Beautiful product, excellent customer service Ive been frustrated for years by expensive mattresses that give out in a couple years, or which hurt my back a few months down the road. This is relatively inexpensive, and the 10 year warranty reassures me.
Nevertheless I was frustrated by the Moonshadow til I learned 2 things about it: the first is I must flip and shake it out every week. Kind of like rotating your tires. This is what my grandmother and mother did with all mattresses in the house, but I dont think people do it nowadays. Perhaps if you weigh 100 pounds you could flip it every couple months, but if you are over 150 as I am, you will make a nice dent in the mattress. However, it does shake out and immediately becomes comfortable again. It is lightweight enough to pick up and flip with a bit of effort but has no handles.
The second thing is, it matters what the Moonshadow is placed on. A hard, even level surface seems best. I had it on a metal wire platform bed frame made to be used without a box spring. I think it was sagging, giving me a bad backache, so I put the Moonshadow on the floor, on a rug, and my backache went away in 4 days. Perhaps it would be good on a tatami mat.
I was disappointed with the Moonshadow because I was getting a backache after using it a few months. I bought a few mattress toppers, one which was close to the price of the Moonshadow. Turns out the Moonshadow was fine and I dont need the toppers, just had to flip it and get it on the right surface.
This is a good, well-made, lightweight mattress and I recommend it. It has kept its edge shape very well. I also love the name.
I subtracted a star because it has no handles. Makes it harder to flip it. I would have subtracted just 1/2 star if I could.
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Beautiful product, excellent customer service Ive been frustrated for years by expensive mattresses that give out in a couple years, or which hurt my back a few months down the road. This is relatively inexpensive, and the 10 year warranty reassures me. Nevertheless I was frustrated by the Moonshadow til I learned 2 things about it: the first is I must flip and shake it out every week. Kind of like rotating your tires. This is what my grandmother and mother did with all mattresses in the house, but I dont think people do it nowadays. Perhaps if you weigh 100 pounds you could flip it every couple months, but if you are over 150 as I am, you will make a nice dent in the mattress. However, it does shake out and immediately becomes comfortable again. It is lightweight enough to pick up and flip with a bit of effort but has no handles. The second thing is, it matters what the Moonshadow is placed on. A hard, even level surface seems best. I had it on a metal wire platform bed frame made to be used without a box spring. I think it was sagging, giving me a bad backache, so I put the Moonshadow on the floor, on a rug, and my backache went away in 4 days. Perhaps it would be good on a tatami mat. I was disappointed with the Moonshadow because I was getting a backache after using it a few months. I bought a few mattress toppers, one which was close to the price of the Moonshadow. Turns out the Moonshadow was fine and I dont need the toppers, just had to flip it and get it on the right surface. This is a good, well-made, lightweight mattress and I recommend it. It has kept its edge shape very well. I also love the name. I subtracted a star because it has no handles. Makes it harder to flip it. I would have subtracted just 1/2 star if I could.