Day 3: The 30-Day @Casper Mattress Challenge

The third night I again experienced a difference.

Sleep Pattern

This time, as I was working a little late, I laid down around 10pm but didn't actually nod off until just after 11pm.  So it again took me a little longer to go to sleep than the previous day; two things were different (and one is likely because it's a weekend).  First, I didn't wake up midstream like I did before.  I actually slept through to around 7am-ish; I officially "woke" around 6:45am and was in a half-awake-half-asleep state for the rest.  Didn't take me as long to go to sleep and I woke up after a full night.   

Again, it's a weekend and specifically a Sunday morning, so even fewer cars on the road.  Tonight will be a good test of this theory, as it will be a Monday morning when I expect the worst of outside noise.  If it turns out I get woken up midstream, it means that it's noise disrupting me, and once the new windows are in (which have sound control properties), it should be a somewhat better experience.  The one window that I have in my home office which matches the forthcoming new ones performs so well that I get tempted to sleep in there every night.

Body And Positioning

 Definitely a lot of tossing and turning again, at least initially.  I assume that at some point I stopped and went to dead sleep because I know I hit REM; it was a rather lengthy dream. I woke up in the same position I'd left off, once again feeling rested and not groggy.

Heat overcame me on a few occasions where I had to pull the comforter.  In fact I fell asleep with just the sheet on because it was so hot.  I was almost tempted to grab a fan.  Mind, this is after the mattress sitting in a room not exceeding 65 degrees all day.

The only pain I experienced was on my right knee.  I sleep with a leg pillow to align my spine when I sleep on my side, and if I sleep on the right side (which is more comfortable than sleeping on the left, for some reason), depending on how I sink in, it will shift my kneecap, which is probably what happened here.  I can't confirm that - since I was asleep - but it's the only reason I can think of.  Means I sunk into the mattress more than the first two days.  Although it's rather intriguing that pain seems to only happen in spots.

Mattress Durability

Once again the mattress went down on a simple finger press, very easily, two inches this time.  Felt like a sponge rather than latex or memory foam, only in the area I slept in.  But it maintained its shape, for the most part.  I did observe what appeared to be some slight bowing downward; when I looked under the platform it didn't look uneven.  It might be my imagination.  I'll keep an eye on it.