. I have had two of them and they have been the best beds I have ever used. My own experience has been that they suport you completely and that the concepts of a firm vs.soft matresses goes away as you get a lot of support even at lower settings. The first one lasted for 11 years and four moves before one of the air chambers started leaking and I decided to replace the whole thing rather than trying to match up parts. My current bed is a king with two chambers and a double pump allowing control on each side. The cost was around $800 I think. This bed looks exactly like a regular matress and uses a platform with no box spring (although you can buy a solid platform that looks like a box spring if necessary). The pump appears to be a diaphram pump and is quiet but noticable when used. The old bed sounded like a vacuum cleaner and was a lot louder (one of the reasons for replacement). I tend not to adjust the bed very much after finding the right feel and do not use any of the digital number systems, assuming that if I really was concerned I could plumb in a pressure gauge to determine a repeatable setting. Check out these guys, http://www.airbedsunlimited.com I bought the last bed through them. Do not let the website scare you off, they are really great to deal with. |
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On Oct 24, 1:50*am, Doc wrote:
"Steve B" wrote : Does anyone have one of those air beds? *The expensive ones like Sleep Number? *Any recommendations? *I got to get a better, different bed, but that's a big chunk to spend without some input. *I think they all have a 90 day free trial thing. I have had two of them and they have been the best beds I have ever used. My own experience has been that they suport you completely and that the concepts of a firm vs.soft matresses goes away as you get a lot of support even at lower settings. The first one lasted for 11 years and four moves before one of the air chambers started leaking and I decided to replace the whole thing rather than trying to match up parts. My current bed is a king with two chambers and a double pump allowing control on each side. The cost was around $800 I think. This bed looks exactly like a regular matress and uses a platform with no box spring (although you can buy a solid platform that looks like a box spring if necessary). The pump appears to be a diaphram pump and is quiet but noticable when used. The old bed sounded like a vacuum cleaner and was a lot louder (one of the reasons for replacement). I tend not to adjust the bed very much after finding the right feel and do not use any of the digital number systems, assuming that if I really was concerned I could plumb in a pressure gauge *to determine a repeatable setting. Check out these guys,http://www.airbedsunlimited.com I bought the last bed through them. Do not let the website scare you off, they are really great to deal with. Did you have air loss where it would repressurise during the night. I had a friend in the hospital and her bed would pump itself up every 10 minutes or so. Karl |
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:11:23 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Did you have air loss where it would repressurise during the night. I had a friend in the hospital and her bed would pump itself up every 10 minutes or so. That's not what you think it is... It does that 10-minute cycle deliberately, and the mattress pad has two different zones kinda like two cheap I-beam beach mattresses put together out of phase. ABABAB It's to avoid (and/or heal) bed-sores in people who have poor peripheral circulation and can't move at all, from either paralysis or sedation - the mattress pad does the periodic moving and shifting FOR them. -- Bruce -- |
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"Bruce L. Bergman (munged human readable)"
wrote in : On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:11:23 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Did you have air loss where it would repressurise during the night. I had a friend in the hospital and her bed would pump itself up every 10 minutes or so. That's not what you think it is... It does that 10-minute cycle deliberately, and the mattress pad has two different zones kinda like two cheap I-beam beach mattresses put together out of phase. ABABAB It's to avoid (and/or heal) bed-sores in people who have poor peripheral circulation and can't move at all, from either paralysis or sedation - the mattress pad does the periodic moving and shifting FOR them. -- Bruce -- Also the control over the pump in the case of a home air bed is manual. I only use the pump when I want to change the pressure and have not done so in over a year. And to alleviate obvious concerns, no they do not leak if from a good company. I did have one start to leak after ten years, but I suspect that the number of moves I had made and the technology of that bed contributed to the problem.(you can only fold up an air bladder so many times) I could have just patched the leak as the bed was made of a latex material, but it was easier to use it as an excuse to upgrade. |
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