<p>Does the bumpy part go up, facing the ceiling, or down, facing the mattress?</p>
<p>Facing up towards the ceiling.</p>
<p>Really? It seems like that would feel strange to lay/lie upon. (I saw the post earlier, but didn’t know the answer)…can you do it either way?</p>
<p>Bumps up, definitely. Feels great!</p>
<p>bumps up.
not crazy about them though…like memory foam better. Great deals on overstock.com</p>
<p>memory foam is much better…try Bedbathandbeyond.com or other online stores…make XLongTwin memory foam…</p>
<p>I believe in an earlier post somebody said they bought one and didn’t like the bumpy part up so they turned it bumpy side down and liked it better.</p>
<p>We just got an XL Twin Memory Foam from Kohl’s for $15. D likes it better than the egg crate - when she ate on her bed, the crumbs would end up in the little valleys created by the bumps, and she couldn’t just brush them off!</p>
<p>I’m doing an eggcrate with a fiberbed over it (unless I can find this memory foam at kohls! what an awesome deal!). The eggcrate is so cheap that you could probably buy two and have a super comfy bed. I found the 2" gusseted fiberbed for $35, plus a 20% off coupon and BB&B so for $28, plus the $15 eggcrate, my bed is going to be heaven.</p>
<p>Word of advice: the bed is not a place to go cheap on. College kids spend about 75% of the time they spend in their room in their bed. And when you can only fit in 4 hours of sleep in a night, it’s best if those 4 hours are in a deep slumber, not rolling around being uncomfortable. So, if your S/D wants to spend a bit extra on the nicer mattress pad, or get a fiber/featherbed, or two eggcrates, let them.</p>
<p>My kids didn’t like them or any additional padding. It was a waste of money. Don’t assume the college will have awful mattresses. (for 50K they shouldn’t!). Eggcrates were designed for hospital patients and the bumps allow extra air circulation and help prevent skin breakdown for those bedridden for long periods.</p>
<p>We bought a fiberbed (the one from BB and B) and mattress pad thanks to advice on this forum - S’s bed was the most comfortable on his floor. So comfortable, in fact, I worried he wouldn’t get up in the morning!</p>
<p>I just want to throw the thing away at the end of the year - they get gross. (Now there’s a surprise, huh?)</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of a fiberbed before. I just went to the BBB site and saw that they have quite a few. I take it this is a mattress topper? Does it go inside the mattress pad and sheets? Any advice about mattress pads and sheets that accommodate extra memory foam toppers, fiberbeds, etc.?</p>
<p>It’s like a featherbed, just hypoallergenic, without the feathers poking through, and a bit easier to wash. It can be placed on top of a bed with or without a mattress pad, under sheets. And most sheets have 2-4" of “give room” to them in order to accommodate toppers. King sizes sometimes have extra pockets, but only King I think.</p>
<p>Thanks, shoebox …</p>
<p>Thanks for the shopping advice. I slept on one during a stay at the coast last week. It was great.</p>
<p>So first goes mattress, then goes the egg crate – bumps up – then goes the fiber bed, then goes mattress pad, then goes bottom sheet?</p>
<p>Jeez. Things sure have gotten complicated.</p>
<p>^^^I seem to remember reading about this somewhere…
Oh yeah…
“The Princess and the Pea”</p>
<p>D started with an egg crate, found the foam hot and it deteriated fast. Got a nice mattress topper…more pricey but much better at BB&B. But she had issues with keeping the sheets on and around the mattress…used duct tape!</p>
<p>If you’re doing fiberbed+ egg crate, you don’t necessarily need a mattress pad. If you do get one, get a really cheap, thin one, as the only benefit it will serve is to keep everything in place. But, like JC* said, duct tape costs $3 a roll and works just as good. And, be sure to leave said duct tape with your child, as duct tape will fix anything, not to mention come to great use for pranks/costumes/projects/etc</p>