I'm looking to buy a good mattress. I've looked at the Serta I-Comfort and the Sleep Number mattress. Do you have any suggestions?
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Think that's what we bought. Cooling pad on the mattress = the ****.
We almost always buy returned or demo mattress. I just can't bring myself to buy a $2,500 mattress if the floor model is available for half that.
Sleep number. You don't really know what you want in a mattress until you sleep on it for an extended time. The sleep number can be whatever you or the wife want with the touch of a button. You will try different numbers for about a month untill you find your "sweet spot" and then it's perfect.
Stearns and Foster makes great mattresses. They are owned by Sealy now, but they still use better materials than pretty much everyone else. Stay away from the ones with thick pillow tops. They will almost always develop deep body indentions after a few months, no matter the quality of the brand. And don't be shy about sprawling out on a mattress in the store for a good ten minutes. You can't get a good feel for a mattress from lying down and popping back up.
I worked in corporate for a chain of furniture stores. The rate of return on pillow tops is insane.
I worked in corporate for a chain of furniture stores. The rate of return on pillow tops is insane.
Mattress in general have unbelievable mark ups/margins. I helped sell a company that patented some type of flame resistant material. I remember think "damn".
They would sell/donate defective inventory as a write off to charity. They would have signs that said "Mattress sales! 50% off! Proceeds to charity!" Think about that, 50% off and still making money to give to charity. Crazy.
They would sell/donate defective inventory as a write off to charity. They would have signs that said "Mattress sales! 50% off! Proceeds to charity!" Think about that, 50% off and still making money to give to charity. Crazy.
I have always said not to go cheap when buying a mattress. Just get the best one you can. I slept on what I thought was a tempurpedic and loved it, then found out it was the Costco brand memory foam. Only $500 for a queen and Costco will take it back if you don't like it. Best $500 I've spent. I had sterns and foster before.
I am im the mattress market as well. I'm reading really good reviews on this WalMart Spa Sensations mattress. Any comments?
Agree. I have slept on a tempurpedic and it was nice. But later slept on a therapedic type mattress and it was just as nice. I later bought one(can't think of name) and haven't looked back. Paid about $500. I'm not paying $2k+ for a mattress.
Sleep Number is worth every penny, but if you don't want to spend that much, there are other brands that are essentially the same thing without having to pay for the mall marketing that comes with the Sleep Number price.
Honestly, I have done a complete 180 on the idea of buying an expensive mattress. I think you will be just fine buying a really firm mattress of a less expensive brand, and then spending $100 or so on a quality memory foam mattress topper. Get the new gel ones that don't get too hot, and get as think as you want. You won't even know what type of mattress you have underneath you.
About 10 years ago, my wife and I bought our first King size bed, and decided to go all out on the mattress. We shopped for quite a while, and wound up with a Stearns and Foster model that provided me the best sleep I have ever had.....for about 3 months. Eventually the mattress started to sag underneath me a bit (I'm 6'1", 210) and I felt like I was sleeping in a trench. We rotated the mattress, of course, and the trench started forming on that side as well. We couldn't flip the mattress, because mattress makers now rip us all off by making their mattresses one-sided. The trench was not even close to being deep enough to be a warranty issue, but it was deep enough that it was killing my back. So, maybe we had a bit of a "princess and the pea" issue, but I couldn't take it.
I bought a mattress topper, and that cured everything. Great rest, but I had to wonder why I needed a $2,000+ mattress and box spring set when the $100 topper was the key.
Fast forward a few years, I'm divorced, and setting up my new home. I pulled out a queen sized mattress I had owned since 1993, but which was in our guest bedroom for our marriage. Cheap-ish mattress, but I threw on a quality mattress topper and I love it. Better than the Stearns and Foster when it was brand new.
Oh, and you can get the mattress toppers for a good price at Costco or Sam's Club.
About 10 years ago, my wife and I bought our first King size bed, and decided to go all out on the mattress. We shopped for quite a while, and wound up with a Stearns and Foster model that provided me the best sleep I have ever had.....for about 3 months. Eventually the mattress started to sag underneath me a bit (I'm 6'1", 210) and I felt like I was sleeping in a trench. We rotated the mattress, of course, and the trench started forming on that side as well. We couldn't flip the mattress, because mattress makers now rip us all off by making their mattresses one-sided. The trench was not even close to being deep enough to be a warranty issue, but it was deep enough that it was killing my back. So, maybe we had a bit of a "princess and the pea" issue, but I couldn't take it.
I bought a mattress topper, and that cured everything. Great rest, but I had to wonder why I needed a $2,000+ mattress and box spring set when the $100 topper was the key.
Fast forward a few years, I'm divorced, and setting up my new home. I pulled out a queen sized mattress I had owned since 1993, but which was in our guest bedroom for our marriage. Cheap-ish mattress, but I threw on a quality mattress topper and I love it. Better than the Stearns and Foster when it was brand new.
Oh, and you can get the mattress toppers for a good price at Costco or Sam's Club.
I'm looking into mattresses too but could do a mattress topper for the time being. Any specific things to look for? I'm pretty young, late 20's, but I've had back surgery and still have issues. I have to wake up early and stretch every day because my back and neck get messed up during sleep. I don't want to drop 2k+ if I don't have to but I've got to do something soon because this waking up hurting every day is for the birds, and I 17ing hate birds.
I'm not really an expert on the mattress toppers, I just know what I like. The memory foam ones can smell bad at first, and some people complain that they get hot. I have a 3" memory foam topper that comes with cooling gel, and I love it. Maybe there's something better out there, but this one is perfect for me. I spin it around everytime I change the sheets. My new girlfriend jumped on it the first time, and she thought I had gone out and bought an expensive mattress set.
I bought a king Serta Perfect Day I series pillowtop from this guy about a month ago.
He has a warehouse in Greenwood. His men delivered it to my door for free.
He accepted an offer of about $50 less than what he had it listed at on ebay.
These mattresses have nothing wrong with them. Mine was perfect. They are sold to him as "blemishes", which usually means the packaging material has a tear in the shrink wrap. As a "blemish", it doesn't have a warranty though.
I love mine. Especially the price.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/mattressman-2013/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
He has a warehouse in Greenwood. His men delivered it to my door for free.
He accepted an offer of about $50 less than what he had it listed at on ebay.
These mattresses have nothing wrong with them. Mine was perfect. They are sold to him as "blemishes", which usually means the packaging material has a tear in the shrink wrap. As a "blemish", it doesn't have a warranty though.
I love mine. Especially the price.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/mattressman-2013/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Question about memory foam mattresses. Do they really make you hot? I always hear people say they won't go with them because it makes you hot and that sucks in the summertime here, but no one I know who owns a memory foam mattress makes that complaint.