SLEEPING DIFFERENCES in Germany & USA

[@moatl6945]

Every year hundreds of American tourists get lost in the crack between the two mattresses in German hotels. ;P

[@christopherscharf8185]

No hundreds of American tourists get stuck in the crack

[@viomouse]

as a kid you'd really get stuck in there thugh, when you slept in the middle!

[@noahesters911]

It is a tragedy that has escaped the notice of the European Union for hundreds of years.

[@nannyogg7213]

hihi, yes, but sleeping in the "Besucherritze" was kind of fun, too.

[@user-oe8cw8uj8y]

I thought the EU was only 20 some years old

[@larsson1414]

Having two matrasses in a double-bed is not only cheaper. Another pro is: if one person moves a lot at night, the other person will not be disturbed that much when having two matrasses. it really makes a difference

[@EverydayRoadster]

This plus we can have different mattresses for different weight support was the reason for us.

[@MrMartinNeumann]

And if you are don't like the crack you can just get a thin "matras pad" covering both matrasses.

[@user-oe8cw8uj8y]

+larsson1414 But, what size sheets do you use? King? or a Twin / King combo?

[@NavaSDMB]

Or if one can't fall asleep unless he has a blanket (hi Dad!) and the other one thinks blankets are for decoration only (hi Mom!).

[@abriendotuvoz1509]

Motion doesn't travel across good mattresses.

[@fabianwoelz]

I stayed in a hotel in Berlin with my American girlfriend and it had the two matresses in one bed frame thing. She named it the "I love you but not that much"-bed.

[@Frello2]

Another advantage of two matresses is that when two people of very different weights sleep in the same bed, the lighter one doesn´t roll into the heavier one all night :)

[@nathalie9329]

so sad but so true xD

[@katharinar.4463]

+Natha Lie that's true, and I think with only one mattress you could feel every single move of your partner during night.

[@douglasthompson9070]

The new hybrid style mattresses do not have that problem. The old style spring mattress is what you're describing.

[@OoKeylieoO]

an employee of an mattress shop told me that two mattresses are better because you should turn the mattress once in a while (like a fish stick) because you have laid a hole in the mattress so you can lay against the hole to equalize the hole..and than turn it again so you still have the support. and if you turn a big mattress it could happen that the mattress will 'break' in the middle and the support is gone :) sry for my english i hope it is understandable.

[@moragmacgregor6792]

I have a Sleep Number bed and you can adjust the firmness for each side separately. It has two air chambers inside. Most comfortable mattress I’ve ever owned and I’m very particular.

[@tapatvde]

It's not only cheaper to buy the two smaller mattresses, it also reduce the transfer sensitivity of movement, if one is a restless sleeper. Another plus is, that the two mattresses will be more robust than one big mattress, because of the inner framing. You can buy a big queen-size and very robust mattress, but you will have to pay the price of three single mattresses of good quality. Men are normally a little heavier then woman, so they prefer a harder mattress. With two mattresses you'll have no trouble to find the right mattress for each of you two.

[@strikerdku]

Yep, that's exactly what I would've said. Adding to that you can exchange 1 mattress really easy instead of having to buy a whole new mattress. And when I was a child I really enjoyed sleeping between my parents right in the crack of the mattresses, I don't know whether you consider that a valuable argument for double mattresses :D And of course you two can decide separately on how soft or hard the mattress for you personally needs to be.

[@Aktivist1000]

Your arguments look nice, but the truth is that it comes from an attitude to considerate sexual acts as allowed only for the purpose to beget children. Keep your two-beds-bedroom in your house and praise it!

[@tapatvde]

Aktivist1000 Whom do you mean, Jammin or me?

[@marinakunterbunt2581]

yeah, thats true. another point is that a lot of germans want to "sleep healthy" and want to support their back while sleeping.

[@Aktivist1000]

I'have clicked on "Antworten" under your comment. But as I see, Jammin suffers under a similar preference to privat mattresses. :-D

[@miah4326]

You also have those beds where there is one bedframe and two matresses and two independent curved wooden ones that you have talked about (at least they were popular in Switzerland when I lived there) and I loved them because you could sit comfortable in your bed with almost 90 degree and then get it into 0%, 5%, 10% angle for sleeping and the bed could adjust to each person's taste. Loved it. Right now I think they are available almost everywhere (in Ikea too).

[@MiraAurelio]

those double mattress beds are childhood memories for me. when i used to have a nightmare i slept in that crack in my parents bed. we always called it a "Besucherritze" visitors crack xD

[@blackk_rose_]

I was so glad my parents have one huge mattress because I never had to sleep in the "Besucherritze". My grandparents have two mattresses though.

[@Susan-bi3bl]

I loved the "Besucherritze" too!!

[@Esablaka]

The "Besucherritze" was always so nice and warm and it was pretty nice for me too^^

[@SomethingStupide]

Besucherritze.... Oh, fond memories... :D I guess I slept more often in the Besucherritze than in my own bed until I was, like, 10 years old. :D But nowadays my back would probably kill me after less than an hour in the Besucherritze :D

[@PhoenixInFirestadium]

Hahaha, same here. I loved it, too. I was so quiet my parents even didn't notice when I crawled in their bed and when they woke up they were surprised that I was there. :D

[@ifaeeafiify]

You're supposed to flip your mattresses from time to time (depending on the material) - much easier with two small ones.

[@ifaeeafiify]

+ian pugh Actually there are viscoelastic mattresses that always show the same side to the sleeper. You have to flip/rotate/turn them head to toe. They are supposed to be good. I have mixed feelings about them because they make you feel a little bit like you're stuck in modelling clay.

[@BizarreSuzanne]

My current mattresses in the U.S. are two "twin size" on two twin size box springs...which leaves the dreaded "crack in the middle"...and when I roll over, I tend to roll into that crack...which tends to rouse me to roll back the other way...I would prefer one King size mattress over two twin box springs and when I replace the two mattresses it will be one King size one!

[@idshemat]

I think i havent flipped my matress in like 22 years O.o, i flipped the wooden slats (?) though xD (app. after 20 years xD)

[@nilsw8076]

2 matresses allow better sleep, as the movements of one person are not transferred to the second mattress. I never heard of anyone getting stuck between the mattresses. they are pressed against each other, I cant even put my hand in-between without some force.

[@Aktivist1000]

"The movement of one person" - it seems to be repeated many times here. - I would say, if the movements of this person start to disturb you, separate the bedrooms, not only the beds. Or better the flats. ;-DDD

[@nilsw8076]

When you got a light sleep and dont want to wake up everytime your wife or husband goes to the toilet, this will help.

[@Aktivist1000]

Nils Wolny If I'd had a "Light sleep", I would consider to do some activities during the day, besides of sitting in front of the screen.

[@JohnDoe-qx3zs]

+Aktivist1000 "light sleep" can also be about other things than lack of exercise / exhaustion. For example it is often said that mothers with small babies sleep lighter so they can respond if the baby needs them (and they obviously tend to have husbands too).

[@p0gr]

hmmm, nice and tight.

[@konradmack2152]

the big german pillows are comfy as fuck

[@cmdstraker]

Does anyone use one of these by itself? Everyone I know uses a stack of 2. So they actually are supportive

[@konradmack2152]

+cmdstraker i do use 1. it gets more supportive with usage

[@peanutjam]

Bääh, Nackenkissen FTW!

[@smilingbandit6900]

Seitenschläfer ftw! too :D

[@Yukimiko0001]

I use seven ^-^ I have some issues with my back so I have to sleep half sitting and god damn I love my pillows. All in all with decorative pillows I have 27.

[@romainsavioz5466]

Hi for the double mattresses bed it's also in hotel useful when you are travelling with someone but not as a couple

[@therealmaskriz5716]

Aren't they separateed completely?

[@Aktivist1000]

Oh yes, that is a very often case, that you sleep in one room with a stranger. :-DDD

[@romainsavioz5466]

+Aktivist1000 work trip travelling with a friend or a family member school trip

[@Belgarion2601]

I have travelled a lot with my father and we would always get a room for two obviously. But, especially in the US, they didn't always have vacant twin rooms so we had to sleep in a king size bed together. In this case, a double mattress "Ehebett" would've been much more comfortable. Same thing goes for when I'm travelling with my sister.

[@Aktivist1000]

TravelEnthusiastDE Well, I also like hotels where I can take the option between a two bed double room and a Ehebett double room. But in smaller towns they have in sane countries only the Ehebett double rooms and few of single rooms, so I have to share the bed sometimes with my best friend, with whom I undertake tracks. But it's not that big problem as the Besucherritze, if you are on the way with with your flame.

[@Simproved]

I have also wondered why the Americans have so much stuff on their bed. Lots of pillows all with a different shape. I also don't get all the blankets, sheets,duvets.etc which ones stay on while sleeping and which ones are for daytime decoration only? I would appreciate if you would do a "genauer" video on this😊☺

[@31337flamer]

"more precise" suchst du :D ...

[@missfashionator]

+Powder ich denke das war beabsichtigt ;) ..

[@Simproved]

ja ein wenig beabsichtigt. "More precise" ist irgendwie auch nicht exakt die Bedeutung von "genauer", die ich meine. Vielleicht eher sowas wie "more detailed"?

[@missfashionator]

Simproved "in depth"

[@rachelpatraca4211]

Its a woman thing it just makes the room look pretty. Some people love more than one pillow for comfort.

[@Frahamen]

if you're young and there's a good chance you're going to move several times, two single matrasses is a hell of lot easier then trying to move two person matrasses true an appartment.

[@Frahamen]

***** exactly

[@webpig711]

Don't forget turning the mattress. That would be a nightmare with a single kingsized one.

[@entropyzero5588]

Eh, a friend of mine recently moved and we had no problem folding the large mattress and putting it into the trunk of a VW Polo... As for turning it: I do so every two weeks or so with mine - it's no problem at all (granted, I have a lot of room between my bed and anything I could knock over with it).

[@BizarreSuzanne]

Many a time I have been asked to a female friend's home to turn over her kingsized mattress...yeah, not easy to do!

[@Sophie.S..]

Yep, that's one of the things boyfriends are useful for!!

[@larapellen5738]

I never experienced one big mattress for 2 people in Germany.😮Only 2 separate matresses.

[@CologneCarter]

Depends on how to define a bed for two. I had a 1,40 m wide bed and we slept on it with two people and it had of course a single mattress.

[@Jette...]

Except my grandparents bed, every bed for 2 people, I've seen, has one matress

[@sophiehinz3130]

I actually have only one mattress and my boyfriend and i sleep both in my bed, it fits perfectly. But if i would be an adult and we would be married, i think i would have a bed with two seperates, like everyone has in Germany

[@Nusel38]

Isn't the two matresses thing more a thing of the older generation? Its more common these days to have one big matresses for a bed.

[@CologneCarter]

Anies Didn't know my daughter qualified as older generation. ;) She is 23 and married. Her master bedroom has a two mattress bed.

[@irian42]

I can sleep in any bed; one mattress, two mattresses, box springs, no box springs, light pillow, firm pillow - I don't care. To be happy I just need to be able to turn the pillow to the cold side during the night. It's so refreshing!

[@therealmaskriz5716]

lmao exactly

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

The advantage of two mattresses, in addition to the lower prize, is that if you have one heavy sleeper (i.e. one who moves a lot), and one light sleeper (i.e. one who wakes up easily) this can help the light sleeper get better rest.

[@choedzin]

Another advantage of 2 mattresses is that you only need to buy one size of fitted sheets for all the beds in the house. BTW when I came to Germany in the early 70s even single beds had mattresses spit into 3 cushions :-) . I myself use throw pillows for exta back and head support if I want to sit up and read in bed before going to sleep at night.

[@CologneCarter]

Those old fashioned three piece mattresses had one huge advantage. If you had worn out the middle one where your hips would lay, you would just shuffle them around and get some more years of use out of them. But I seriously hope your mattresses didn't spit into the cushions. ;)))

[@choedzin]

Oh! you're right. The mattresses weren't really spitting into any cushions - I meant "split", of course. Very perceptive of you! :-)

[@williwaldmaus3090]

The ones with 3 parts are meant as sledges to ride down the stairs when you're little :D

[@ano1919]

2 mattresses are also a lot easier to put the sheets on an the sheets do not wrinkle as much as a big one :D

[@ano1919]

Oh I forgot one big plus: I personally sense every movement on my matress and wake up, so it's almost torture to sleep together on a single one

[@BarbaraWilson-gs2cs]

I'm an American with no decorative pillows anywhere. To me they are useless.

[@TheMechanicalGirl999]

I agree! I am also an American! Have better and more geeky things to put my money to!

[@klauswesthoff2129]

To me they are useless too. But are they common in hotels in the U.S.?

[@azraelsgrave]

When I sleep I don't even care what my bed looks like, let alone the pillows. I just see it as a place to get rest. If it does the job I keep it. If it fails at its job I get another. Or I flip it over to see if that was just a unfortunate discomfort from not flipping it sooner.

[@jeandavis9543]

YES and when we go to the room they immediately go in the corner!!

[@BirteK1975]

@@klauswesthoff2129 Yes! I always have at least 5 useless pillows sitting on the bed when staying at US hotels.

[@Luzarioth]

"for me, I was all about efficiency" girl, you were born to live in Germany ;P

[@getoffmyplanet206]

Concerning the "two mattresses in one large bed" I have to say that it is pretty convenient if, for example, you share a bed with a partner who has to get up waaaayyy earlier than you yourself. In my experience, having only one mattress for two people of different sizes and weights sharing one bed is kinda like sleeping on a trampoline. XD Everytime my friend would get up in the middle of the nigth for work, his side of the mattress would go up about 20-30 cms and send me rolling half across the bed thus waking me up in the dead of night, too. XD Which is annoying, as you can probably imagine. ^__^

[@st0ox]

In a small sleeping room a "made bed" (did i use this phrase right in English?) has an huge effect on how tidy the whole room looks and its quickly arrangeable. So therefore i can imagine that some people take this a step further and decorate the bed properly for the day.

[@st0ox]

=D I like to use this whole Bracket thing for more out of context related stuff (: and i love Bracket Smilies :)

[@st0ox]

Dann wünsch ich dir viel Erfolg dabei. Ich muss leider sagen, dass ich Deutsch lernen zu Schulzeiten etwas gehasst habe. I have dyslexia, so every "phonetic based" language to learn is at the edge of a traumatic experience for me. But why am I complaining?, Jaime Lannister had his bad times learning reading and writing, too. \[T]/ Solaire out

[@LumenMilites]

I love this crack! I put my leg down there on purpose becaus i find it more comfy :3

[@SaraStar7373]

I have a bunch of different sized pillows and cushions on my bed. I have the American style pillows you showed (two on top of each other on each side) and also a giant square pillow. This big pillow I sit upright so I can comfortably sit upright on my bed without hurting my back on the wall or headboard. A lot of the other pillows I have are: ones my grandparents or parents bought/made for me and pillows my dogs sleep on when they sleep on my bed. Before I go to bed I do a huge sweeping motion and knock them off. In the morning I grab them all and chuck them back on.

[@rainyday4970]

To each his own, right? They help color-coordinate the room decor too! Making a room aesthetically pleasing is not a bad thing! :)

[@ganesha2933]

Having two mattresses is great if you move a lot during the night. The person sleeping next to you won't feel a thing since they have their own mattress.

[@Aktivist1000]

Another guy who is disturbed by the movements of his partner. FOFL! I really laugh myself to death! Even as I lived in Germany I had always a one-mattress-bed. Now I live again in a land, where "visitor gaps" are virtually unacceptable, and the insomnia doctors are not the nabobs here. :-DDD

[@pattypat1266]

I think you don't understand how wildly some people sleep. My mother is very thankful for the two mattresses because my father moves very much in his sleep, talking and fighting in his dreams it seems. he likes to do some karate moves and noises. And when you get older it is even more necessary that you have a good mattress that supports your back. I would prefer the single mattress over the two mattress too though if my boyfriend was a sleeper like my father i'd definitely choose the two mattresses. Of good quality cause then you don't even really feel the crack lying on it.

[@JuanitaHarrisMissHarrisinParis]

I've been traveling between US and Austria/Germany over the past few years. I have to say, I have an affinity for the German/Austrian sleeping situation rather than the American one. The mattresses are firmer (which I LOVE), and the duvet and pillows are all down. I'm currently in Duisburg, Germany and even though it's been a little warm over here, I seem to sleep pretty comfortably with a fan and snuggle up in my bed quite nicely. I sleep better, and deeper. Bonus! As for the "throw pillow" thing. I've never had them nor have had any use for them, because throw pillows are for decor only. I've had to sleep on those things before and they are so NOT for sleep. They're just overstuffed, decorative and quite without function. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

[@MelaEckenfels]

If your partner is a fidgety sleeper two separate mattresses are saving you the money for marriage counselling. You wont be disturbed by any movement your partner makes. And on top you can choose a mattress that is the perfect fit for your body and sleeping type.

[@joools1953]

Australian here: one large mattress. I've slept on beds with the two mattress thing happening and I hated the gap in the middle. Top sheet - yes, because it keeps the duvet cover cleaner. Duvet - warmer, softer, lighter in my experience. Pillows - we use the same as you're used to in the US. I also cannot fathom the trend for dozens of pillows of various sizes, the purpose of which seems to be decorative only

[@31337flamer]

2 matresses PRO: if someone moves at night u wont get disturbed and u can use different ones CON: your kids and arms sometimes get lost in "the void" between them

[@jenswurm]

PRO: You have a place to put your arm instead of laying on it.

[@bluerisk]

Is it really a CON?!

[@beccascaredycat8490]

mind blown!

[@jenswurm]

If you're in a hotel with two separate beds pushed together and they keep sliding away, then there are two things you can do: - Use the luggage strap to tie the bedposts together - change the orientation of the top sheets from vertical to horizontal. Then both top sheets cover both mattresses from side to side and hold them together.

[@Annie-jm6tq]

I Had a lots of pillows in my room, when I only Had one room (in the House of my parents or when i was Sharing the flat with flatmates). So the bed became my couch with all the pillows 😊 (As a German ;))

[@erics.f.5250]

I live in Germany and I do it the same way, I also use the extra pillows at night depending on what I want at the moment.

[@Reasonably-Sane]

What you did actually makes sense. I know a lot of people (all women, though that's only my experience) who decorate their bed with lots of pillows with fancy designs on the coverings that aren't intended for use. I don't get it. The character Jay Pritchet on the television show Modern Family makes fun of the practice; He likens moving all those pillows every day to working on a loading dock, which seems accurate to me.

[@one30am]

Same here (as an American) I had a lot of pillows and arranged them like a couch as a kid, and could use whichever I preferred that night. We didn't have any unusable decorative ones. (Like ones with scratchy embroidered or sequined coverings. Those I don't understand the point of.) Now I just have two, one of which gets put on the floor, propped up against the bed, when I want to sleep on my front.

[@scotpens]

The only useful thing about decorative throw pillows on the bed is that your cats like to curl up and sleep on them. That's assuming you have at least one cat, of course.

[@flibbertygibbet]

I love the clocks in the background and last time my husband and I visited Germany we came home and started using bottom sheets and duvets on our bed. We had to explain to so many of our friends what it was about as they were weirded out about the lack of the top sheet. No there is not a top sheet yes we wash the cover every week etc. I also loved the fact that every hotel had two smaller blankets for us on the bed. rather than a large blanket for both. My husband and I are both blanket hogs and it's much easier to sleep without having to compete for a fair share of the blanket. Thanks for the video.

[@Jay-vn1yz]

I'd recomend one big matresses. But anyways, heres the pro/con list :) Pro for 2 matresses: - You can adjust hardness for each person - You can have different bedclothes - You can easily replace one if its broken Pro for 1 matress: - Its a lot more comfortable (You just have more space) - They are cheaper in my experience (My matress (200x180cm) cost about 150€, two small would have cost about 200€) - You can cuddle without getting uncomfortable (kinda reason no. 1) - You are less likely to get attacked by monsters (To be honest, I am really afraid of this :D Dont know why) So, now go and decide :)

[@Dowlphin]

So did you really find two beds moved together or did you not notice it was one bed frame all the time? That would be weird. BTW I fold the big pillow, too. My "Kopfkissen" is quite small. The narrow but very long ones I know from hotels annoy me a lot, in part because they're so still. I like to crumble the Kopfkissen a bit and support it with my arm.

[@nightowl356]

I really don´t understand Americans being afraid of falling into that crack :-D I know, it´s just half serious, but do you really slip in between the matresses???

[@nanianmichaels]

It gets old really fast, for me. I've done the two-mattresses, one bed (eww) thing, and even with a topper, it's like having a sinkhole in the middle of the bed. If one person sleeps in such a bed and usually moves around a lot, he or she is likely to end up either waking up in the middle of the night with the feeling they're about to fall off the bed, or just wake up in the pit. If two people sleep in such a bed, more often than not, you'll both end up at the pit, too. And, in any case, your back will complain in the morning. Personally, I don't like it. Sure, it's great if you wake up when your SO moves during sleep, or if you both need/want different mattress stiffness, but in my experience, the cons WAY outweigh the pros.

[@andrea0912]

Yes you fall down

[@nightowl356]

where to? it´s just a gap between 10-15cm "deep" matresses, not really a space you can fall into...

[@one30am]

I'm not afraid of falling into it, I just don't see how it's comfortable to cuddle or anything, and sometimes if I have the bed to myself I like to lay right in the middle and stretch out, or lay across it to read. I've never actually laid on one, though, so maybe it wouldn't be as noticeable as I'm thinking. Not feeling my SO toss and turn at night (and vice versa) would be nice, though.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

I just wonder how that can be comfortable. But then again...I sleep in the center of my double bed. That would suck if there was a separation right where I'm sleeping. I move quite a lot when I sleep. It's near disorder levels in the amount that I move so I have to sleep in the center or I'll roll right of the bed. I can't tell you how many time I've done that. As a child I almost cracked my head open on the dresser when I rolled off the bed one night. I didn't even wake up. Scared the crap out of my grandmother, who thought I had knocked myself out.

[@TheScottie1040]

The sheets are to keep your body oils and skin off of the blankets and the comforters.

[@ReevansElectro]

I have seen two mattresses on nearly every 'king' sized beds throughout the US and Canada and Europe and the Middle East. It seems more standard than a single large king size mattress.

[@richardbrentbledsoe4406]

I have seen split king size box springs so they are easier to get up stairs but not split King size mattresses. It does not mean they don't exist but no one I know has one and have not seen them in hotels here in USA. Makes sense in some ways for a king size but not for a full or queen.

[@ReevansElectro]

Richard Brent Bledsoe You're right! The ones I have slept on don't exist because you haven't seen them. I got it.

[@louiseglasgow]

Sorry for all the comments but this is an IMPORTANT thing I just thought of about box spring beds. This year I had problems with both mould and bed bugs. This is not something I've experienced in 20 years living in different places, but bed bugs are on the rise worldwide because they are becoming resistant to the chemicals used to kill them. Box spring beds are really bad for bed bugs because they can hide there without being seen and also because it is easy for them to get in. My flatmate's box spring bed was riddled with them. I have a new metal frame bed (because of the mould!) and they hadn't got up that. It seems they could if they really tried but it is safer and easier to inspect. The advice I had about both the mould and the bed bugs was that it is best not to store anything under your bed and for there to be room there for air to circulate! If you do buy a box spring bed you can get a bed bug encasement to put round it, to protect your bed. (You can get them for mattresses too). Although the downside of the wooden slats is that they are untreated so mould can grow there, but if you are heating and ventilating the room, and air can circulate under it, you should be fine if you don't have a massive humidity problem and in that case you can get a dehumidifier.

[@Kumi12341]

I only got a decorative pillow cuz it was part of a comforter set. But I never took it off. I used it like a regular pillow. Also I hate the top sheet so much. So what I do is use the fitted sheet and during the winter I wrap my queen sized mattress with the queen sized microfiber blanket. So my bed is super warm!

[@medicaldoll5506]

I love watching these. Learning a lot. Thanks! You're a really good host!!

[@rougesunset]

The top sheet also helps keep the comforter or duvet clean (especially if you like to sleep in the nude)

[@asherdie]

Alexandra wash your dirty ass!

[@rougesunset]

grumpybill Apparently you don't know that your body continuously excretes oils and sweat. Your feet, arms, legs, back, ALL of your skin does this. Even if you shower right before bed, you are still getting dead skin cells and oils in your bed.

[@asherdie]

Alexandra apparently it went over your head.

[@rougesunset]

grumpybill Nah, you're just not funny so I responded accordingly.

[@asherdie]

Alexandra mmmmmkay

[@XxBrittany20xX]

I love ikea. I'm american. I like decorative pillows because they make ur bed look comfy and room look inviting. Also, I use my decorative pillows quite a bit too. So they don't just sit unused. When I'm needing support, or someone needs to prop up their feet due to swelling, then the pillows come come in handy. I also use em for support myself sometimes.

[@XxBrittany20xX]

I have a foam mattress. It's quite comfortable. Supportive and it's surprisingly hard for being foam. Which I like cause my back hurts in overly soft beds.

[@kronusexodues7283]

In Argentinia and England I notied that everything was really annoying and complicated. instead of putting your body on a mattress and under a blanket and be done with that, there were so many sheets and you'd never know which is a blanket, which is just for decoration during the day, which is to protect the matress and you should actually sleep on top of it. and everything was packed so tightly during the day. you had to take everything appart, it would get twisted during the night and in the morning you had to put everything back togehter. awful. in Switzerland it was like in Germany.

[@seraphiccandy21]

I often sit in my bed and do work on my laptop so I use my throw pillows for support. They also look super cute!

[@rooqbranwen8305]

"This video is not about sex - STOP, don't go!" Internet in a nutshell. ;) Regarding the single guy with the two mattresses: Maybe he doesn't want a huge bed for himself, but an option for parking his one-night-stands? I wouldn't know of any other reason. A single huge mattress is way more comfy. ^^

[@JustFlynn]

I have 9 pillows on my bed. 2 of those huge down-filled ones. 6 ones that I take off at night. One filled with Seeds that I put on top of the huge one for more support. I personally like it, because I think my bed looks more inviting and cozy with a wall of pillows on it. It also makes me feel like a princess.

[@jonathanteufel8343]

Can you do a survey, to see from where in the world you got the most viewer? Maybe also natively german for example.

[@MongolordD]

She sees that in her youtube statistics anyways

[@daseteam]

Not very nice, don't you have a life?

[@ifaeeafiify]

Guessing from the comments: About 98 % are from Germany.

[@VampiraPericulosa]

I'm from Argentina, but I lived for 8 years in Germany, now I'm living again in Argentina since 2010

[@jamestrotman3238]

Jonathan Teufel we can do this here xD I'm from Ireland

[@itxofficial8281]

My GF and I have a very special Frankenstein bed at home: The bed frame is one single piece designed for 2 persons, BUT the slatted frame is seperated into 2 pieces, with 2 seperate matresses on top. This brings many advantages: The head section of our slatted frames can be erected seperately, which is very comfortable for watching TV or reading a book. Also, we bought 2 different types of matresses to fit our individual needs (my GF has a very soft one, mine is a bit harder).

[@eleo_b]

With a duvet it's also easier to change the look of your room by just changing the covers. Btw, as small children, my brother and I would always fight to lie in between our parents in the crack on Sunday mornings!

[@trymybest123]

Dana, your bloopers are the best!! :-))

[@remem95]

Lol I always thought people from US would leave all those pillows on the bed when they go to sleep. I always saw that in the TV shows and thought it looked really comfortable.

[@kentix417]

If you have a chance, watch the movie "Along Came Polly" with Rachel Aniston and Ben Stiller. They have a fight (sort of) about all those decorative pillows on the bed.

[@prideofnamhae]

@Kentix that's the movie always popping up in my head when I see those pillows :D but the actress's name is Jennifer Aniston actually

[@kentix417]

Yes, after rereading my comment I realize I messed that up. I was too far into the Friends zone. Sorry, Jennifer. :)

[@SamWinchester000]

That was ABSOLUTELY what I was directly thinking about when I watched the video. How Ben Stiller put the pillows in a box every evening and put them on the bed in the morning again, himself wondering why he was doing that. ;)

[@myathomas7838]

I like having multiple pillows so that when people come over and I show off my room it looks neat and tidy and just has an appeal that makes ur room look a lot neater and put together

[@Rhynez]

For my part, I like the crack between to single mattresses especially in the summer. It is always a little colder there :D And I guess it will not only be cheaper to buy two single mattresses, but also to buy the sheets. And like other people said it is handy if you prefer a harder mattress and Stefan a lighter one or vice versa. Liebe Grüße :)

[@louiseglasgow]

It's interesting that the two mattresses and two sheets etc are cheaper in Germany, here in the UK it is dramatically cheaper to buy one double mattress or one double sheet than two single ones. I guess it all comes down to supply and demand ;-p I find that fascinating though. That the traditions of the two countries have had such an influence on the prices, which of course then perpetuates the traditions.... That makes sense about the harder/softer mattress - until recently that was an issue here, but now you can get mattresses that are different on each side or that are adjustable depending who is sleeping on them. My brother and sister-in-law have an adjustable bed in their guest room so that different guests can have different levels of firmness - genius!

[@KieliAnne]

Canadian here. I hate top sheets (flat sheets here) & don't bother with putting them on my bed. I think part of it is just the time it adds in making the bed. However when I am preparing a bed for overnight guests I will include one, probably because I presume others like it or at least it is easier to remove if they don't versus adding one later if they do. I have also only ever had single-mattressed beds with either a comforter (that doesn't come apart) or a thick blanket on my beds. Though I always like the patterns I see that come on duvet covers and the thought of being able to buy just a cover if I want to change the look of my bed without buying the whole thing (cover & stuffing & all). As for decorative pillows growing up every bed in the house we covered in them, usually with a stuffed animal of some sort sitting in front of all the various sized pillows. I think at one time that was just the style people were into. In catelogues when looking at bedding sets for sale each seemed to come with an array of different shaped decorative & useful pillows. Now in my own house I only have decorative pillows on my couch & they don't often get removed.

[@ameliemileva6459]

I have many pillows on my bed which might look like decoration but I sleep on them.

[@JohnDoe-qx3zs]

The lower bed sheet isn't always fitted. I've grown up using plain flat bed sheets that are literally just a large sheet of cotton or linnen with the edges folded over about 0.5" and sown in place to avoid fraying. Really cheap and easy to handle when washing, drying, storing etc. On the bed, the sheet is tugged under the mattress on all sides, so the weight of the mattress and the person help keep it in place, as do the bedframe around the mattress (if not a box bed). When buying, make sure the flat sheet is a lot larger than the mattress, since the measures on the package is for the entire sheet, not the mattress it is not fitted for.

[@adrianfanger1620]

I am disappointed .I expected a video about waldmeister

[@WantedAdventure]

+Adrian Fänger awwwww it's still in the editing process :D

[@Kaefer-hl1yg]

YESS it's so hard to explain what waldmeister is!!

[@karybradley8821]

So weird to see this comment - my German friend sent me some Ahoj Brause the other week, so I met with waldmeister for the first time. Look forward to some more explanation...

[@CocoLicious]

Waldmeister is a plant which you can find in a lot of places in Europa and you use it to spice up things such as beverages and desserts. You have it as artifical flavor a lot here in Europe (as in Ahoi Brause) and then it tastes a lot more intense. But you can go in a forest and look for real Waldmeister in germany :)

[@robertmeissner5511]

Adrian Fänger Waldmeister for sleeping ???

[@Monstermoerder1]

I've been in Kenya a year ago and stayed there with a local family. they thought it was really weird that I asked for a pillow, because they didnt have pillows at all. they just sleep on the bare mattress. after a bit of searching they then ended up offering me a 20x20x40cm foam _block_ which was very uncomfortable. I ended up using my inflatable travel pillow...

[@karybradley8821]

I reckon with your single friend and two mattresses, mattresses can be pretty expensive so if he plans on not being single at some point in the nearish future then it's a better investment to get two mattresses straight away instead of just one. I'm in the UK and I think I'd consider that kind of set up if I weren't single, because I feel then if you turn over in the night you have less chance of disturbing the other person. Kinda like having separate duvets. Feel like that's a pretty good idea in some ways, too.

[@ivettemckenzie1646]

I didn't have decorative pillows but I was taught that the small cylindrical pillow is for support and blood circulation of the legs. You sleep and place it behind your knees and that was you have better circulation whilst not moving much.

[@4ksandknives]

Grab the two single mattresses over the North American style for the sake of ease of replacement and transportation. It's also easier to flip the mattress over.

[@carolinedowning2542]

I like having decorative pillows because it makes my room seem cleaner :)

[@krollpeter]

The for me most important reason against the American style mattress system is physics. If one person moves the other will feel the moving, too. With two side-by-side mattresses each mattress can move more independently. As well, it is extremely heavy and therefore impossible to move for a woman. Lastly, the American style mattress system cost about 2 - 3 times as much as 2 good German style mattresses. The queen or king size comforter is not practical, too. It is heavy, hard to dress, and when one person moves the other will always feel it pulling.

[@felicityjohnston9276]

Peter Kroll im a women and its possible for me to move matresses that are huge, its called i am strong. not all females are weak, way to be sexist.

[@CanadianCuttingEdge]

My wife and I have been doing the two mattresses system mostly because I live with chronic pain and now when she moves it doesn't move my half of the bed and so cause my pain triggers to, well, trigger. So there are benefits for medical reasons.

[@BIGDADDY-jp7xq]

water bed 22 years now. i have no back. problems.

[@explodingpineapple7471]

In England and Italy I have seen beds in which you only tuck yourself in with a bunch of different "top sheets"... which normally get entangled like hell.

[@jannab8123]

Ok but here's a question: how big is a kingsize bed and how big is a queensize bed? Ever since being a teenager I sleep in a bed that is bigger than a usual 90cm-single bed but no double bed but with its 140cm somewhere inbetween. What size would that be? Am I a king or a queen? regardless of my sex and gender :D

[@thomasf.9717]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_size

[@xXMonsterMouseXx]

i think a queensized bed is about 140 cm to 160 cm... a kingsized bed is 200 cm, which means 20 cm larger than the normal double bed. So i guess you are a queen ;)

[@jannab8123]

Yay, many thanks for your answers, I somehow never thought about looking it up on wikipedia :) Yay, I'm "full" "queen" sized :D

[@S404_44]

In France they always stuff the comforter under the mattress so you can't get out easily... so weird

[@transkrit7]

Like grandmas did for ages

[@katharinar.4463]

+transkrit7 they also do this in Great Britain and New Zealand, during my time in New Zealand I got pretty used to it and especially in the wintertime, because they don't heat their bedrooms, it was a nice way to get warm. But you have to tuck it back under the mattress, every single morning.

[@Annie-jm6tq]

Ich hoffe deutsch ist okay, aber Matratzen Vorzüge krieg ich auf englisch nicht hin 🙈 2 Matratzen machen Sinn, wenn man sehr unterschiedlich viel wiegt oder Rückenprobleme hat etc. dann sollte jeder eine an sich angepasste Matratze benutzen. Okay, manchmal ist es auch billiger. Aber generell bevorzuge ich auch einfach eine einzige große Matratze.

[@SheratanLP]

Man möchte auch nicht ständig mit wach werden, wenn sich der Andere im Bett herumwälzt. ;)

[@weialles_weinix3900]

Mit nur einer Matratze fehlt auch die "Besucherritze"...lol Außerdem haben Boxspringbetten bei Tests äußerst miserabel abgeschnitten.

[@HalfEye79]

Ich habe auch eine einzige große Matratze fpr mein Bett. Ich tendiere nämlich irgendwie dazu, eher diagonal im Bett zu liegen. Und eine "Besucherritze" würde einen auf Dauer schmerzen.

[@weialles_weinix3900]

Half Eye Du schreibst ich und diagonal. Da ist also keine 2. Person dauerhaft. Dann ist das sowieso egal

[@jillianm8958]

I have a lot of decorative pillows on my bed for a few reasons. 1: it looks pretty, 2: I find that it really pulls the room together and gives the room a homey feel. It's cozy. Lastly I enjoy using my decorative pillows to support my back or set in my lap to support a book I'm reading or my arms while I watch videos on my phone.

[@__annina_3038]

Some called the place between two mattresses "gräbele" (Grab) :D

[@marcexner1631]

Ist das nicht eher schwäbisch für "kleiner Graben"?

[@larahinninger3082]

Jaaa! Als kleines Kind habe ich immer im Gräberle geschlafen wenn ich nicht einschlafen konnte oder Alpträume hatte😁😊

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Richtig.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Sollte heißen: Richtig, das ist schwäbisch und heißt kleiner Graben.

[@Melissa0774]

I have decorative pillows on my bed, but I actually need them. I use them to support my back and put between my knees. Or I use them to sit on when I'm sitting on the bed during the day. I don't bother to arrange them in any special way, or anything, though.

[@walz1986]

There is a really simple reason for having two mattresses and a bed with two slatted frames. You can really easydisassamble and move them to another place cause you just need to take the simple parts of it. Those other version with just one matress and fixed betts are normally much cheaper. I think you can buy one for around 200€, while the good variant I describe above cost around 400€. The reason I started to hate them was because I got 3 older siblings and whenever they moved those fucking stupid heavy beds need to be also moved and it really is anoying to get a 2 m times 1.8 m bed from the ground floor to the first floor or the other way around. So when I first got into my flat I got a simple sleeping couch that can be seperated in two single parts and later got the version i described above.

[@markrharmon]

The beds in the hotel you referred to were two single beds appear to be pushed together, is getting more common in hotels and the mattresses are zipped together to prevent falling into the gap. In the UK hotel industry, they are called "Zip-locked beds" or "Zip and link mattresses" The reason, greater room flexibility as some guests such as groups prefer twins, while couples prefer doubles.

[@GottZ]

pro when having two: if the partner moves he'll not disturb your sleep. con when having two: well.. i think you know ;D

[@wardsdotnet]

A lot of Americans don't use comforters at all - instead you have a top sheet, blanket, and bedspread. The blanket could be knit or crocheted but is more likely machine made out of polyester or something. Then the bedspread is a thin decorative layer on top. That's what you see in most American hotels too.

[@p.herrmann4538]

No Sex? Im outta here... xD

[@leonieschmidt3813]

lol

[@dschonsie]

Two matresses are enough ; )

[@AngelaVEdwards]

We have a Sleep Number bed and I LOVE it. Each of us get our own "setting" for how soft the mattress is. That bed is actually two separate air mattresses; one for each side and the top part is put over those mattresses. So it's kind of a combo two-mattress, one-mattress sort of thing. If a duvet has a washable cover that takes care of the "keeping clean" issue which is one thing the top sheet does. It keeps you from having to wash your blankets or comforter as often. But yes, if a duvet has a washable cover, that actually would take care of the discomfort from twisted or "too pulled up" top sheet.

[@Brian.001]

It must be a source of great confusion and mirth to the US that the rest of the world doesn't do everything the way they do. Just get used to it.

[@TwlightDutch]

Having two seperate mattresses also allows them to move separately from each other if you have a (electrically) adjustable beds. So one can sit up and the other can still lay down.

[@1951split]

9:11 long video on 9/11... Why can't my brain make itself more useful instead of noticing things like these...

[@dennisf.9222]

I do have decorative pillows and what I like about them: It's all about the fluffines. They are often softer due to another fabric and make the bed more comfortable :) Nice Video btw

[@chrisizzy1801]

The Crack in the middle is called "Besucherritze".

[@VanH77]

Chris Izzy im sorry i didnt scroll down that far before,i just wrote the same info lol. greets!

[@joeybormans3724]

About the pillows, I have a bunch of pillows in my bedroom! I just like the looks of it, it makes my bedroom more cosy, it just adds something! Hugs from Belgium! 🇧🇪🇩🇪

[@TheCooki2]

Hey Dana Nornally you can get a topper for the mattress of every Boxspring Bed. So if you have a big Boxspring Bed with two mattresses, the topper is a good solution for the gap, because it is one big thing and fills in the whole area. :)

[@abbiegilfilen3132]

Yeah for me the decorative pillows (even though I do like how they look) are useful as support for doing homework, reading, and chilling out in general during the day. They were even more useful for those reasons when I was a young kid and had a daybed.

[@xviolet953]

As someone who uses decorative pillows, it can occasionally be annoying if I'm in a rush to make my bed but I still like how it looks. It makes the room look more put together when guests come over, but in the end it's just a matter of preference.

[@tinakoyama]

Here in Japan there are no King-sized beds, so we pushed 2 single beds together. I bought King-sized sheets and blankets in the US and they fit perfectly on the 2 mattresses. We have never slipped between the mattresses. Perhaps the fitted sheet helps keep them together?

[@bentdirk1353]

Two matresses are easier to turn around when you change the bed sheets (one time upside down, next time head to feet), so the matress stays longer in form.

[@JaennaHidschi]

I also remember sleeping in the crack in my parents bed from time to time. I was very little back then so I was fitting into it very well. Now my parents as well as I both have one big mattress in our beds as well as one big blanket. I think those are really more comfortable, especially when you are sleeping in one bed with your boy- or girlfriend, because I often have the feeling the two mattresses really seperate you, as the crack is really annoying. So although they are more expensive I would always prefer one big mattress, at least now that I'm older.

[@AalbertTorsius]

The foam pad to cover the gap between mattresses is called a "pont d'amour"; a "love bridge".

[@Luv2tickt]

We just purchased a new bed a few months back. Originally, we were going to go with the two twins then put a mattress gel topper over with the foam joint, thus eliminating the issue of falling in the crack. We took into consideration all the points +Joachim Rimer noted below. Also, in some places, it's impossible to get a queen box or a king mattress up stairs or around corners, etc. What changed our mind was a sale the store was having that we simply couldn't pass on. Good luck in your search.

[@ulliulli]

Reasons for 2 matresses: 1. You can exchange one single (cheaper) matress if you have to and not a big (and more expensive one) 2. The reason of "one softer/one harder" is not a stupid one, even for singles. I have a matress for summer and a matress for winter. Harder in the summer, softer in winter. 3. You can flip one matress over when you "lay a hole in it".

[@TheOneZenith]

I'm in the USA and we have two box springs but one top mattress. The reason being that the larger box spring would not have fit through the door, yet the top mattress will fold to fit.

[@bunteskruemelmonster4843]

Well I have a lot of little decorative pillows on my bed but I actually like it that they surround me so they stay for the night

[@wwaxwork]

The 2 mattress thing is standard in most hotels, for flexibility of room arrangements so you can change to twins or doubles as needed. They do it in the US very often, they just may put a pillow top over it so you haven't noticed.

[@aaronwadzinski5761]

I live in the US, and recently got a split bed, but because we also have the individually-adjustable raised head and feet... and there is a that big crack in-between... Looking on amazon for one of those crack-filling pieces you mentioned... is there a name for that piece, or a brand, or some easy way to look it up and find it?

[@Inucat]

My parents have two mattresses in one giant bed frame. They never seemed to have a problem with it and this way everyone has enough room to sleep. A double mattress in Germany like I have is actually a bit smaller. You cannot put two blankets next to each other if they are 2 people sleeping and sharing a blanket won't work because one blanket fits the size of a single mattress. Buying two single mattresses is not only cheaper, they are easier to transport if you need to move or buy new ones. Also the fitted sheets for the singles are cheaper. I sometimes pay double the amount for my sheets. Another thing to consider is the wooden slates underneath the mattress. They break more often if it is just one big one with a big mattress but the single ones keep longer and the weight is better distributed.

[@Randy-uh8wd]

Sometimes the king size mattress will not fit up stairs or halls or around corners in an older building. So the two twins pushed together transport and fit better through the doors etc.

[@helenzimmermann8113]

I think that 2 matresses are better because if you only have one big matresse, the matresse starts to bend itself and gets a new form. Also each of you can choose a matresse that's best for our sleep