Have You Ever Slept Well in a Waterbed?
By suziecat7
@suziecat7 (3350)
Asheville, North Carolina
October 14, 2015 6:43pm CST
You don't hear much about waterbeds these days though I imagine some people still sleep in them. They were pretty trendy in the 70's and 80's and it seems everyone was getting one. Including me. I hated that thing. I didn't like sloshing around, the sound of a bathtub in my ear. I could never get comfortable and worried my cat's claw would puncture it somehow and I would drown. Nope - not for me. I'm very happy with a regular mattress and box spring. Have you ever slept in a water bed? Do you like them?
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@rebelann (112534)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Oct 15
OMG, I haven't even thought of waterbeds in years. I've never slept in one but I remember a whole bunch of us bein asked what we thought of this guys waterbed so we were allowed to sit on the thing and what I didn't like was that it kept moving around, I couldn't sleep like that. I also have a kitty so I'd worry about punctures.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
I always felt like I was ready to fall out of the bed.
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@rebelann (112534)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Oct 15
Yikes @suziecat7 I'd hate that feeling. I'm glad I never bought one.
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
It was for me but Ann LeFlore (below) loves hers. So I guess it's a matter of preference.
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@rebelann (112534)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Oct 15
But you love cruises don't you? You could pretend to be on a cruise.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
15 Oct 15
Oh I miss mine so much..i loved the rocking back and forth movement but as you mentioned my animals clawed and broke the dam one day..they were fun and had mine for about 15 years and then was getting harder to find the mattresses..now i can't sleep on regular beds..so i sleep on my couch
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
Another waterbed lover. There are a few of you around. Did you have a flood when the animals clawed through? Even worse, were you in bed? :))
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Oct 15
@suziecat7 hahah no i knew it didn't create a water mess like that..it just got low in water..so out came the hose to drain and then throw or patch up the mattress depending how bad it was..
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
15 Oct 15
I have been on them, but never slept on them. I didn't like them too much. The idea was kind of awesome, but the downsides were many.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
The idea caught on too. Waterbed salesmen were everywhere going door to door.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
15 Oct 15
@suziecat7 My uncle had one, but he went back to the traditional mattress. I don't know many that use them today.
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
I can't imagine what it would feel like without enough water in it. Lumpy maybe :))
@xFiacre (12882)
• Ireland
15 Oct 15
@suziecat7 I imagine you would sink into it if it wasn't filled right and the sides might envelope you. Maybe that's where my friend disappeared to - I haven't seen her in a while.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Oct 15
My husband and I also had one back in the 80's. At first I didn't want it but I ended up loving it until I got older. We had 2 sets of drawers under it so it was very high and as the years went on, I couldn't get out of it. We now have a temper pedic and it is the greatest thing in the world. I actually sleep all night now where before getting it and sleeping in a regular bed, I could not get comfortable.
I can now adjust the angle of the mattress, both head and feet and it is so great.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
I've heard those beds were good. I do remember water beds being high off the ground too.
@jstory07 (138465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
16 Oct 15
I do not even knew if water beds are popular anymore. We just have a regular bed and we are happy with that.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
15 Oct 15
I used to like waterbeds when I was a kid. I haven't slept on a waterbed for many, many years but I don't think I'd sleep well on one.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
It seems so long ago they were a fad.
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@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
15 Oct 15
No, I haven't. I will stick to my mattress. 
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
I don't blame you for that.
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
15 Oct 15
I never tried lying down on a water-bed. Actually, I have not seen one yet! haha
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
Well, they aren't around much these days so that's probably why. Everyone should try it once though.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Oct 15
OH God yes! I love my waterbed. I got my first waterbed when I was 13. Since this time I have had one ever since. However, when I was working around the different places I was stationed it it was hard to take a waterbed with you so I had an air bed instead. Same thing almost. But I love my water bed and especially love sleeping on a boat in the water.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
I can handle sleeping on a boat. Now sleeping on a waterbed on a boat.......:))
@DeborahDiane (40247)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Oct 15
My husband and I had one in the 70's. However, he is much larger than me and it did cause me to slosh around a lot. We eventually got rid of it.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
15 Oct 15
Ha - sort of like a seesaw. His larger size would have you bouncing every time he moved. Too funny.
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
15 Oct 15
slept on one fer years coz'f the hubs 'n detested e'ery moment 'f it. hard's heck to get outta when yer majorly pregnant. found out the hard way that a 120lb pup can tigger pounce ya right outta one's well. yepperz, gimme a mattress 'r e'en a comfy couch any ol' day! 'course, drunks're hysterical when sleepin' on one, lol.
