![]() It's supposed to mimic floating in water and so relieve pressure points, but all it does is allow your body to sink down in the middle so your hips/butt are lower than your head or feet. The "problem" with a waterbed is lack of back support. My parents were not swingers.they were midwestern farmers and my mom was a librarian. Even up until high school, I used to take naps in my mom's bed in the middle of the day because it was so warm and toasty. When my parents divorced, my mom got the waterbed. My first "big kid" bed was a waterbed, and I didn't sleep on a "real" mattress until I was.maybe 10? Same for my brother. ![]() That and the fact they're probably even harder to get now than in the late 90s. In all honesty, it is probably the BS negative reputation that they have that would prevent me from getting another. That is until they got in it, and they absolutely loved it. To them, waterbed equals hairy chested swingers with gold medallions. Jesus - the crap I had to put up from especially European girls was ridiculous. I have to admit that I associate the waterbed with a certain 'type' of person, but then maybe I've got it all wrong. Even fully siphon-drained they can't be moved due to the weight of the residual water. If you need to move it, it's a job for professionals who will vac the water out. Keep up with the water conditioner, and all you have to do is get the bubbles out of it every once in a while. Warm in winter, cool in summer because it's adjustable, soft-sided so getting in and out was easy, and I think three out of a maximum 4 baffles inside, so it was firm and didn't slosh. It will drain quite nicely without you having to move anything. Run the garden hose to your shower drain. Drain it in place! Attach a garden hose to the fill/drain port. It also had a kind of solid retaining "ledge" around the edge of the bed which made it uncomfortble when you got too close to the edge.Ī final negative is the weight - if you have to move house, you will struggle to move it as the water mattress weighs a ton (and just moving it out of the bed to drain it is hard!)ĭafuck? You were doing it wrong. It's just about putting an insulative layer on top to keep the heat in. No worries about tucking anything in or making it presentable, mind you. You just need to make your bed when you get up. 'Cause you're just heating a bed rather than the whole damned house. I felt it was a bit impractical, and I felt like it was a waste of energy since you have to heat up the bladder of water constantly.Īlternatively, it can save a lot of energy as you can set the thermostat LOW (turn the heat OFF if you like) during the winter while still sleeping WARM. But the biggest con? The fact that my wife doesn't like 'em. Also, the waves can be a bit "strange" during sexy time. is medatative a word? In any event, it was relaxing and allowed for sleep very quickly.Ĭons? People who live in apartments and/or on 2nd+ floors often aren't allowed to have them due to potential for water damage if they burst. The bed would have a single wave in it that would pick you up and lower you as you breathed like a baby's cradle or something. or cool (change the temp with the season as you see fit).īut the best part? When I lay in the middle of the bed and breathed with the right rhythm it would set up a resonance that re-enforced the breathing rhythm. They're also very warm (no cold spot in the bed when you get in or move around). Positives: Insanely comfortable once you get them filled correctly (too much or not enough water maters!). If she dies before me or we get divorced? I'm getting a water bed again! Remember, please moderate with the arrows! Don't forget to vote!Īnd let me know if you suspect your submission has been caught in the spam filter. So come in, have some fun, and enjoy the Reddit discussions that you remember from years past. We just don't rely on using memes and rage comics to prove it to each other. And we may still go to school, but our last high school final was many moons ago.īut this isn't a sub solely for serious, adult discussion, either. Sure, we may still play video games, but most of us have no clue how to play Pokemon. This is a community for Redditors that are starting to get that "get off my lawn" feeling whenever they check their front page.
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