As far as heat, we're of the opinion that wool is basically the ideal material. It is breathable, but it matches your body temperature and maintains it pretty well. It wicks the moisture away from you really well.

I don't know how exactly to compare it to other mattresses, but we keep our house at ~60F in the winter and we haven't been running AC in the summers, so our house has been up around 90F with high humidity. It is very comfortable across that whole spectrum.

If you've ever had a pair of high quality wool socks, it's kind of like that. They keep you warm in the winter and keep your feet comfortable and dry in the summer.

Everyone is different, but I can’t imagine anything remotely comfortable about sleeping in 90° heat with high humidity. Having recently had to spend a few weeks “sleeping” (more like constant restlessness) in a bedroom in the lower 80s, that just sounds like hell.

Today its about 65F, which is quite pleasant. I've found it makes me appreciate these days more.

I sleep just in my boxers, but we put another italian officers blanket and a thick quilt on our bed to keep things toasty.

I think I looked into it recently and we spent something like $700 on materials.

But then you just put down the first blanket, lay down a layer of the batting (I don't remember for sure, but I think it maybe came in queen size bats already from where we bought it), and then repeat.

We stitched around the outsize with yarn using a baseball-style stitch to keep everything sort of fixed in place.

Here's a picture: https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T03KPRY1A-FBT1180P5/wool_b...

Is it propped on anything?

That would require a write-up.