What's the best mattress out there?

[Moses]

Cute little buggers, though.

[Rick Lee]

If they were hairless, I'd really be grossed out.

[madmmac]

We like our Simmons Westin Heavenly bed.

[Superman]

I think it's your politics, Rick. I wouldn't sleep well either, if I tried to be a conservative.

And....I hope folks understand that I'm giggling when I post remarks like this.

[Rick Lee]

Supe, if it were because of my politics, it'd only be because I don't do more every day before I go to bed to defeat socialists like yourself. And I'm giggling too.

[74-911]

water bed

[Shuie]

In the last four years I've been through a Sterns & Foster pillowtop, a firm Serta, a Select Comfort, and the top of the line Sealy cashmere lined memory foam pillowtop. They were all great for about a year and then turned to crap. Next up is either the Marriott bed or a Simmons

[Dennis Kalma]

I tried the memory foam bed, custom made at that, but didn't like it as I do not move much when I sleep. Foam takes a set after a while, and then when you roll over there are dents in it that put my back into some painful shapes. Went back to my original Pullman Orient.

I'd love to replace the Pullman, but I am having problems finding any mattress in European size (90cm x 200cm) in North America...anyone have any leads?

Dennis

[sammyg2]

clinton knew about the mites but he didn't do anything

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by Dennis Kalma
I tried the memory foam bed, custom made at that, but didn't like it as I do not move much when I sleep. Foam takes a set after a while, and then when you roll over there are dents in it that put my back into some painful shapes. Went back to my original Pullman Orient.

I'd love to replace the Pullman, but I am having problems finding any mattress in European size (90cm x 200cm) in North America...anyone have any leads?

Dennis

Try James at The Backstore

http://www.thebackstore.net/

[KFC911]

Originally posted by sammyg2
clinton knew about the mites but he didn't do anything

He got more more affection from them than Hillary

[SLO-BOB]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

http://ccmattress.leads.com/MainFrame2.htm

RL, scroll down around 1/2 - 2/3 down the page. Sealy Spring Free Latex. Love it!

Resurrecting this thread for posterity and to give a big PLUS 1 on the Sealy Spring Free (ours is the firm).

We looked for years for the right mattress and tried all of the conventional coilspring premium "S"' brands - spent a fortune! Finally decided to go for it and get, what we perceived to be, the best - Tempurpedic. Dropped $6k on an adjustable that felt right. Thank God it has a return policy. The smell would not go away even after 60 days. It was really bad! My wife didn't sleep in it once. I tried, but woke up in the middle of the night with heavy chest congestion and coughing which was kinda scary. I will say that it was probably the most comfortable and supportive bed I had ever been on so I was very dissappointed to have to send it back.

We replaced it with a Comfor-Pedic which was a lot less $$ and (supposedly) has a few "improvements" over the Tempurpedic including Latex core. It was okay, but not great. Sent it back. Fortunately, I remembered this thread and Jim's recommendation. In doing searches online about Tempurpedic, Comfor-pedic, Selec-Comfort, among others, the Springfree kept coming up with rave reviews. I figured with all the good press I would give it a try. It's perfect. It's all Latex so no smell and it's hypo-allergenic. Latex is a little more "springy" than man made memory foam so it feels somewhere between a Tempurpedic and a good coilspring mattress. Because it's "natural", it doesn't have that toxic smell of plastic, if any odor at all. The other bonus - we got the whole she-bang on sale for $2400 (it's a lot less if you skip the adjustable base) - Less than half of the original Tempurpedic purchase.

I know comfort is very much up to the individual so my ppoint is not so much that the Sealy Springfree is a great bed (it is), as much as be sure to buy from a place that will allow you to return the mattress if you don't like it. Also, research online the mattress you are considering before buying. It turns out that Tempurpedic has many reports of "outgassing". I can say that mine had it and it was definitely toxic. The Select-Comfort beds have a potential mold factory inside their airbladder, which they may, or may not, have cured. Aside from that they have numerous complaints of leaking and bad pumps with poor warranty and customer service among other things. The Springfree had no negative reviews at all.

[NY65912]

I've had back surgeries and suffer from arthritis and myofasical syndrome, in other words always in pain and discomfort.

After much research and questioning I decided on a Bella Sonna Bed by Tempur-Pedic.

It did have a slight smell for the first week and disappeared entirely in 2 weeks.

I have never had as good a night's sleep as on this matteress. Both myself and my wife love it.

If either one of us gets up during the night the other is not disturbed, you don't feel any movement that might be transmitted to the other person.

I now, after 30 years of a bad back and lousy sleep, finally get up in the morning refreshed and feeling better than I had in the past.

Not cheap but I would highly recommend a Tepur-Pedic.

[scottmandue]

I loved the Tepur-Pedic in the store... price tag not so much.

Decided to cheap out and get a 3" generic memory foam pad from Target.

Felt great but man did it stink!

I tossed it in the spare bedroom with an open window to out gas for two weeks. After that it was acceptable however the smell didn't completely go away for a month or two.

I'm amazed they can sell stuff that needs to out gas like that.

[dipso]

Tempurpedic is a name brand, Like crescent wrench.
There are many companies that make adjustable wrenches and also many companies that make memory foam mattresses.

You may want to look at memory foam mattresses, but by different manufactures. We tried the tempurpedic but I thought it was too soft. That problem was described by Dennis.

The way these mattresses differ, is in density. The denser, the firmer.
If I remember correctly there is a lbs per square foot ratio used.
I don't remember the specifics, but as an example, a tempurpedic is 3.4 lbs per square foot. That is pretty soft.
I like a firmer mattress so we went with another manufacture at 5.4 lbs per square foot.

Just estimates on the weight per sq ' but I am sure you get the point.

Somebody has to quote this, Rick has me on ignore.

[glewis80SC]

Temper-Pedic worth every pennie!!!!

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I got my Tempur-Pedic from the The Back Store, owned by a PCA member;

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I'm agreeing with Byron a lot lately. Not sure what to attribute this to. Must be Obama.

But Tempurpedic is the way to go.

You spend a third of your life in bed. No sense sparing money on a mattress. Tempurpedic completely changed the quality of my sleep.

Downside: I hate sleeping in strange beds now.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Dottore

I'm agreeing with Byron a lot lately. Not sure what to attribute this to. Must be Obama.

But Tempurpedic is the way to go.

You spend a third of your life in bed. No sense sparing money on a mattress. Tempurpedic completely changed the quality of my sleep.

Downside: I hate sleeping in strange beds now.

Thanks, and I look forward to the Martinis

Contact James at The Backstore, he can help you, he also carries some of the less $$$ foam ones. One of my cats has taken over one of my Tempurpedic ones

http://www.thebackstore.net/

[RANDY P]

I'd also take a good look at the amount of padding on your pal's bed and try to match that. Minimal padding= firm, moderate padding= plush, big foam top of pillow top=soft.

All 3 have the same guts, it's the amount of padding on top determines firm or soft.

On a good bed you won't toss and turn.

PS- dust mites - vacuum the mattress, and throw your pillows in the tumble dryer on high for about 10 minutes a week to cut down on that crap.

[SLO-BOB]

Originally Posted by Dottore

But Tempurpedic is the way to go.

.....Tempurpedic completely changed the quality of my sleep.

Mine too - I woke up coughing and lungs filled with fluid. Easy to dismiss as a fluke or just me, but I have no lung issues except for the occassions (not concurrent) spent on the Tempurpedic. Do a Google search and you'll see I'm far from the only one.

On the other hand, there are many, many people such as yourselves that swear by Tempurpedic. Again I say it was the most comfortable bed I've been - maybe bested only by the SpringFree (subjective). My guess is certain batches are worse for outgassing than others

Dipso - Tempurpedic makes at least 7 different mattresses of varying densities. Ours was quite firm. Some were very plush. Lots of choices.

What I didn't mention also is that we like pillow top beds. Unfortunately, they (all) tend to memorize body shape, which is bad. Our solution was to get a very firm mattress and then a good visco/egg crate topper (yes-it stunk too, but went away). That way we have the support of the very firm Latex mattress with the comfort of the pillowtop. When it wears out, we'll replace it. It really has been excellent.