I had a waterbed in the 1980’s with the mattress exterior. I loved it as a teenager. We had a few big earthquakes and I would wake up riding a big wave.
I certainly did. When I was 10 I convinced my parents (with much ease) to let me get one. I'm in my 20s now and still use the same mattress. Her claim of less aches and pains is an understatement; I have woken up sore only a handful of times in that period and it has always been a result of a too low water level. Hands down best investment ever made. To sleep on a normal bed now not only feels weird and foreign, but downright uncomfortable. It doesn't conform, and it's not nearly as warm.
...that's because he sleeps on a waterbed....I'm 61 and have slept on my various waterbeds for almost all of 40 years now. NOBODY can guess my age and I've offered $100 to people to try....they usually say 43 or 44!
...very astute (sic) reply Lukas M! Yes, that's a pic of me, and not a very good one! Last week I actually had a waitress @ an out of town restaurant that guessed the closest anyone ever has with the $100 bill sitting in front of her...she said I look 53! So if you happen to look half as good @ 61 as I do or have all of of your hair left like me, You Will Truly Be Blessed....Have a nice day! : )'
@@timmwhite9218 I didn't mean what I said as an insult or to be rude. I'm 33 and with a hat I look like I'm in my early twenties. I've had to shave my head because I started going bald at 28. People still say I look like I'm 25 without a hat. But I just think they're being nice lol
I had an 80s water bed. I noticed it was getting cold at night and my mom said we needed a new heating pad/element so we drained it and discovered a black burn mark in the wood and the waterbed plastic had also melted a bit. My mom completely freaked out and that was the end of that! But it was nice as I recall other than the heating element failure at the end.
The thing with water beds in environments colder than Florida or Southern California in the summer is: you have to heat up the water, or else you'll freeze all night because it's you warming up all that water in your sleep. And this means that prior to sleeping, a lot of water needs to be heated up. And this means that you're spending a whole lot of electricity because you're warming up a giant bladder of water all day.
False, while it is true you have to heat the bed, water holds heat exceptionally well. You also had the sheets and covers to provide insulation. I had one and in the winter I would open the windows in my bedroom and turn up the heat on the water bed and I would be so comfortable. Best sleep I ever got.
I will say this because I'm laughing hard I done acid LSD laying on a water bed 😂 imagine being on a hallucinogenic and tripping on a water bed I got carried away quite literally
My family joined the craze in the 80's. All six of us had our own. I still miss it. It was super comfy and warm. I'd say the only drawback to a water bed is the weight. If you rent you can probably forget it.
I love them the Waterbeds were soothing for my back and I slept comfortably in a Waterbed. I have never had any issues with the two Waterbeds that I had years ago.
This has made me miss my waterbed. I loved that you could make it toasty warm in the winter and you’d feel like you were in a cocoon. I loved it till I got married. My husband, quite frankly, is a real PITA to sleep with. He hated it so we got rid of it. Had a Select Comfort for 20 years that I loved but recently replaced it with an updated one that I don’t love so much. Now I wish I could have another waterbed but if I have to choose, I think I’ll keep my husband : )
I had one in Florida and it was the most fun and the best night sleep I ever had. The bed wore out the baffles and I couldn’t find another water bed anywhere in the North East, so that’s it for my water bed. I would love to have one again.
I've tried Afloat and it's definitely a massive improvement for those who don't like the sensation of the waves. I personally like that sensation and have gotten used to it long, long ago.
Growing up in the 90's EVERYONE had water beds, it's been so long now I forget about how it even felt to have one but I also cant count how many disasters we had with popped water beds.
@@gideonkloosterman "feels weird, doesn't have enough edge support, smells bad and strong, doesn't last more than a year before starting to give and is a glorified rubber on top of memory foam" to quote reviews online.
@@CannabisTechLife Oh lord I can imagine the smell, and that at night?! No thanks haha. Also the edge support depends on the bed I think, I have a bed where the matress it pretty far "in" so to speak.
I had a waterbed in my guest bedroom back in the early 90’s. It was Full flotation and my kids LOVED jumping on it and rolling around. It was hilarious. I never slept on it (it was a gift) but our guests got a real kick out of it (holy crap I sound old).
The second video of my “WATERBED” collection. Dad bought his California King waterbed back in the 70’s and he still has it minus the waterbed bladder. If it’s passed on to me I’m going to restore the bed and add a new waterbed bladder.
I had a king size waterbed all through high school in the early 90s. Dont ever let the heat element go out on them. You wake up frozen cold in the morning. Not cool. My mom hated the thing. She couldn't wait for me to go off to college so she could get rid of it.
Dominik Placek same with my mom. I got one for my 13th birthday and used it all through high school. I would call my mom when I was coming Home for the weekend to turn the heater on, she always forgot. I’d have to pile 5 blankets on the damn thing to sleep on it without heat and I’d still wake up cold. Nothing like the full motion mattress.
I have always slept stupidly hot. I used to sleep on my water bed with no sheet and no heater. Now I sleep with a chilipad cube that cools my half of the bed down to 55 degrees. It's great.
My parents had a waterbed when I was growing up. They use to own a furniture store in the 70's. So they knew how to correctly fill theirs. Many people don't, so you often hear about sloshy water beds when people talk about them. A properly filled water bed is the most comfortable bed you will ever lay on. I've been trying to convince my wife, so we can ditch our expensive mattress for a water bed.
I slept on a waterbed for a few years back in 2005 when I moved into my uncle's house when I was still in school. I wasn't a big fan. Everyone has different sleeping preferences and the waterbed just didn't do it for me. It felt cold and uncomfortable. I now use a sleep number and am perfectly happy with it.
Not to wild, I mean it get interesting, but it is super comfortable. Plus in the winter, that sucker is like sleeping on heaven for warmth. I think they have a heater in them, but your body heat also warm the water.
@@BlackRose85789 I can tell you've never had a waterbed. Yes they do have heaters and it's expensive to run in winter. And no your body does not warm the water up
@@sevnlight6313 No, I never owned one, my cousin did and I fell asleep on it constantly when I was a kid. I just figured with me laying on it, the water would change temperature from laying on it.Not hot, but mild.
@@BlackRose85789 Believe me I have tried with two bodies. Specially how expensive it is to run the water heaters.I did solve the problem by putting thick mattress toppers
I had one just after college. working my first job! Loved it in snowy country that gets cold during winter! That old house had wooden floors and was made to last! I was 21 and having fun an loved it especially in winter cold times When I joined the Army I was punished when I put a foam mattress cover onto the barracks bed!
The opposite for me when I had a Waterbed years ago I went to sleep instantly. Now I have a regular mattress and I am tossing & turning all night long.
@@3466mark I went from full motion (best, actually) to slight motion (not bad) to a sh!t bed then to a Leesa (almost as good as the water bed)... Slept best on water - when alone. Sleep with a partner on a full-motion and forget about sleeping thru. But the cost of heating a bag of water in NY in the winter to maintain the warm temp was too costly. If I lived in FL with solar panels, that's another story....
Not me! I get under the covers and go to sleep quickly on the waterbed. Hotel beds make me toss and turn due to pressure points and b/c the sheets are cold when you get in.
I still have a California king (I'm 65) and absolutely love it. When we moved 21 years ago I bought a new bed frame and a waveless water mattress that I've had ever since. The heater died twice early on so I just bought a big piece of 1-inch thick carpet padding that goes under the mattress pad and sheets. Problem solved; bed not too hot, not too cold. Like others here, I'd never give it up.
I had a water bed. It was comfortable and very warm, due to the heater. Mine moved alot, while my parents had a non moving one. Both were extremely comfortable.
I’ve had four waterbeds - and nothing else since 1976. I did buy a memory foam mattress, but - I hated it. My body can’t really sleep on a conventional mattress because I no longer know to toss and turn at night to relieve pressure points. As a consequence, I would awake with pains or numbness because I didn’t move at night. So, I can’t sleep on anything else except a waterbed. I usually sleep in the same position all through the night. Note. In 42 years, people go through more than 4 beds in life. Waterbeds last a lot longer than spring/foam mattresses. Also, there’s the benefits of heated water.
Back in the 70's I bought my waterbed for $19.99. It came with a frame and yellow sheets from India. The frame was pine so it bowed out after about 6 months. I painted little panel scenes on the frame. I had purple fake fur bedspread, mirrored contact paper on the walls, black lights and 30+ LPs. My brothers and sister loved to jump on the bed and sleep with me. Life of a teenage girl.
I live in Las Vegas, NV. When the Northridge (California) earthquake hit, the waves in our waterbed woke us up! It took us a minute to figure out what was going on.
My parents once had a waterbed. I used to LOVE that bed. I was always in it or jumping on it. They gave me free reign until they wanted to be "alone" then I was kicked off the boat and forced to play with my dolls. I loved my childhood lol❤💧💧💧
I love my California King. Only had it for 4 months; have wanted one for about 30 years. Best thing I ever bought.. Oh, and you don’t get on it. You get IN it!☺️
ArtsyMark I’ve slept on them before and that’s the one thing that makes me uneasy about them. I’m worried that I’d be sleeping on it and it just pops or starts leaking everywhere.
In the early 80’s my Mom bought my brother and I twin water beds, we were the only kids on the block with them. The best feature? During the summer months we would unplug the heater and it was nice and cold!
We bought our full wave waterbed in 1978. We are on our 2nd heater, 3rd mattress, original frame, and drawer pedestal. I always look forward to getting home and sleeping in the waterbed after being on vacation and sleeping on conventional mattresses. I usually wake up all stiff and sore in hotel rooms after sleeping on a regular mattress. UGGG
I love my waterbed😀!. I've had my California king waterbed since I was 15 years old(I'm 36yo now). I can have it as warm or as cold as I want it. I fall asleep within 5minutes on it, and don't swish around even if someone jumps into it from the opposite side because I have a waveless water mattress.
I love Waterbeds I had two of them in my home years ago. King size Waterbeds I love the soothing movement of the water flowing,while I go to sleep. Also I went to sleep much quicker sleeping on a Waterbed,than I ever did on a regular mattress. Does anyone know where I can buy another Waterbed? Waterbeds,does not seem to be popular nowadays in the 21st Century.
Yeah, super dangerous with an infant. I would nurse in the early mornings, but had to put my daughter at a distance from me if we both went back to sleep. I knew it wasn't safe. Also, it help with my morning sickness and getting in and out of it towards the end of my pregnancy was a challenge to say the least.
The last waterbed I had was the traditional type. I liked it, but it had a problem. The heater control device kept failing. It cost 40-50 bucks to replace each time. I took it apart after it quit working, it had a circuit board with ic’s and transistors ect. Back it the 1980’s I had a bed that had a much less sophisticated controller, never gave me any trouble. The industry does themselves a great disservice by selling poorly made equipment, I’d still consider buying another WB, but I don’t trust the electrical part of it.
Used to have one growing up. My back hurt constantly and still does. Granted, not all of my pains are from sleeping on one, but I got an early start on back problems. Never again.
American standard made a series of waterbed hybrids back in the 90's. The nautilus was the best of both worlds 😍❤️👍😊. I never got to own one. But I laid in all that they had in the showroom. And the moment I closed my eyes on the nautilus. I was out for 3 or 4 minutes 😳😍👍..
Exactly! I had regular Waterbeds years ago in the 20th Century and I went to sleep immediately. Nowadays I am sleeping uncomfortably on a regular nice quality Mattress.
I've been sleeping on waters beds my whole life. They are the best way to sleep. In the winter you turn the heat up an you have a nice warm bed to crash out in. In the summer you can turn the heat down an have a cool bed. You can make the bed soft or firm by having less or more water.
I remember waterbed city commercials!!😂😂 Had the bladder one, busted up in the hurricane. Got one in the 90s with the really thick motionless interior and it came in a zip around mattress with the reinforced foam sides and built in heater. Only felt bad when it was low from evaporation. “Afloat” isn’t really anything new.
I think waterbeds are awesome! i've been sleeping on 1 for 3 yrs now.. Best investment ever! They are SO much more comfortable.. I'm spoiled.. I really think they dont deserve the bad rap they get, and the mattresses are cheap to replace..and they actually last alot longer than boxsprings mattresses do.. Leaks arent really an issue like you'd think either! Alot of ppl don't understand them and mattress companies claim they are bad for your back, but they lie! Best invention ever!
been on one for over 50 years....now they over-cut the top and that really makes you feel like you're floating. On my 3rd full motion mattress. I replace them if/when they fail.
I am glad they are updating it,. The original was the worst for my insomnia, also as temperature drops it got colder while living in Central Florida. Also my past roommate had one & the wood frame was too heavy & to move was a nightmare like emptying & filling back a pool.
I bought one in 1969 in a little store on upper Grant Avenue in San Francisco. I used it for a few years but I kept waking up with a sore back. Mine didn’t have a heater either. So it was chilly in San Francisco in the winter. But it was definitely fun!
we never did, but my neighbor had one. this was the 70s. as kids, we would go and jump on it and play, our trampoline, which you should not be doing, but no adults were home after school. crazy times. never seen a water bed since. 50+ years later.
I sleepd on one when we are visiting friends in the US in 1988 OMG it was soooo incredible i can to this day remember the feeling like floating in the ocean and it was so soft and moved all the time...heaven i wish i could get one here is Israel
The waterbed is only 50 years old?! And the guy is local to me!? Crazy!! I've been sleeping on one for 20 years now, I'm just about to buy my 3rd "mattress" (I admittedly didn't care for the current one properly) , and you'll pry it from my cold dead hands because it's the best type of bed ever!
I am watching this video while lying in my free-flow-waterbed with my laptop hanging half a meter above my torso on a tied together parcel string, which runs through 2 eyelets, that are mounted on the ceiling :)
![เปิดใจ พี่ญา คนรุม หลังทัวร์ลง หนักสุดในชีวิต!! l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2-OJZRtclro/mqdefault.jpg)
I had a waterbed in the 1980’s with the mattress exterior. I loved it as a teenager. We had a few big earthquakes and I would wake up riding a big wave.
Hope you had your life jacket lol.
WOW the Coalinga earthquake shook my water bed in McKittrick California in the 80s🤣
Not the only thing you were riding on it
@@bigvito69 I stand by the 5th 😁😂
@@bigvito69What?? Pervert!
*Every 2000s kid dreamed of having a water bed*
I certainly did. When I was 10 I convinced my parents (with much ease) to let me get one. I'm in my 20s now and still use the same mattress. Her claim of less aches and pains is an understatement; I have woken up sore only a handful of times in that period and it has always been a result of a too low water level. Hands down best investment ever made. To sleep on a normal bed now not only feels weird and foreign, but downright uncomfortable. It doesn't conform, and it's not nearly as warm.
I felt this hard lmfao
@@Patrick.Weightman You still live with your parents in your twenties!?
@@jinkietrix9338 Where did I say that?
Dame right and I had one lmao
When I was young I use to go to bed on a normal bed and wake up on a water bed
LOL you mean water pillow
Wow, what dry humor.
Hahahaha
Wow there haha
Solid dad joke
we can help prevent sea water rising if we collection the sea water and displace into our beds.
na x but sea water is disgusting it would cost a lot to buy just because of how expensive it would be to filter the water.
.....................................................ffs
Haha XD
na x you’re too funny. I can see the ad campaign now, “Waterbeds: real world solutions, for real world problems”
i'm sold
Paul the inventor looks older in 1968 then what he does now 50 years later???1:36
Probably cause of the mustache and hair
...that's because he sleeps on a waterbed....I'm 61 and have slept on my various waterbeds for almost all of 40 years now. NOBODY can guess my age and I've offered $100 to people to try....they usually say 43 or 44!
@@timmwhite9218 Sorry to burst your bubble but you actually do look your age. That is if that is actually you in the pic.
...very astute (sic) reply Lukas M! Yes, that's a pic of me, and not a very good one! Last week I actually had a waitress @ an out of town restaurant that guessed the closest anyone ever has with the $100 bill sitting in front of her...she said I look 53! So if you happen to look half as good @ 61 as I do or have all of of your hair left like me, You Will Truly Be Blessed....Have a nice day! : )'
@@timmwhite9218 I didn't mean what I said as an insult or to be rude. I'm 33 and with a hat I look like I'm in my early twenties. I've had to shave my head because I started going bald at 28. People still say I look like I'm 25 without a hat. But I just think they're being nice lol
Me: Hippies and their water beds!
Also Me: Googled Afloat bed cyber Monday sale.
Lmao
I had an 80s water bed. I noticed it was getting cold at night and my mom said we needed a new heating pad/element so we drained it and discovered a black burn mark in the wood and the waterbed plastic had also melted a bit. My mom completely freaked out and that was the end of that! But it was nice as I recall other than the heating element failure at the end.
The thing with water beds in environments colder than Florida or Southern California in the summer is: you have to heat up the water, or else you'll freeze all night because it's you warming up all that water in your sleep. And this means that prior to sleeping, a lot of water needs to be heated up. And this means that you're spending a whole lot of electricity because you're warming up a giant bladder of water all day.
False, while it is true you have to heat the bed, water holds heat exceptionally well. You also had the sheets and covers to provide insulation. I had one and in the winter I would open the windows in my bedroom and turn up the heat on the water bed and I would be so comfortable. Best sleep I ever got.
I will say this because I'm laughing hard I done acid LSD laying on a water bed 😂 imagine being on a hallucinogenic and tripping on a water bed I got carried away quite literally
My family joined the craze in the 80's. All six of us had our own. I still miss it. It was super comfy and warm. I'd say the only drawback to a water bed is the weight. If you rent you can probably forget it.
Now someone needs to make the water pillow!
Flower 2.0 they’re a thing, my grandma has one. It’s not comfortable
Water bottles still sell.
Flower 2.0 water cushions and pillows are a thing in Asian countries where it’s really hot
They have been a thing since the 90's and like a waterbed there actually really comfortable if you fill it to the right level
I will never forget my first waterbed. I eventually moved up to one with a mirrored canopy. With drawers under it.
Now I want a waterbed.
my UNCLE HAD ONE 20 YRS AGO
POPPED AND LEAKED ALL OVER HIS BEDROOM
NEVERRRRRRRRRR
EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
BUY ONE
NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS
I love them the Waterbeds were soothing for my back and I slept comfortably in a Waterbed. I have never had any issues with the two Waterbeds that I had years ago.
Why? Go play with an air mattress partially inflated, you will get the same feeling without all the weight or leakage problems.
E Kop/// IT MUST HAVE BEEN A CHEAP ONE!!! I OWNED SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES OVER THE YEARS,NEVER HAD A PROBLEM!!!
This has made me miss my waterbed. I loved that you could make it toasty warm in the winter and you’d feel like you were in a cocoon. I loved it till I got married. My husband, quite frankly, is a real PITA to sleep with. He hated it so we got rid of it. Had a Select Comfort for 20 years that I loved but recently replaced it with an updated one that I don’t love so much. Now I wish I could have another waterbed but if I have to choose, I think I’ll keep my husband : )
I had one in Florida and it was the most fun and the best night sleep I ever had. The bed wore out the baffles and I couldn’t find another water bed anywhere in the North East, so that’s it for my water bed. I would love to have one again.
What's with the Persian music in the background???
cuz i think of sexy time when i hear persian music
starskie96yt lol kinda
Oh, FFS. Lighten up. It's good music, who cares where it's from?
what's with the stupid leading question?
I think its because of the late 60s early 70s hipster vibe.
I've tried Afloat and it's definitely a massive improvement for those who don't like the sensation of the waves. I personally like that sensation and have gotten used to it long, long ago.
Growing up in the 90's EVERYONE had water beds, it's been so long now I forget about how it even felt to have one but I also cant count how many disasters we had with popped water beds.
The irony is I got a purple mattress add before I watched this!
after researching that my conclusion is that the purple bed is CRAP.
@@CannabisTechLife how come?
Same
@@gideonkloosterman "feels weird, doesn't have enough edge support, smells bad and strong, doesn't last more than a year before starting to give and is a glorified rubber on top of memory foam" to quote reviews online.
@@CannabisTechLife Oh lord I can imagine the smell, and that at night?! No thanks haha. Also the edge support depends on the bed I think, I have a bed where the matress it pretty far "in" so to speak.
I had a waterbed in my guest bedroom back in the early 90’s. It was Full flotation and my kids LOVED jumping on it and rolling around. It was hilarious. I never slept on it (it was a gift) but our guests got a real kick out of it (holy crap I sound old).
The second video of my “WATERBED” collection. Dad bought his California King waterbed back in the 70’s and he still has it minus the waterbed bladder. If it’s passed on to me I’m going to restore the bed and add a new waterbed bladder.
Never owned a water bed. However see how people love it. Hope he can get people to love it again.
The best sleep I ever had was when I had a waterbed. I had one for about 4 years in the late 80s.
If beds get bedbugs, do waterbeds get waterbugs ? :P
They get waterbed bugs.
Neen right lol
....
In Florida you will get waterbugs
I had a king size waterbed all through high school in the early 90s. Dont ever let the heat element go out on them. You wake up frozen cold in the morning. Not cool. My mom hated the thing. She couldn't wait for me to go off to college so she could get rid of it.
Dominik Placek same with my mom. I got one for my 13th birthday and used it all through high school. I would call my mom when I was coming
Home for the weekend to turn the heater on, she always forgot. I’d have to pile 5 blankets on the damn thing to sleep on it without heat and I’d still wake up cold. Nothing like the full motion mattress.
@@bfra881 just stick to a futon
I had one when I lived in hot south Texas. I loved how cool it was. Would have a mattress pad and then a sheet and then ahh.
I have always slept stupidly hot. I used to sleep on my water bed with no sheet and no heater.
Now I sleep with a chilipad cube that cools my half of the bed down to 55 degrees. It's great.
Takes days to cool down, but yeah, I'm on my second or third heater.
I just finished reupholstering my waterbed bolsters. You're gonna have to pry that thing out of my cold dead hands! I LOVE MY WATERBED!
Can you even steal a waterbed?
It's like trying to move a pool
My parents had a waterbed when I was growing up. They use to own a furniture store in the 70's. So they knew how to correctly fill theirs. Many people don't, so you often hear about sloshy water beds when people talk about them. A properly filled water bed is the most comfortable bed you will ever lay on. I've been trying to convince my wife, so we can ditch our expensive mattress for a water bed.
The advice my parents always gave for filling a water bed is to over inflate it, then let water out until you find the correct firmness.
I always liked waterbeds. Could never afford one, but enjoyed them whenever I got the chance.
You can get them for the same price as any normal bed eBay sells them and menny other sits there are stores that still sell them to Google it
I slept on a waterbed for a few years back in 2005 when I moved into my uncle's house when I was still in school. I wasn't a big fan. Everyone has different sleeping preferences and the waterbed just didn't do it for me. It felt cold and uncomfortable. I now use a sleep number and am perfectly happy with it.
The placement of the mirror behind the waterbed lady is very odd.
* EYEROLL *
You can put one on the ceiling too. You don't have to choose. 😜
+Some Guy That's some classic 70's stuff, there!
@@Serai3
A la "Hotel California!" Before webcams were invented.
I knew a guy in the 70's who had a _heart-shaped_ waterbed. With a ceiling mirror. LOL
Im sure sex gets wild on a WaterBed I always did want one ever since i saw one in the Goofy Movie
Not to wild, I mean it get interesting, but it is super comfortable. Plus in the winter, that sucker is like sleeping on heaven for warmth. I think they have a heater in them, but your body heat also warm the water.
@@BlackRose85789 I can tell you've never had a waterbed. Yes they do have heaters and it's expensive to run in winter. And no your body does not warm the water up
@@sevnlight6313 No, I never owned one, my cousin did and I fell asleep on it constantly when I was a kid. I just figured with me laying on it, the water would change temperature from laying on it.Not hot, but mild.
@@BlackRose85789 The body mass per water mass ratio difference is too huge. And our bodies don't radiate enough heat for that much water to warm up.
@@BlackRose85789 Believe me I have tried with two bodies. Specially how expensive it is to run the water heaters.I did solve the problem by putting thick mattress toppers
Man I remember waterbed city all over south Florida! Didn’t know that was our little thing!!! 🤗
I had one just after college. working my first job! Loved it in snowy country that gets cold during winter! That old house had wooden floors and was made to last! I was 21 and having fun an loved it especially in winter cold times When I joined the Army I was punished when I put a foam mattress cover onto the barracks bed!
The "Afloat" look cool, but unless I try it, I'm still a fan of the original. Particularly the wooden frame which encases the "mattress" itself.
The idea of a waterbed is much better than the actual experience of sleeping on one. You are moving constantly and it’s impossible to get comfortable.
Michael Carr that’s why dad had to get rid of the bladder. He still has the bed itself though.
The opposite for me when I had a Waterbed years ago I went to sleep instantly. Now I have a regular mattress and I am tossing & turning all night long.
Total lie. I’ve been on one for 40 years. It’s warm and the only way to sleep.
@@3466mark I went from full motion (best, actually) to slight motion (not bad) to a sh!t bed then to a Leesa (almost as good as the water bed)... Slept best on water - when alone. Sleep with a partner on a full-motion and forget about sleeping thru. But the cost of heating a bag of water in NY in the winter to maintain the warm temp was too costly. If I lived in FL with solar panels, that's another story....
Not me! I get under the covers and go to sleep quickly on the waterbed. Hotel beds make me toss and turn due to pressure points and b/c the sheets are cold when you get in.
I still have a California king (I'm 65) and absolutely love it. When we moved 21 years ago I bought a new bed frame and a waveless water mattress that I've had ever since. The heater died twice early on so I just bought a big piece of 1-inch thick carpet padding that goes under the mattress pad and sheets. Problem solved; bed not too hot, not too cold. Like others here, I'd never give it up.
We're 63 and on our 2nd heater since 1978.
We had a waterbed for years .loved it especially in the winter with the heater.
everytime i see a water bed i think of Edward Scissorhands lol
I had a water bed. It was comfortable and very warm, due to the heater. Mine moved alot, while my parents had a non moving one. Both were extremely comfortable.
I’ve had four waterbeds - and nothing else since 1976. I did buy a memory foam mattress, but - I hated it. My body can’t really sleep on a conventional mattress because I no longer know to toss and turn at night to relieve pressure points. As a consequence, I would awake with pains or numbness because I didn’t move at night. So, I can’t sleep on anything else except a waterbed. I usually sleep in the same position all through the night. Note. In 42 years, people go through more than 4 beds in life. Waterbeds last a lot longer than spring/foam mattresses. Also, there’s the benefits of heated water.
Back in the 70's I bought my waterbed for $19.99. It came with a frame and yellow sheets from India. The frame was pine so it bowed out after about 6 months. I painted little panel scenes on the frame. I had purple fake fur bedspread, mirrored contact paper on the walls, black lights and 30+ LPs. My brothers and sister loved to jump on the bed and sleep with me. Life of a teenage girl.
I live in Las Vegas, NV. When the Northridge (California) earthquake hit, the waves in our waterbed woke us up! It took us a minute to figure out what was going on.
“We got married later, so...” I LOVE THAT!
My parents once had a waterbed. I used to LOVE that bed. I was always in it or jumping on it. They gave me free reign until they wanted to be "alone" then I was kicked off the boat and forced to play with my dolls. I loved my childhood lol❤💧💧💧
I miss my waterbed.. had one when I was a teenager and it was the best bed ever!
Interesting that there's no mention of them popping or how if you're a renter your lease very likely has a "no waterbeds" clause.
I love my California King. Only had it for 4 months; have wanted one for about 30 years. Best thing I ever bought..
Oh, and you don’t get on it. You get IN it!☺️
I miss my water bed!! I had no back aches like I did as soon as mine broke. Mine was Wavless. Loved it!
Because it was 40 years ago. My back was better too.
Pure Zen! I miss mine terribly and so does my poor spine.
I was 8 and we were house shopping, one house had a water bed, and I begged my mom to choose that house 😂
what happens when they break or leak? i'd be afraid of that happening
ArtsyMark I’ve slept on them before and that’s the one thing that makes me uneasy about them. I’m worried that I’d be sleeping on it and it just pops or starts leaking everywhere.
@@matthewparliament1086 it is something i can live without, lol! a lot of landlords don't allow them either
You patch it, wash your linens, and go on with life.
Mine had a liner to catch leaks.
@@Talamasca007 I wonder if downstairs neighbor's ceiling would get wet...
In the early 80’s my Mom bought my brother and I twin water beds, we were the only kids on the block with them. The best feature? During the summer months we would unplug the heater and it was nice and cold!
We bought our full wave waterbed in 1978. We are on our 2nd heater, 3rd mattress, original frame, and drawer pedestal. I always look forward to getting home and sleeping in the waterbed after being on vacation and sleeping on conventional mattresses. I usually wake up all stiff and sore in hotel rooms after sleeping on a regular mattress. UGGG
I love my waterbed😀!. I've had my California king waterbed since I was 15 years old(I'm 36yo now). I can have it as warm or as cold as I want it. I fall asleep within 5minutes on it, and don't swish around even if someone jumps into it from the opposite side because I have a waveless water mattress.
I loved my waterbed. I had it from the 70's until 2002.
I love Waterbeds I had two of them in my home years ago. King size Waterbeds I love the soothing movement of the water flowing,while I go to sleep. Also I went to sleep much quicker sleeping on a Waterbed,than I ever did on a regular mattress. Does anyone know where I can buy another Waterbed? Waterbeds,does not seem to be popular nowadays in the 21st Century.
Facebook marketplace is a good place to get a good used waterbed cheap.And a new mattress online is easy enough to find.
When I was a baby my mom and dad had a water bed. One night they decided to let me sleep with them. In the morning I was basically underneath my dad
Yeah, super dangerous with an infant. I would nurse in the early mornings, but had to put my daughter at a distance from me if we both went back to sleep. I knew it wasn't safe. Also, it help with my morning sickness and getting in and out of it towards the end of my pregnancy was a challenge to say the least.
My mother had a water bed when I was really young. Can't say I remember sleeping on it but I think she did enjoy it
The last waterbed I had was the traditional type. I liked it, but it had a problem. The heater control device kept failing. It cost 40-50 bucks to replace each time. I took it apart after it quit working, it had a circuit board with ic’s and transistors ect. Back it the 1980’s I had a bed that had a much less sophisticated controller, never gave me any trouble.
The industry does themselves a great disservice by selling poorly made equipment, I’d still consider buying another WB, but I don’t trust the electrical part of it.
Used to have one growing up. My back hurt constantly and still does. Granted, not all of my pains are from sleeping on one, but I got an early start on back problems. Never again.
They mentioned cats on the waterbed. I hope the blankets are plenty thick!
No problem--you just need a mattress pad, sheets and a blanket. Kitty nails will never get through all that.
4:03 *OMG SHOE PLZ NOT ON THE BED*
I had a waterbed in high school and I really miss it
Yes in New Zealand
American standard made a series of waterbed hybrids back in the 90's. The nautilus was the best of both worlds 😍❤️👍😊. I never got to own one. But I laid in all that they had in the showroom. And the moment I closed my eyes on the nautilus. I was out for 3 or 4 minutes 😳😍👍..
Exactly! I had regular Waterbeds years ago in the 20th Century and I went to sleep immediately. Nowadays I am sleeping uncomfortably on a regular nice quality Mattress.
Wow 🔥🙆🏿♂️🔥 that's 🔥🙆🏿♂️🔥🙆🏿♂️🔥🙆🏿♂️🔥 epic 👻👻🇺🇸👻🇺🇸👻🇺🇸👻👻
I'm remembering the waterbed puncture scene in Edward Scissorhands.
I've been sleeping on waters beds my whole life. They are the best way to sleep. In the winter you turn the heat up an you have a nice warm bed to crash out in. In the summer you can turn the heat down an have a cool bed. You can make the bed soft or firm by having less or more water.
I remember waterbed city commercials!!😂😂 Had the bladder one, busted up in the hurricane. Got one in the 90s with the really thick motionless interior and it came in a zip around mattress with the reinforced foam sides and built in heater. Only felt bad when it was low from evaporation. “Afloat” isn’t really anything new.
I’ll never have a different kind of bed. They are truly the best.
I have a waterbed and I love it.
5:43 This parts pretty funny. Watching the baby smile and enjoy it and the look up
Still have mine!! Love it
I had one, loved it, but moving them were a pain and running hoses through the house was a hassle, that was probably the decline.
I think waterbeds are awesome! i've been sleeping on 1 for 3 yrs now.. Best investment ever! They are SO much more comfortable.. I'm spoiled.. I really think they dont deserve the bad rap they get, and the mattresses are cheap to replace..and they actually last alot longer than boxsprings mattresses do.. Leaks arent really an issue like you'd think either! Alot of ppl don't understand them and mattress companies claim they are bad for your back, but they lie! Best invention ever!
My dad had one for the longest time. I apparently had my own race car water bed when I was around 5-6 years old.
When they make a futon waterbed I’ll buy one
ShakespeareCafe im in lol
waterfuton
I had no idea that Fort Myers Florida in the '80s was the epicenter of the waterbed craze. My parents bought me one for graduation from that guy
been on one for over 50 years....now they over-cut the top and that really makes you feel like you're floating. On my 3rd full motion mattress. I replace them if/when they fail.
I am glad they are updating it,. The original was the worst for my insomnia, also as temperature drops it got colder while living in Central Florida. Also my past roommate had one & the wood frame was too heavy & to move was a nightmare like emptying & filling back a pool.
My dad bought a waterbed in 1988 I remember seeing my dad build the wood frame with a hammer and nails! I thought it was the coolest bed on earth!!!
Very nice Revival @Charles Hall!
I had one when I was a kid. I loved it
I had a waterbed back in the 15o0's and by jolly it was the next best thing to practice surfing on.
My sister had my parents old water bed when I was growing up.. I still remember the sound of getting on it
I bought one in 1969 in a little store on upper Grant Avenue in San Francisco. I used it for a few years but I kept waking up with a sore back. Mine didn’t have a heater either. So it was chilly in San Francisco in the winter. But it was definitely fun!
I miss my waterbed so much!!
Ah one of those inventions you wish we could forget and let it rot in time
we never did, but my neighbor had one. this was the 70s. as kids, we would go and jump on it and play, our trampoline, which you should not be doing, but no adults were home after school. crazy times. never seen a water bed since. 50+ years later.
Do places still sell these
brent oberlin yes look it up on google
Yes and you can get them from eBay and menny other web sites.google it
Relaxing and so peaceful
I remember in 1970 the store smelled of incense, I was 16 and Jalana was 15. I bought the bed.
Underrated af comment
Owned several, miss them, a good way to sleep!😄😄😄
First waterbed in my household was my older sister's in 1970!!
its got baffles!
I wake up in a water bed 😂
I’m sure it helps the mind relax back to the time we’re in our mothers’ wombs, which is in part why they’re so comfy!
He looks great for his age
I miss my waterbed.
I loved my Waterbed but I never turned the heat on. It was cold and glorious ✌️
I sleepd on one when we are visiting friends in the US in 1988 OMG it was soooo incredible i can to this day remember the feeling like floating in the ocean and it was so soft and moved all the time...heaven i wish i could get one here is Israel
I have a 3 story townhome and am sure not gonna have a bed full of water up on a third story but I do love waterbeds.
The waterbed is only 50 years old?! And the guy is local to me!? Crazy!! I've been sleeping on one for 20 years now, I'm just about to buy my 3rd "mattress" (I admittedly didn't care for the current one properly) , and you'll pry it from my cold dead hands because it's the best type of bed ever!
I am watching this video while lying in my free-flow-waterbed with my laptop hanging half a meter above my torso on a tied together parcel string, which runs through 2 eyelets, that are mounted on the ceiling :)