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3.0 out of 5 starsFoam is lacking DENSITY
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2023
I know foam. been working with it my whole life. I built foam mattresses for myself in BC from scratch using layers of dense foam and latex and memory foam in a zip up shell. The mattress I have now is also foam. It’s a wonderful product. this wedge unfortunately is not so wonderful. I paid top dollar hoping for quality but it is not there. The problem is the DENSITY OF THE FOAM not hardness (this wedge is neither dense or hard) and anyway, hard does not automatically imply dens. Dense foam can be either harder or softer depending on the purpose of the foam and it’s use. When the foam lacks density it collapses and when it does so does your back. Density PLUS firmness is especially important for this kind of back support product. This is NOT A PILLOW! This id suppose to be BACK SUPORT! And then you use pillows with it depending on the philology of you NECK. Some will need more cervical support from pillow some less. I recommend soft but dense support in pillow with side wings to stabilize the head because this elevated wedge back support can only be used one way. Lying on your back. If you must sleep on hour did you must elevate your whole mattress and NOT USE A WEDGE. Like never! You can get a slanted mattress elevator but they are not cheep. Anyway this is ok (barely ok) for a few days after surgery but for130 dollars you expect something that will support your spine and that will last. I have a 5 year old wedge that is also wonderful and dense and never collapsed but is 12” high and it does not hurt my back because ITS DENSE but I wanted something lower because I must use this every night forever so I wanted 2 options - higher and lower but this is impossible to sleep on do to lack of density and my spine caves in and my disks get pinched. That would kill me in only a few days. My recommendation to company - improve the density of your product - it is more expensive but I already paid double - I just assumed it was like my old foam wedge back support which I have no problem using for many years.