Avana Mattress Elevator - Under Bed 7-Inch Incline Foam Support, Full

I have a heart problem and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - also HORRIBLE sleep. Mild sleep apnea. I bought this out of desperation hoping it would help with the brain inflammation and because an M.E. expert said that elevating the head above the feet by 6 inches would help increase blood volume. I don't know if it is doing either of those things. What I do know is that for reasons unknown it is really helping me sleep more restfully. I have always had night terrors - terrible dreams accompanied by physical sensations like choking, sweating, terrible sensations in my heart like someone digging their fingertips in and squeezing. I usually wake up feeling like I just ran a marathon with my eyes closed. For reasons I do not understand I'm no longer getting the physical sensations along with the night mares and I'm waking up feeling a little bit rested. I'm still having the same night mares - just not all the physical strain that used to go along with it. Very strange - but good! More good stuff about this: M.E. will make you spend A LOT of time in bed and my back always gets really sore - this seems to be helping with that as when my back starts to get sore now I just put pillows under my feet and legs and my body being in a 'v' shape seems to alleviate the back pain. I am very surprised that the foam can support both me and my mattress without sagging and making my bed too soft. Also, I am very VERY sensitive to fumes of any kind and I was shocked that this foam product didn't make me sick when it came out of the package - so two thumbs up for that! Many bedding and household products will make me sick when they are new. It took me about 2-3 weeks to get used to the slope. I don't slide down it much at all (maybe 6 inches over 8 hours if that) but for those first few weeks I would think that I was sliding the last few hours I slept and wake up like 'ohhh nooo!!" That sensation is gone now. The only complaint I have to spend a lot of my time dozing on and off in bed and I usually sleep with a lot of random stuff in the bed that I need either for work or for comfort - phones, notepad and pen, remote control, hat, scarf, lip gloss. That stuff does tend to slide down now and end up lost in the blankets somewhere near the middle of the bed instead of just hanging out by my pillow where I usually keep it all handy. Totally solvable by getting some kind of bedside table though and totally worth it for the increased restfulness I've been feeling. I like to sleep between two body pillows as well and those do tend to end up at the middle or bottom of the bed - it's half annoying... but half convenient as usually by the time they are at the bottom of the bed, I've been asleep long enough that my back is starting to get sore (I'm talking like 10-12 hours or more) and it's time to put my legs on the pillows to help with the back pain anyway. I think people who don't sleep as long or with all that stuff in their bed won't have an issue lol. For that 2-3 week period of getting used to it I was really wondering if I should have bought the one that only slopes 4 inches but now I'm very very happy with this product! I'll be traveling soon and I really don't know how I'm going to go back to sleeping on a flat surface!

I had tried an adjustable bed some time after surgery......it did not work for me plus was very expensive......I decided to try this and so glad I did. Had the back surgery bout five years ago, which was great, no back pain but then about three weeks after surgery I hurt myself.....My older neighbor, Lee Roy, over six feet tall, was very bad in nursing home and I raised him up so he could eat sitting up in bed.............needless to say it did break my stitches and tore freshly cut flesh, loose, as well........seriously damaged. Doctors X-rays showed all the damage I had done, plus lots pain. I felt so good after surgery that I did not stop to think I should not pick up ANY THING especially a big man although he did not weigh very much at the time.......Call me stupid! My back does not hurt as bad with the "Elevator" on my bed. I slide down a little but thats no problem with the back and this old body not in so much pain! Christmas Eve I will be eighty two years old. "Not a spring chicken." Lee Roy passed away, to his heavenly home, just two weeks after that incident. Also I have suffered with acid Reflux for quiet some time and this Avana Mattress Elevator is a tremendous help with that also... haven't had that problem since getting the "Elevator" about four weeks ago. Friends placed the elevator under my mattress and I Sleep on it every night.. I highly recommend the Avana Mattress Elevator in 7 inch. Hope it helps you as much as it has helped me. I love it!! God Bless

I've been sleeping on my "elevated" bed for over three weeks now, and am pleased with it. I've edited the following to incorporate new information. We ordered the 7-inch Full size Avana Mattress Elevator on Monday and it was delivered on Thursday in a 31 x 17 x 9" box that (according to the shipping label) weighed 15 pounds -- quite a manageable size and weight for just about anyone to handle. I wasn't sure whether to expect one whole piece or two halves -- we got two halves, which are definitely easier to carry around than one biggie would be, though I'm more interested in how well they perform. The pieces were very easy to unroll, and expanded to nearly their full size immediately. I could detect no odor whatsoever, but set the pieces in the attic to finish expanding and to outgas for a few days. One piece is very white, like lather, and the other is an extremely pale yellow, though I suppose both may continue to yellow over time. I would very happily have ordered the cloth cover too if the original zipper model was still available. But since previous reviewers say the currently offered cover is basically a fitted sheet, I bought a complete set of sheets for far less money (in a color that coordinates well with the rest of the bedding), and am using one to cover the foundation and the other to cover the elevator foam. I'm quite pleased with the overall visual effect (though, again, I'm more interested in how well the elevator performs). Like many others, I wasn't happy about the bed getting 7" higher (it was too tall already), so we eliminated the metal frame and set the foundation (it's not actually a box spring) directly on the floor. The foam pieces will go between the foundation and the mattress. (My initial thought was to eliminate the foundation instead, but that would have left the foam pieces sitting directly on unfinished plywood, which didn't seem like a good idea.) The new arrival has replaced the wedge pillow that I bought eleven months ago. It worked very well to control my acid indigestion, but as others have mentioned, wedge pillows are not ideal for side sleepers, because one's hips do not cheerfully bend sideways. I'll keep mine, though, for occasions when I'm sleeping elsewhere. Other reviewers have complained that they tend to slide down the bed during the night. I do occasionally notice that I'm a little further south than when I went to bed, but that sort of thing hasn't been an actual problem the way it sometimes was when I would slide down the wedge pillow. I'm still free of the acid indigestion, which had been striking me in the late evening, on the average of a few days every-other week. I still have no idea how sleeping in a different position has any effect on what my stomach does a few hours earlier (or, perhaps more accurately, over a dozen hours after I get up), but am not complaining! I hadn't gotten the elevator for that purpose, but rather because if I burp when lying flat, I often burp up some stomach acid. It's nice not to feel the need to sit up if I feel a burp coming on at night, and even nicer to know that if I happen to burp in my sleep, that'll be OK too. Oddly enough, I never noticed any chronic sort of acid reflux till shortly *after* I started using the elevator, but I'm virtually certain that was caused by something else that I started doing about the same time. Fortunately, I find that avoiding tomatoes has virtually eliminated that problem for now, though hopefully I'll be able to reintroduce them once I deal with the other thing. [Added 10 Oct 25: I dealt with that 8 months ago, and since then have been eating tomatoes with no problem.] As I continue using the Avana Mattress Elevator, I'll update this review from time to time.

This is a good quality foam. Does the job. I could have used it a bit higher for my dad who has congestive heart failure. We raised the feet at the head of the bed too. No complaints. Was a bit pricey tho.

You have got to try this. It takes about a week to get used to sleeping at an incline, but once you get used to it, you won't want to sleep any other way. I am a petite female who used to snore like a giant man. My snoring problem is gone. I also must be having great dreams, because I'm filled with joy when I wake up in the morning. And here's the really crazy part: My bifocals went from a +2 to a +1. I actually had to dial them down because they were too strong. I think incline sleeping improved my vision. It took about 3 weeks for me to notice these changes. I was hoping that incline sleeping would help me lose weight, but it hasn't. Not yet, anyway.. I have the double (2-piece) incline foam. They are under my big, beautiful mattress, and the foam holds it up with no problem. Initially, I tried putting the foam on top of my mattress. That was not very comfortable, and it defeats the purpose of having a mattress at all. It is worth the effort to get help and put the foam under the mattress. I highly recommend this product for a better life.