Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about beds (of which we ain't afraid). Not sleep: that's a topic for another time. Beds only. And Rym's amazing pillow. Also, laundry fires, ADA issues with UC Berkeley's public course material, a CC response to this, Rym's old Advance Wars test streams, and the Matrix reboot.
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Jeremy and I have been wanting a new bed forever. We saw this at Costco on sale for $500 in a big box.
Novaform 14" Comfort Grande Queen Memory Foam Mattress.
I love how it was rolled up in vacuum sealed pack. So far this mattress is wonderful. Iām still alternating with Scottās past recommended Z malouf pillow, but I need a cooler case.
āIām confident that if I get under your comforter it will be too hot.ā
@SkeleRym Jesus fuck if it was constantly 76 in my house I would die. THE THERMOSTAT IS TOO DAMN HIGH.
From my perspective, our lovely hosts are either both insane, or have magma rather than blood in their veins. Theyāve stated multiple times throughout the years that they somehow ENJOY temperatures in the 90s Fahrenheit.
I start getting grumbly about the heat at about the moment the dial hits 70.
The actual ideal temperature isnāt a number measured in degrees, itās being under a warm blanket in a cold room. All other temperatures are inferior. However a necessary precursor to being the best temperature is a cool or even cold ambient temperature.
76 degrees Fahrenheit = 24.444444444444 degrees Celsius. Sometimes I put the temperature that high, but not for when Iām sleeping.
I just measured my mattress, and itās 200cm by 180cm. Wikipedia tells me thatās a āKingā or a āSuperking/Queenā or also known as āEuropean Kingā. Whatever. It was totally worth the money, and when Juliane and I stay over at her parentsā place in her old bedroom, and sleep in the normal bed, which is only 140cm wideā¦ it feels barbarically cramped.
We went to a memory foam mattress a couple of years ago. Best decision ever.
Agreed with the Queen size if you can fit it.
When I first got one I rapidly changed from vampire to star fish style.
I do agree with Scott on the hard bed and the bed being at a sitting height. Having to jump onto a bed seems a bit silly and if Rymās justification is the extra room you get underneath, why not have it as close to the ceiling as possible to reclaim more floor space haha?
Although with the harder mattress I do add a memory foam mattress pad. Iām a down pillow kind of person Iām yet to experience a memory foam pillow I like.
Thread count is useless when youāre counting thousands, itās just marketing, I think I have like 500 to 800 thread count sheets, I spent the same amount on sheets and pillows as I did on the mattress.
If youāre in Australia, Sheridan sheets and pillows are pretty quality and you can get them at discount during holiday sales.
A) How does Rym have that much chest hair and not have at least some of it collect in his navel? Or are we only considering actual fabric lint?
B) No discussion on Murphy beds!!! (unless I missed it?). A+ for touching on Magic Fingers though.
Murphy Beds are so before our time, that I would never think of them unless they were mentioned first.
The only thing you should know about them is that they are very dangerous and you should not sleep in one.
Back when I bought my bed I got a good quality latex mattress (image)
On top of fancy adjustable under-mattress frame (pic)
The problem was that adjustability of the boardās firmness in the middle. It took me weeks to find a setting that was comfortable. If I ever get another bed, Iāll get a simpler frame.
As for memory foam pillows, I have to agree they are incredible to sleep on.
Trinity was my first cosplay.
We had twin extra long in college, and my parents had a California King for a while. I like King size, Phil sleeps like a vampire.
This one made me laugh to crying at two points: Sweater, Balls.
We did get a new mattress, and itās utterly fantastic. The Spartan.
Itās literally perfect and I am sleeping better than Iāve ever slept. Iām also much more able to sleep on my side, which Iāve never been able to do with anything but a deep pillowtop (and never on a futon or the like).
We bought it directly from a show-room, so I didnāt see any of the literature about it until I looked it up just now. The woo-woo FIR stuff is clearly woo-woo. But from the perspective of lying on a dozen mattresses in a showroom, it stood out as the most comfortable with only one other mattress even coming close.
So now itās bed shopping time. Iām going to get rid of that old frame from the 20s.
Iām really looking for a minimalist bedframe. Along these lines if I can find an affordable one:
ā¦that looks like a needlessly expensive version of generic folding metal bed frames.
Was gonna say you could buy like half inch squared steel bars and hire someone to weld it.
Iād weld this project for free just for the practice. Hell Iād bring my machine to the site. So nobody had to lug the thing around. I have no doubt I could travel on the subway with my small MIG setup without any issues.
