I’m blown away.
I have not flipped my mattress(cheap cheap cheap brand) ever in years. Notice no difference.
Weird.
Same here. The wife’s got us on a quarterly schedule of flipping and rotating.
I do not. I’m not even sure that you are supposed to with the memory foam types (which is what I have.)
Wouldn’t you at least spin it 180[sup]o[/sup] once in a while?
If two of my young(er) nieces are visiting at the same time, and if the mattress is due, I will ask for their “help” in either flipping or rotating; they will then, of course, do it for me. I’ve noticed they visit far less often now; I think they have caught on.
Flip and spin here, too.
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We flip and rotate our mattress about every three months, but we always forget what we did last time (flip or rotate).
We saw one mattress for sale that had a label sewn into the corners that had three months of the year, so Jan/Feb/Mar was in the upper right first, then you rotated it so Apr/May/Jun was in the upper right. Then you flipped it so Jul/Aug/Sep was upper right, and rotated it again when it was Oct/Nov/Dec. Finally you flipped it again in January.
I guess you could write the month initials or name of the season in the appropriate corners with a marker.
Our mattress company recommended that we flip the mattress once a month to protect the wear, so far it is over 12 years and it is still like new. So I guess it does help.
I have a bad back. and can give you an easy way to flip your mattress by your self…Pull the mattress toward you until the far end reaches the floor…then just give it a push and it will fall in place by it self. I am in my 80’s now and find it no trouble at all. Turning it doesn’t require any lifting unless you have a high bed end.
That wasn’t exactly the flipping I was talking about, heh. ;)
Tempurpedic here, no flip/rotate required. Still a perfectly flat top after four years of service.
Eight years ago I built a futon couch frame, and bought a stuffed futon mattress for it. After eight years of service, the mattress looks terrible: Original thickness at the left and right ends, and crushed horribly thin at the middle where we usually sit. Piece o shit. Would like to replace it with Tempurpedic one of these days.
No. I used to, a few years ago, when I was without a couch or the room to put it in, bend the mattress against the wall, for an improvised “seating space.” Now, same mattress, it doesn’t really matter – it’s fucked, basically. (Obviously I don’t change sheets often, except if a fancy go-meeting girl is coming over – even then, she’s sleeping on the futon, or I am).
Can’t flip mine, the bottom is springs/box spring and the top is memory foam. I can rotate it head to foot, though. I haven’t yet, but I’ve only have had this bed for fewer than 6 months. It’s still just as comfortable as when I got it. I will probably rotate it next time I change the sheets, if I remember. I probably won’t remember.
I don’t think it’s a big deal anyway. I sleep alone and I sleep in the middle of the bed, so I doubt it’s going to sag in any meaningful way for a very long time. Or, if it does sag, it’ll be in the middle and there’s nothing I can do about that!
Rotating/flipping requires a laborious refitting of the electric blanket, so: never.
AH, I get your humor:)!
I thought I was the last person in the US with a waterbed. No flipping for me.
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No. It’s a kingsize mattress and is over a foot thick; I flipped and rotated it when I got a new bed a little while ago, and the heavy bastard’s staying there.