Cooling Twin XL Mattress Topper for College Dorm - Soft Pillow Top Pad & Protector with Adjustable Straps (6"-22") | Relieves Back Pain, Perfect for Student Beds & Guest Rooms

I have slept on this topper for 2 months, and I like it a lot. I spent a lot of time researching toppers after my bad experience with the first one.My Conclusion: This is a great topper as compared to memory foam which tends to become softer with use and body heat. This topper has an option to wash and refresh while memory foam degrades with time. If your mattress feels too firm, I recommend you try this D & G 2" Thick Mattress Topper.It is comfortable, offering a great pillow-top:I have an innerspring mattress which is a little too firm, and this topper does feel a lot like a feather bed. It sleeps much cooler than the memory foam with cooling gel I tried first. I believe this less high-tech topper will continue to deliver the same performance for many years because I have a comforter with the same type of filling and it continues to have the same volume after 10 years being sat on and used as a cover.It stays in place:I was tired when I put the topper on. I put it right on top of a fluffy mattress pad that hadn't done the trick (it didn't offer a softer top) with the intent of pulling off the old mattress pad when I washed the sheets. At that point, with a thick mattress, the straps to hold this topper in place would have stretched too far so I didn't use them. Fortunately, the topper didn't move at all, and, I left the set-up as is. It is great to have a topper that doesn't move at all.Maintains its softness:This topper rebounds well. That it is washable is another plus, but it doesn't seem to compact and it also doesn't allow me to sink in so far I end up hot and unable to roll or reposition.Why it is better than memory foam (with cooling gel):I had a memory foam topper for 18 months and it had become less comfortable. By 12 months, I should have sought a new solution. That memory foam was the best that Costco sold at the time, and had great ratings. After the first 6 months, I began to notice that I was sinking into the memory foam halfway through the night; over time my joints began to ache, I lost sleep, and I came to believe I slept very hot (even in the winter in MN, with a thermostat set to 60). Prior to that memory foam, and now, I sleep on this D&G Topper, being hot is not an issue. I may need an extra blanket now but that isn't a problem.I also tried a high volume mattress pad. I didn't find it to offer any additional comfort.