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It is astoundingly difficult to get collapsing gel sheets, and I imagine that it has something to do with Purple existing. I looked into buying just the sheets

by bsanr 5y ago

It is astoundingly difficult to get collapsing gel sheets, and I imagine that it has something to do with Purple existing. I looked into buying just the sheets or a topper after returning the one I trialed. I really enjoyed the feel of it, but not to the tune of $2000(!) for a twin(!!!).

MiddleEndian 5y ago
So I ordered my toppers from intellibed but they no longer list their toppers on their website. I talked to a mattress enthusiast not long ago and you can still buy it from them over the phone, but keep in mind they only have that 4x4 buckling gel component in the middle so you need more than one if you wish to cover your bed with buckling gel. In a different life I'd consider setting up a buckling column gel manufacturing station and just sell people custom sized buckling column gel sheets.
pacman2 5y ago
How about ordering from China? https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Foldable-Supportive-TPE-Gel-Bed-Mattress_62341209876.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Foldable-Supportive-T... Any danger with chemicals?
- MiddleEndian 5y ago
  This looks like mostly the same thing except the grid itself was rotated 45° from what I had. I did look into alibaba shortly after I made my bed when I was discussing this with a friend. The limitations of alibaba I found at the time were: 1. The HxW dimensions didn't necessarily match anything I wanted well. I needed four toppers to make the original mattress and offhand it looks like I could probably make it with four gel sheets from alibaba but the cuts would be more complicated to lay out and attach. 2. The thickness was listed at 4cm vs the 2" thickness of the buckling gel from intellibed. 2" is about 5cm. 3. Despite the intellibed toppers coming with a useless amount of foam, it wasn't actually any cheaper per square inch to order the gel from alibaba at the time, not that either was especially cheap. Numbers may have changed by now.
- bsanr 5y ago
  Huh. Something must have changed in the last year or so. I could not for the life of me find a gel grid this large for purchase, going as far back as 2018. Neat, thanks.

by bsanr 5y ago

MiddleEndian 5y ago

So I ordered my toppers from intellibed but they no longer list their toppers on their website. I talked to a mattress enthusiast not long ago and you can still buy it from them over the phone, but keep in mind they only have that 4x4 buckling gel component in the middle so you need more than one if you wish to cover your bed with buckling gel. In a different life I'd consider setting up a buckling column gel manufacturing station and just sell people custom sized buckling column gel sheets.

pacman2 5y ago

How about ordering from China? https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Foldable-Supportive-TPE-Gel-Bed-Mattress_62341209876.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Foldable-Supportive-T... Any danger with chemicals?

MiddleEndian 5y ago
This looks like mostly the same thing except the grid itself was rotated 45° from what I had. I did look into alibaba shortly after I made my bed when I was discussing this with a friend. The limitations of alibaba I found at the time were: 1. The HxW dimensions didn't necessarily match anything I wanted well. I needed four toppers to make the original mattress and offhand it looks like I could probably make it with four gel sheets from alibaba but the cuts would be more complicated to lay out and attach. 2. The thickness was listed at 4cm vs the 2" thickness of the buckling gel from intellibed. 2" is about 5cm. 3. Despite the intellibed toppers coming with a useless amount of foam, it wasn't actually any cheaper per square inch to order the gel from alibaba at the time, not that either was especially cheap. Numbers may have changed by now.
bsanr 5y ago
Huh. Something must have changed in the last year or so. I could not for the life of me find a gel grid this large for purchase, going as far back as 2018. Neat, thanks.