UTTU Mattress Topper Queen, 3-Inch Memory Foam Mattress Topper, Dual-Layer Cooling Bed Topper, Red Respira Foam Firm Topper, Soft Washable Cover, CertiPUR-US (Queen Size)

Ok. So a few weeks ago my back went out...again. It does this every so often, as it has been doing since I was 19 years old. Diagnosed with herniated disks while in college, I suffered a major crisis back crisis in 2006 where my disks had slipped so far out of pace that I could barely walk. Sciatica added to the situation and I was almost wheelchair bound (at just 33 years old) by the time I ended up in emergency surgery (after passing out from the pain). Since then I have (mostly) recovered, but experience back pain off and on - nothing like the crisis time, but enough to slow me down quite a bit for day/weeks at a time. A few weeks ago my back started doing its thing and within a few days it became clear that this was going to be a doozy. Sitting, standing, bending...hell...even BREATHING hurt. Add to it a more recently diagnosed autoimmune condition, arthritis and costchondritis (still dont know exactly what the hell THAT is...) and you got one achy, grumpy, unhappy lady. Having spent thousands over the years on fancy mattresses, mattress toppers, egg crates, memory foams, perfect pillows and all other kinds of accouterment, with a stomach, liver and kidneys showing signs of damage from all the painkillers and pills, I was at a point of desperation when I came to Amazon to see if maybe there was something else I could try. I put in 'mattress topper bad back' and several options came up. I dont know what made me choose this one - I think it was the pattern on it that I liked - but I clicked on it, and IMMEDIATELY jumped to the reviews. I saw several from others with chronic back issues swearing by it and after a few short moments of consideration I said 'f'it. I'm desperate here' and added it to the cart. It arrived several days later in a relatively small box. I unpacked it, took the plastic off and laid it out in my living room to air out. My back was a hot mess by this time so I was anxious to get this sucka goin. The next night I dragged it to my room (its not that heavy - I just was so crippled everything felt like a million pounds) and dragged that mugg onto my I-paid-$2000-but-my-back-still-hurts-mattress. I was worried my sheets wouldnt fit, but they did (they seemed to have been made to accommodate a topper, which dawned on me at that moment why they had seemed so big all this time). I took a hot shower (letting the water hit my back) loaded up on some more stomach killing ibuprofens and went it. I swear...I must have fallen alseep immediately because the last thing I remember thinking was "this feels pretty goooo......".EIGHT HOURS LATER I awaken.EIGHT FREAKIN HOURS.I havent slept 8 hours since before my son was born.Hes 23.I had slept the entire night, not only NOT waking up, tossing and turning, fighting with the 50-11 pillows of different sizes, proportions and dimensions that is play musical chairs with nightly, trying to relieve pressure off my back and other achy parts...but also not having to PEE every 2.3 hours. This damn thing stopped my midnight peeing!! Dazed and confused, not because of the lack of sleep from the night before (which is how I usually feel in the morning), but because what I realized next floored me. The back pain that had hobbled me for THREE WEEKS prior to this moment was gone.G. O. N. E.GONE.I didnt trust it, so I closed my eyes again and waited for the pain to come - figured it was being tricksy and false like Gollum said they would - so I laid there with both eyes closed, knowing it would creep up at any second.Nothing.I turned over thinking, this bastard aint foolin me today - when I hit this side position it'll come back with a vengeance.Nothing.I turned on the other side. Opened one eye to see if I could spot in coming.Nothing.After about 5 more minutes of ever increasing increments of back pain-testing movements followed by a mix of anticipation and curiosity, I sat up thinking WHAT THE F@CK JUST HAPPENED HERE? Still in disbelief, I slowly threw my legs over the side and waited. Nothing. I stood up. Nothing. I took a step. Nothing. I slowly began walking, expecting this all to be some kind of prank or joke, only to find that I made it to the bathroom (my bladder didnt know what to do with all this extra pee) and sat down, took care of business and GOT UP...with NO. FREAKIN. PAIN. I *literally* could not believe it, so I came back into my room and pulled the sheets back off this joint to see if I could spot whatever sorcery it was emitting. Didnt find any, but I what I DID have was the first day in WEEKS where I wasnt hobbling around like some 90 year old invalid. Not only was the pain gone that morning, it remained gone/manageable most of the day. By the time it was time to go in again, the pain was just beginning to return - but I wanted to test this magic to see if the kidney-killing ibuprofens are what had let to my peaceful slumber. That night, I took NOTHING. I didnt even shower. I just got in the bed and waited. Within 20 minutes I was alseep, and while not quite as unbroken as the night before (I did get up to pee once) I had 9 solid hours of sleep with little to no pain/tossing & turning. I awakened to the same no-pain morning and began my day thinking "Oh Sh!t. This thing works".Its been 2 weeks now and am happy to report that the effects have lasted. Not only am I not experiencing as much discomfort at night as I have been for YEARS, but I SWEAR this sucka calms my night time bladder. I had no idea this simple mattress topper with the nice pattern would work so well. The last week I have stopped taking the liver-destroying ibuprofens before bed. I no longer need it to get a decent, pain-free nights sleep.I can't guarantee you will have such great results, but if you are desperate and really need relief its worth the try. Had I known about this thing before, I would have saved the 2grand on the fancy-but-my-ass-hurts-all-night mattress and just bought 5 of these to sleep on.If you got $200 bucks and a deep, gnawing desire to stop rolling around your bed at night like a mad person trying to find relief, go for it. Your back, bladder, liver, kidneys and stomach just might thank you for it.I'll update in a few weeks to let yall know if this keeps up.Hope this helps.

I am updating my original review- which is below.So, I bought bought my 3rd topper about 2 weeks ago. Last year I bought an expensive mattress at a furniture store with perfect firmness for my bad back. However, the mattress they sent is entirely too firm, even after a year. I was so excited when this topper was delivered, I had had great luck with the other two (one had been severely damaged when guests stayed over and the other was a gift to an extremely picky mom- who absolutely loves it). However, as soon as I opened the box I knew this one was different. It’s thinner and not the same quality. Then I read some of the lower star reviews, and agree with a few. However, I also noted that the bulk of the issues were either during or after the pandemic. Perhaps like most companies now, they are under staffed and/or they have a lot of new, untrained staff. Though this last purchase isn’t as comfortable as the prior 2, I decided to keep it because it does help soften my rock hard mattress! Maybe with time the company will get back to where they were before. Now THAT, would be awesome!Original review:Very comfy and lasts a long time. I have bought 3 now- 1 for my mom and 2 for me. Mom is a very tough customer and she loves it! She has bad hips, I have a bad back and the pad helps us both immensely. Can’t say enough about the quality and how nice it feels. You won’t go wrong with this one!

In 2012, I purchased the Viscoelastic 3" 4 lb density memory foam topper. It stopped my hip pain until 2018 when I bought the UTTU topper. The UTTU topper is 3 lb density. Physically, it is much lighter to move than my old 4lb. When I unwrapped the UTTU, it expanded to full size in less than an hour. There was absolutely no odor. Best of all, my hip pain stopped. In my guest room, the mattress topper is an old-fashioned, inexpensive egg crate foam topper (not memory foam) with a heavily padded cotton mattress pad cover. It is slightly softer than the UTTU as measured by how far my hand sank down in each when I pressed full force. I alternated sleeping on the new UTTU and the old egg crate. Both were very comfortable and I had no hip pain but I preferred the softer egg crate and looked into getting an even softer memory foam topper.However, I then considered which one would be best for watching TV in bed and decided that the UTTU offered better bottom and back support for TV but enough softness for my hips at night. I decided to keep the UTTU and not purchase a softer memory foam topper (or use the guest room egg crate topper) for my bed.So, after purchasing two memory foam toppers, I'm not convinced that they are truly better than the old fashioned egg crate toppers. For that reason, I gave the UTTU a 4 star rating but it really is a great topper.