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<blockquote data-quote="hahayouknowwhoiame" data-source="post: 3235195" data-attributes="member: 135171">Dude, sleeping in a HMMWV in full body armor with weapon and four other dudes, especially if they weren&#039;t the new up-armored was horrible. I was in a CAAT platoon for a while and that really sucked, I hated my life. Exhaustion allows one to sleep anywhere. I prefer sleeping on the floor, and if it&#039;s outside then an iso-mat (foam mat) works great to keep the ground from sucking away your body heat but I usually rolled off of that. I&#039;ve slept on a lot of mattresses and I would say any spring mattress is just horrible. I would rather sleep on a darn cot then a spring mattress. I even work up with shoulder pain that lasted for a month from sleeping on a spring. Right now I have an extremely firm (bed salesmen looks puzzled when you tell him &quot;I want that one&quot; firm) foam mattress and it is wonderful. Wife had to get used to it though. If you&#039;re interested in seeing if sleeping on the floor does anything for your body I recommend giving it a try. I find it does wonders for mine, and a firm mattress has helped me tremendously. I wouldn&#039;t go so far as to not use a pillow though, but you can always use your hands or your shoulder ( stick one arm out all the way on your side and you can use your shoulder as a pillow ) for head support. Just keep in mind you have to try it for about a week, and after the first day your hips may be sore from laying on a hard surface and may even bruise a little if you&#039;re not used to it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hahayouknowwhoiame, post: 3235195, member: 135171"] Dude, sleeping in a HMMWV in full body armor with weapon and four other dudes, especially if they weren't the new up-armored was horrible. I was in a CAAT platoon for a while and that really sucked, I hated my life. Exhaustion allows one to sleep anywhere. I prefer sleeping on the floor, and if it's outside then an iso-mat (foam mat) works great to keep the ground from sucking away your body heat but I usually rolled off of that. I've slept on a lot of mattresses and I would say any spring mattress is just horrible. I would rather sleep on a darn cot then a spring mattress. I even work up with shoulder pain that lasted for a month from sleeping on a spring. Right now I have an extremely firm (bed salesmen looks puzzled when you tell him "I want that one" firm) foam mattress and it is wonderful. Wife had to get used to it though. If you're interested in seeing if sleeping on the floor does anything for your body I recommend giving it a try. I find it does wonders for mine, and a firm mattress has helped me tremendously. I wouldn't go so far as to not use a pillow though, but you can always use your hands or your shoulder ( stick one arm out all the way on your side and you can use your shoulder as a pillow ) for head support. Just keep in mind you have to try it for about a week, and after the first day your hips may be sore from laying on a hard surface and may even bruise a little if you're not used to it. [/QUOTE]

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