mattress recommendations?
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- cannonball1978
It's about that time of the decade where I get a new mattress. Could use some suggestions. I've been using tempurpedics for a while but they are actually "too comfortable" and I'd be down for a hybrid queen more on the firm end of the spectrum.
<insert firm queen jokes>
- utopian0
Best prices and service
- omg0
- d_rek0
Whatever you do don't get something too firm.
You'll wake up with achy joints / hips / shoulders the next morning. You'll also wake yourself up often because you'll be constantly your limbs to sleep if you are a side sleeper.
Bought an 'xtra-firm' mattress thinking that's what I needed. Well a couple months later (and thankfully still warrantied and returnable) I returned for just a regular mattress. God those were a few months from hell.
- d_rek0
IMO Sealy are a great brand. Made in USA (if that's important to you). I have purchased at Macy's when they have a 0% interest sales.
- d_rek0
Currently have a queen sized sealy with a pillowtop. Love it. Sleep like a goddamn baby every night.
- mg330
You have to try them out in person. We bought a new one in the spring, and spent more than an hour or so a couple times in two different stores. A guy at the second store said you need 17 minutes on one to acclimate to it.
We bought a Comforpedic, and it's wonderful. Think we got the softest one. Get good pillows too.
- jagara0
Hästens swedish 10.000 dollar beds are supposed to pretty good: http://www.hastens.com/en/
- microkorg0
Tempur memory foam matress & pillows.
The ORIGINAL memory foam people. Accept no substitute.
Pricey but well worth the money!!!I get the deepest and best sleeps of my life on our new matress.
Had a tempur previous to this but it was a hand-me-down from my folks.
- MrAbominable0
buy Sealy. if you have money to burn, Sterns and Foster is Sealy's top end brand.
retail markup on mattresses is pretty insane. best pricing i found was Costco... which carries a "Kirkland" Sterns and Foster that was the best price i could find on that mattress.
finally, you can comparison shop on deep specs but not on names and lingo. it's difficult to compare comparables on mattresses but it can be done.
best of luck.
- yurimon0
Recomend a latex rubber mattress...
They come in various firmness usually core layer thickest should have a firmness and then top layer more of fluff soft makes good combo. have to get to know the product though in order to really
take advantage of the material..advantage: non toxic, no mold or bed buggs,
disadv. need to research to find the best option and make sure you get pure non toxic rubber. not oil based rubber latex...
- What kind of degenerate sleeps wearing a full leotard?!ORAZAL
- formed0
I got a tempurpedic for back pain last year and love it. Wasn't cheap (relative, but I thought 2k for a queen was a lot), but so far worth it.
- mg330
The mattresses like Comforpedic and Temperpedic last far longer than 10 years. You're able to get like 20+ out of them. A big expense for sure, but worth it over telling run.
Buying a mattress is like buying a good vacuum, or office chair, or high-end snowblower as some friends as told me: you kind of hate spending the money on stuff like that, but they all make your life better.
A great mattress makes an incredible impression on a woman if you're single too. I think too many men go the cheap route and never realize how great a nice mattress is. Women notice that stuff - get a good one and good bedding and you're golden (to anyone single in general, no idea if cannonball is single).
- moldero0
I had a Temperpedic here in MX i brought from SF
Not good for hot and humid at all, I got rid of it, but I kept the pillows
- fourth0
I love costco's $600 foam mattress: http://www.costco.com/novaform-1…
nice and firm. just as good as any expensive marketing mattress and comes in a small box
- yurimon0
These last a lifetime if you consider the quality, horse hair mattress, hand made.
- nthkl0
The frame design and slats really make a difference as well. I have this frame from CB2 combined with their pillowtop mattress. It's spring and comfy, also cool in hot weather. The slats are inverted and bowed: http://www.cb2.com/alpine-gunmet…
- detritus0
^
The slats underneath make a HUGE difference to a mattress' long-term health and quality.I made a mistake and put a shitty old Ikea 'Sultan' mattress (as posted by Akrok, above) straight onto the floor in an old place and *bumf!* ended up with black mould growing underneath.
Not very nice, but at least it gave me a chance to hoy out a crappy mattress that'd already sunk in the middle after only a couple years use.