I like mine set around 4. It is really soft and the noise is not nearly as bad. At first the noise bother me, but now it's just white noise to me. In fact, when I spent a little time in the hospital several years ago I had trouble sleeping because there was no mattress noise. :-)
Quadius On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Joan Anglin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Greg > I have used a low air loss mattress that alternates also for five years. I > have a super long twin bed we have found if we put the motor on the floor > at > the end of the bed on a insulating extruded foam piece it is much quieter. > There's also none of the vibration that we had when it was hanging on the > foot of the bed. I sleep on low number one which still keeps my butt off > the bottom. I have it on a 8 inch firm foam mattress, so when I have > bottomed out (power went off) I still had a foam mattress under the > alternating one. I love mine, but I still am grateful when we turn it off > in the morning. :-) Joan > > -----Original Message----- > From: greg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [QUAD-L] Air Mattress > > I got my Low Air Loss Mattress from my insurance yesterday. Looked good, > but > way too loud. > > http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Medical-Mattress-Replacement-Alternating/dp/B002 > VWKO9W/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_1 > I could not sleep. Part from the noise, part from the pain. > Not sure what it was, it was not uncomfortable, but my whole body was > tingling, kind of like freezer burning, but also a hot burning feeling. > Still after being up for 8 hours my whole body is like tingling, burning, I > imaging it feeling like being a latex allergic reaction over my whole body. > I get that feeling sometimes with a UTI. Or sometimes when overheat at > night, but that goes away right away. > I'm going to try it one more night. I'll turn it down so it's not as firm. > Plus put 2 bottom sheets on. The air that it releases can cause a chill on > the skin. > One thing I notice is every mattress like that I've tried it not wide > enough. If I stick my elbows out, they both barely go off the edge. > Greg > >
