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  1. Has anyone used viscoelastic foam (also called slow-memory foam) as
    padding for a unicycle seat?

    Thoughts?

    Thanks,

    -mg

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  2. I haven't. But, I sleep on it.

    I don't think it's what you want, Cuz it's not really 'cushiony' after
    it's 'formfitted'.
    (IE: conformed to your weight)

    It's elastisity isnt really quik to rebound from wieght either.

    So, I'd stick to a more 'firm' foam rubber.

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  3. I sleep on it too. And I loooooove it. I have thought about it too. But
    as DD said earlyer it shouldn´t be very comfy.

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  4. It would be ggod to but maybe an 1 inch layer on top of an non doubled
    over airseat... i might try that

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  5. While at a furniture store on Saturday I noticed that some of the
    higher-end matresses use various layers of stuff. One of the layers was
    a 2" thick bit of viscoelastic foam. That started me thinking about
    using it on top of regular foam (mattress pad) or to smooth the top of
    an airseat.

    I agree that if it was the only padding it might compress into a hard,
    crotch-shaped brick of foam. But, used in conjunction with other
    materials might make for a really comfy ride.

    Only problem is that I have been unable to find small bits of the stuff.
    The smallest I can find in the desired density is a $49 pillow.

    Maybe I'll get a twin sized matress pad and have plenty to spare.

    On a related thought, is there a generally agreed upon "best" seat
    covering material?

    Thanks,

    -mg

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  6. I sleep on a futon but no havnt tried that stuff

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  7. I was thinking about trying that type of memory foam in my air seat. My
    air seat has an innertube in a pillow with a layer of foam on top.

    But I had my doubts that it would work very well. And it was very
    expensive foam. It was too expensive to experiment with on something
    that I didn't think was going to work out very well. Foam that has more
    structure to it seems to do better in the air seat.

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  8. Well, you can chekc here:
    http://www.tempurpedic.com/tempurcmsvb/freeinfo/
    and get a free sample of the stuff and try that.

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