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From: jjb@pyuxnn.UUCP (J Bernardis)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: waterbeds - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 10:53:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 10:53:23 1984
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I have had a waterbed for two years now and I love it.
My waterbed has softsides: instead of wooden sides, it has
foam rubber that is triangular in cross section.  This permits
the use of standard bedding.

My mattress is not one of the waveless variety. Although this is
a matter of personal preference, do not get a waveless mattress
that uses baffles;  the more seams you have in your mattress, the
higher the risk of leakage.  About leakage, you shouldn't worry
too much about flooding your home, because virtually ALL waterbeds
come with liners.

You here many people complaining about the weight of a waterbed.
This really is not an issue.  The weight of a waterbed is roughly
equivalent to 10 to 12 people.  It wouldn't even occur to me that
I would be overloading the room with that many people.  As far as
weight per unit area is concerned, there is less with a waterbed
that with a refrigerator (I've even been told that there is less
than with a woman wearing spike heels, but find this hard to believe).

A heater for a waterbed should be considered a necessity, not a luxury.
Although a cool bed might feel good at first on a hot summer night,
the heat loss will be so great that you will be shiverring come
morning.  A solid state heater is probably the best buy.  It may
be a litle more expensive that a mechanical one, but it will be must
more reliable and will maintain a more even temperature.  This is
important because a fluctuation of one or two degrees in the water
temperature is very noticable.

			Jeff Bernardis, AT&T Western Electric @ Piscataway NJ
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