# Memory foam mattress pads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546 "2014-07-07T15:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/21 "2014-07-09T19:43:04Z")
A thousand dollars? I don’t recall spending anywhere close to that even originally. I don’t NEED memory foam here. I’ve never even tried it. Anyway, I sleep okay most nights, but there are quasi regular times I definitely feel the age of the mattress. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/22 "2014-07-09T22:50:41Z")
My elderly parents have been sleeping on the same mattress for 40 years. Recent report is that it is just fine. Regular turning so the wear is even. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/23 "2014-07-09T23:10:50Z")
Yes, thank you for the lesson on what I should have done. Unless your point is that I should put this into consideration for what I buy next, in which case maybe I should look at foam for that reason alone. ---
**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/25 "2015-11-09T08:10:34Z")
Just buy a whole darn mattress, such as [this one](http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Peyton-Convection-Support-Mattress/dp/B002RWK78Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447056505&sr=8-1&keywords=sarah+peyton+memory+foam+mattress) (listed at $260 for a queen). Don’t bother with a pad. I did this a few years ago and it’s worked great. It comes in a tube. You open up the packaging and FOOOMP - a whole freaking mattress expands out of the thing. You leave it outside in the sun a couple days to outgas all the fumes that were keeping the plastic pliable so it can expand like this. The first time I lay down on it…ah. You can instantly tell it’s the good stuff. It’s totally silent, you kind of sink into the foam leaving an inprint temporarily, you can sleep in a lot more positions and it’s still comfortable, etc etc. I just left the old boxspring under it, though you can also get a platform bed (just a sheet of wood and drawers under it) and slap the memory foam mattress right on top. You do not need anything underneath it, it works perfectly alone. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/26 "2015-11-09T10:44:15Z")
I could see a memory foam pad on top of a spring mattress. I would NOT want just a memory foam mattress on box springs. When I was driving, they gave me just a memory foam mattress for the sleeper. It wasn’t all that good and I was very happy to swap it out for a new spring mattress. ---
**Author:** ![LegsAkimbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@LegsAkimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegsAkimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/27 "2015-11-09T18:25:16Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#): > > I have a 4" memory foam mattress pad from Bed, Bath, and Beyond and has revolutionized my sleeping. It’s totally worth it. This. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546/28 "2015-11-09T19:42:27Z")
Insomnia can feel like you have been awake for a year and a half. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-pads/692546.md?page=1)