Monday, March 02, 2015

Day 4: The 30-Day @Casper Mattress Challenge

Night 4, another difference.  As a side note this is the first mattress where I experienced a difference night-to-night as opposed to, say, week-to-week.

Sleep Pattern

I laid down around 8pm but didn't actually go to sleep until around 11:30pm.  Longer to go to sleep.  Did enter REM because I distinctly the dream having something to do with being called fat (which I'm not even close to, thus why I remember it), but I woke up twice, once at 1am, and again at 4:30am.  I'm not sure what the deal was with the 1am wakeup; it may simply have been too much on my mind in anticipation of my Tuesday travel.  I had to actually read myself back to sleep which took 30-ish minutes or so.  4:30am made sense because again, cars and traffic hitting the roads likely woke me.

Body And Positioning

Tossing and turning while awake, not so much when entering sleep and likely very little after going to full sleep.  Different position, once again feeling rested and not groggy.  I'm noticing a pattern at least with this - regardless of disrupted sleep I don't have a feeling of wanting to stay in bed like I usually would.

No heat overcoming.  This is with the thermostat set to 65 and the exterior temperature in the high 30's/low 40's.  One difference here is that unlike usual, I didn't wear pajama bottoms.  Interesting.

No pain at all this time.

Mattress Durability

The mattress continues to maintain its shape.  However it's significantly softer than when first unrolled, to the point that when lying in bed, you can now feel your "place" as it were.  It's not like you're stuck in that place though, if you move or roll you can still do so without being impeded.  What's not yet known is whether body heat is the strongest reason for this.