# Posture-Pedic Vs "Memory Foam" Mattress Topper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676 "2003-10-26T16:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676/1 "2003-10-26T16:37:49Z")

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First off, I **know** there’s a huge price diff, but I was wondering if any of y’all have chosen the latter over the whole mattress, and if you have noticed an appreciable difference.

Right now, I just have a quees-size Sealy with springs and those “Sleep Number” and “Posture-Pedics” (With that space-age stuff made by NASA) beds look damn attractive to me.

I’m pretty much a cheap-skate, however and wanna explore all other alternatives. The “topper” would cost me about 60 bucks. I haven’t checked out the prices of the two mattresses I mentioned, but I don’t believe the hype that they cost “about as much as an ordinary mattress.”

So whatch’all think?

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676/2 "2003-10-26T22:58:08Z")

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Tempurpedic. “Posturpedic” is actually the name of a mattress made by Sealy.

I think it would be more accurate to say that Tempurpedic costs “about as much as an ordinary (but top of the line) mattress.” Not an ordinary cheapo matress.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676/3 "2003-10-26T23:47:54Z")

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Right. Thanks for the correction, **Hello Again**!

Quasi

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posture-pedic-vs-memory-foam-mattress-topper/209676/4 "2003-10-27T01:22:17Z")

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We have a memory foam mattress topper and love it. There was one problem that we had to solve, though. It would creep inexorably toward the foot of the bed. I bought a set of carpenters suspenders in the Sears’ tool department and made up some heavy duty clips, using the suspender clamps, to keep it from moving.