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

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!

Wedge arrived quickly, perfect condition, no odor( as it was reported by other customers), working great: reflux symptoms contained! Beware of short wedges to be placed above the mattress, in the long run those will add lower back problems!!

You can see it unfolding in one of the pictures: tt took somewhere from 24h to 48h for full extension, as advertised.The dimensions are shown in centimetres and correspond to their equivalent in inches - give or take what's specified buy the manufacturer. The foam feels solid and doesn't have any major holes in it - some air bubbles, but that's normal. There is virtually no difference between the 2 pieces that make up the queen bed, so no step in the middle.Overall, quite like it. Raises my mattress, as I have reflux issues, as intended. Helps me sleep better, as my back is no longer bent from the pillows I used to have below my mattress making height. Not intended to sleep on directly, of course.I didn't mind the fact that it comes without a cover, as I bought one myself, but I can see how some people would like it.Would buy again.

Purchased this product to help solve my nighttime acid reflux issues. Works great! I kept a food diary for a week, so that I could learn what my trigger foods were, and then hung a list of good and bad foods on my fridge. I also stop eating several hours before going to bed. The added benefit of the wedge is that my husband no longer snores! It took two nights to get used to sleeping on a slant; but now, after a couple of weeks, I am totally acclimated. I sometimes slide down a bit during the night, sometimes I feel the need to scoot back up, sometimes not. My bed is not as pretty as I prefer, so I think I may remove the wedge when I have a party or something. I don't care if my close friends or family see my slanted mattress. Turns out, lots of them have issues with reflux too! I think elevating the feet of my four poster bed would be super ugly in comparison. I placed the wedge between the box spring and the mattress and covered it with a flat sheet. Best to just to remove the top mattress before placing the foam, then cover with a flat sheet. You will be able to slide the mattress pretty easily over the foam with the flat sheet in place. The sheet tucks in nicely, and does not become untucked, because the foam has friction to hold the sheet in place. You will find out that it takes a little more effort to reach the bedside table and to climb into bed, but it hasn't been a big deal. Maybe one day I will get a mechanical bed so my bed looks prettier, but for now this is perfect and I'm happy to have a better life because of it. The two foam sections matched each other perfectly and there was no smell. I don't think I would like a half wedge on top of the mattress, because I know I would just slide off and it would be hard to sleep on my side because of the severity of the slant. The full length is a much better solution and I like that it is under the top mattress, because who wants to sleep on foam.