# do waterbeds work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-waterbeds-work/797630 "2017-09-30T04:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hmazuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@hmazuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmazuji)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-waterbeds-work/797630/21 "2017-10-04T20:11:56Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Given that “work” is undefined, let’s move this to IMHO. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator the question came up after seeing this: [https://postimg.org/image/243f02yniz/](https://postimg.org/image/243f02yniz/) seeing all the negative feedback, i’m under the impression that ‘no’ - they don’t work ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-waterbeds-work/797630/22 "2017-10-04T21:21:26Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I hope that you have a whore around that can suck a golf ball through a garden hose when that happens because you are going to need one to siphon the water out… Funny story…had a waterbed on the 2nd story of a house I rented with some friends. I needed to empty it to move it to the other side of the room, so had one buddy downstairs with the other end of the hose, performing the aforementioned “sucking” procedure but nothing coming through until I proceeded to put some weight down on the bed. Needless to say, he got a mouthful he hasn’t forgotten. I miss that bed too. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-waterbeds-work/797630/23 "2017-10-04T22:00:25Z")
FWIW there’s [some evidence](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566317/) that waterbeds can help prevent bed sores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-waterbeds-work/797630.md?page=1)