Would You Buy A Cuddle Mattress?

I wouldn't consider myself a cuddler and not because I don't enjoy cuddling, mostly because I find it pretty uncomfortable and I can't wait to get back to my side of the king size bed and either get to sleep or get up for the day. There's just something about arms and legs falling asleep, sore backs and any other hazard of cuddling that makes it unappealing. I'm apparently not alone in this and the design world is looking to make a mattress to help the cuddle cause.

The 'Love Mattress' is a modular mattress that conforms and expands to accomodate arms and legs that usually take the brunt of cuddling. You can comfortably cuddle with your partner through the use of slat-like modules that slightly separate to accomodate an arm, elbow, shoulder, etc.

It doesn't look like it's hitting the market any time soon (if ever) but I couldn't help but find the design and concept interesting. Is cuddling really that common of a problem that the world needs such a mattress? What do you think of the Love Mattress, would you buy it?

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Comments (53)

forget cuddling, as a side sleeper I would want this mattress for myself.

Won't a fitted sheet totally ruin the whole point of this?

Looks comfortable but how do you change the sheets after all that "cuddling"?

agreed - what happens when you put sheets on this bed?

An individual wrap sheet for each piece? That bed would be fun to do after a wash ;/.
Personally I have no issues cuddling with the traditional mattress.

Wow, this was posted once already. I guess I've been reading AT for a long time.

As a stomach sleeper, I'd love to tuck my toes into the bed rather than skootch down till I can tuck them at the end of the bed as I usually do. I'd buy a fitted sheet 1 size larger than the bed to allow enough room to tuck the sheet and toes together.

There really is an xkcd for everything: http://xkcd.com/335/

I don't actually find cuddling in a regular bed to be especially tricky, and I think there'd be a high probability of slippy-slideyness that could be irksome during higher-energy "cuddling". I'll stick with my bed.

weird. I agree about the sheets issue. AND me, I like my space when sleeping personally.

My partner broke both his shoulder blades a few years ago, and would love this- not just for cuddling, but for regular sleeping too. What they need is to make modular inserts for these- http://www.lovebumper.com/index.html - which are great, especially for those with mobility issues, but sometimes slip in the bed (possibly NSFW, no nudity). Then, I can see it being a bit more marketable. :)

Hmm.

Wouldn't crud get down between the pieces?

No. It would be just one more thing to remind me I don't have a boyfriend.

The poster seems a bit cold to encourage any warm and cozy cuddling!

This might appeal to the same people who would buy the Italian-hay-in-plastic furniture.

speaking as someone who has lived through the hell of bedbugs and lived to tell... HELL no!

My husband and I sleep clinging to each other throughout the night and have never had a problem!

I guess eating in bed is out of the question with this mattress.

Wouldn't buy one but maybe if they have them in no tell motels I would try it.

This is a little silly I think and it makes me laugh, but at the same time it's pretty genius. I would probably like it for cuddling but more so for awkward sleeping. Lately the only way for me to be comfortable is to lay across my arm, half on my stomach and half on my side. This makes me shoulders hurt pretty bad the next day but I have no where else to put my awkward arms!

When I get stuck in the dang mattress who do I call when my husband is out of town?

Been cuddling lots for years and years with no problems!

Ummmm...weird and kind of gross.

I love it!! No it isn't practical and yes the sheets would be a pain, but c'mon! What a fun idea!

Oh, THAT's where that dildo went...

Hahahahaaa anthropos, would you be my friend?

@god_dynamnit LOL sure :-)

I would love to try this! We are constantly suffering from numbing arms and shoulder pains when cuddling, and that's the main reason we end up going our separate ways during the night.

I don't know...didn't I see this post already? I think it was on April 1st :)

Is there a layer (boxspring or whatever) under the segmented mattress? Because, if not, then you are giving the monster under the bed access to your vulnerable elbow and other body parts.
;-)

if you're budget is low here's a tip (and a funny one too) http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-avoid-trapped-arm-whilst-cuddling-in-bed

yup! love sleeping on my belly but HATE having my feet all twisted up

WHERE DO I BUY THIS??!!!! I hate my arm falling asleep while cuddling with my hubby! Also - very green - stay warm with body heat all winter because you can be so close together!!

I'm not sure about the sheet problem either. But if you don't put a sheet over it, then there's the hassle of cleaning between the segments. Small kids leave crumbs and dirt. Cats leave fur and worse. And what a perfect place for bedbugs!

Sorry, this idea and the photos creep me out on several levels.

And if you need a specially built bed to cuddle, you might have bigger issues than your furniture.

...thats a lot of surface area that would be hard to clean...
plus every now and then I let my chihuahua sleep up on the bed with me, but I'd be too afraid he'd disappear in that thing. I'll pass.

My best friend would be all about this mattress she loves to cuddle with her boyfriend.

We'll have to get up from the conventional mattress we use for sex and sleeping, cuddle, and return. Cause no way am I sleeping on that foam all night. My army of servants will vacuum it daily while my nail polish dries, so cleanliness won't be a problem. I hope it's really expensive. It looks really expensive. I expect it to look really ratty in about 60 days, though. Then I'll throw it out and find something else trendy to waste money on.

he likes for me to sleep on top of him, so i don't need a cuddle mattress, i need a non-suffocating pillow

Say goodbye to every remote you own. Bye bye remotes.

Finally.. a solution to "what to do with that one arm"

anthropos you are hilarious!

I kinda like it! I've been having problems recently with my shoulder as a side sleeper and this would be a solution! But I agree that they'll need to design sheets to be sold with it.

It's a novelty bed of course. But it'd be the perfect thing if you were renovating your sex dungeon into a less scary "cuddle dungeon"! ;)

Oh, brilliant! I can't even count the number of times I've thought "this cuddle would be so much more comfortable if I didn't have this darned arm!". How much smarter to adapt the mattress, rather than the body!

All I think of is the nasty stuff that gets stuck under the cushions of a couch and pain it would be to go looking for your favourite toy.

LOVE this. I would happily sleep on this with my own weird flippy floppy sideways arm flailing self. And, for my DEAR long suffering partner - well heck, I suspect he'd buy stock in these guys...

I really like the idea. The only problem I see is an issue with fitted sheets. However, this problem could be solved with bed sheets that are a little loose.

This might make me like cuddling a little bit, but my hips get sore so I would still end up being like "OMG get away from me" :P

this is SO funny to me. My boyfriend and I have a running joke that we need to cut off my arm because of the cuddle issue!

Wait, for the successful cuddlers, please share your cuddling tips!

There always seems to be an extra arm or hand dangling between my husband & I. Also numb arms & hurting shoulders do hamper the cuddling for longer than 5 minutes. We end up going to our separate sides.

Cuddling or not, I love it. I'm a side/stomach sleeper and this would be perfect for the toes and the EXTRA arm!

I haven't been on one in a while but would a water bed solve all of these cuddling problems?

MAKE IT HAPPEN!