if your mattress alternates or varies between pressure, you really don't need to be turned. I use a really inexpensive system, also by Drive, which is just a simple overlay. I had to go to the system because the low air loss I was using wouldn't harden enough to do my bowel regimen.
It cost me around $55. I started using the system in March and had to replace the control box, but that particular mattress was about seven years old, even though it hadn't been used that often. I'm hoping this one last at least a year or more. The mattress itself has worked wonderful, because I took the cover off my low air loss and put it over the overlay and mattress. It protects the mattress. Quadius On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:19 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recently bought a Low Air Loss Mattress and really like it. I tied few > and never liked them. They hurt my shoulders. I would sink in too much. > But, I found one that really felt great and seems to do the job well. It's > by Drive, it has 8 inch purple tubes. I don't know the difference, but one > is listed at about $330 and another at $5000. Looks like same photo. I > bought the one that was about $330. If you get a flat, you can buy extra > tubes and change them. Half the tubes inflate while the other half > deflates. The hospital says you should still get turned every 2 hours, but > I go all night without getting turned. Anyway, The one I got looks just > like this one. > > > http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Medical-Mattress-Replacement-Alternating/dp/B002VWKO9W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1422130962&sr=8-2&keywords=air+mattress+low+air+loss > > Good luck, Greg > > > Has anyone got a new low pressure air mattress? > > The bed and mattress that I got in 1998 is on last leg. I had a > > Sunerise Medical pump that is no longer around and the mattress > > will not hold air at my feet. > > Medi-i-dont-care will not buy me any new mattress. I did get new > > bed frame. There is so many different manufactures and various > > kinds and prices and of course you can not ship it back after > > using/trying it out. If anyone has any suggestions of what mattress > > and pump worked best and where did you purchase it. If you could, > > provide the model number. Thanks in advance, > > Derrick...if you reply and get a reply message from my isp spam > > blocker do not worry, I can still get your email in my Suspect > > Folder. > >
