<p>should i get an eggcrate mattress pad and a regular one? or just one or the other</p>
<p>Get what you sleep on at home. If you don't use one at home and have never slept on an eggcrate mattress pad, I would advise just getting the regular one. Personally, I don't sleep really well on eggcrate pads. I think that they're an acquired taste.</p>
<p>Dorm beds can be much harder than the higher quality mattress you're probably used to. My D was really glad she had an eggcrate pad for her dorm bed.</p>
<p>My dorm mattress here at ND is awesome. I bought an eggcrate thinking that I would really need it, but i sent it home with my parents. Really, if you dont sleep with an eggcrate at home, you dont need it here, or at most other colleges.</p>
<p>My bed at home is insanely comfortable--more comfortable than any other bed in my home. I bought a featherbed and I think I'll put that under a mattress pad. They're actually not too expensive, and I'm thinking it'll make a big difference. I got mine at bed, bath, and beyond.</p>
<p>I love my featherbed, but they're not for everyone. Mine is down alternative and was about $40. That goes under a regular mattress pad to keep it from wiggling. The dorm beds here aren't TOO bad but my featherbed is way nicer.</p>
<p>At least get an egg crate unless you're used to sleeping on something crappy. If the texture of the "eggs" bothers you, flip it over.</p>
<p>I bought a mattress pad (the one that wraps under like a sheet) and then a 1-inch memory foam pad. It wasn't too bad. Not as comfortable as my bed at home, but that's to be expected.</p>
<p>u;d sat get tge egg crate kind and if you don't likke it flip it over and put the egg crates down. they are cheaper... i think mine was 8 dollars.</p>
<p>if youre tired enough. you can sleep anywhere.</p>
<p>memory foam pads are by far the best, although expensive, and if it hadnt been a gift, don't know if i would have gotten one.</p>
<p>Don't get an egg crate. They're too hard to carry and store.</p>
<p>Just get the highest quality regular pad you can find. By the time you get a top of the line pad, you've offset the cost of a regular pad plus the egg crate (in most cases). Then again, I'm the same guy who dropped $100 on a comforter for college and paid about that for the mattress pad as well. (I have sleeping problems so I always get the best I can afford to maximize the small amount of sleep I get).</p>
<p>i just bought two egg pad thingy's. most comfortable thing ever.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've heard they're comfy, but where will you store them in the summer? (I have to use a TV box to store my sleeping bag!)</p>
<p>You fold it in half once (or into thirds) and roll it up. tie a string around it like a sleeping bag and it's good for the summer.</p>
<p>i just throw the egg pads out at the end of the year, they're pretty cheap (and next year you don't start with a half flattened one).</p>
<p>i just throw them away or give them to friends that live nearby or are staying. they only cost like 7 bucks, when i got them.</p>