Mattress

[TractorGuy]

I can tell you where I will never shop again. Wife purchased a "Firm Memory Foam" mattress and a sofa from Ashley Furniture some years back. The mattress was like sleeping on a board and the sofa didn't match anything in our living room. I called them the day after the purchase and they would not take either back. We wasted a couple hundred dollars on different pads trying to get the mattress more comfortable and finally gave up and got rid of it.

Our mattress before the current was a mattress in a box from Walmart and served us pretty well. Just before getting our mattress from Big Lots I realized our foundation had a sag in it. Turning that around made a huge difference in how we slept but we had already decided to buy a new mattress on sale day so we moved forward with that decision. We required a new low profile foundation for the thicker mattress anyway. No regrets so far.

 

[PILOON]

IMHO mattress is all advertising hype.
Our forefathers mostly slept on piles of straw.
Buy a cheap mattress and place it on a sheet of 3/4" plywood and you will have a nice night's sleep.
the more more I use my 'cheapee' the better it fits my body form as I have broke it in.

The object is to have your spine relatively in a straight line so as to not create aches and pains.
Buy a new mattress and you will have to all over again make it conform to your body shape.
Forget the adds that show a glass of wine that spills not when U lie down on the mattress.

INMHO the pillow is probably the bigger culprit for poor sleep and or achy backs.
Being cheaper you can afford to experiment in this area.
LOL, feathers come cheap!

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

IMHO mattress is all advertising hype.
Our forefathers mostly slept on piles of straw.
Buy a cheap mattress and place it on a sheet of 3/4" plywood and you will have a nice night's sleep.
the more more I use my 'cheapee' the better it fits my body form as I have broke it in.

The object is to have your spine relatively in a straight line so as to not create aches and pains.
Buy a new mattress and you will have to all over again make it conform to your body shape.
Forget the adds that show a glass of wine that spills not when U lie down on the mattress.

INMHO the pillow is probably the bigger culprit for poor sleep and or achy backs.
Being cheaper you can afford to experiment in this area.
LOL, feathers come cheap!

Spoken like someone who can sleep on a pointed stick w/ no problem. You're lucky.

You're right that most mattress marketing is hype. But what we're trying to do in this thread is cut through the *hype* and talk about how to shop for a quality mattress that will be comfortable for your individual body.

I'm a cheapskate, and it killed me (after much research and shopping) to spend $1,600 on a latex bed. I have herniated disks in both my lower back and neck, arthritis, and all the aches and pains of overusing my body for a lifetime. Used to have constant back pain and would wake up every morning very stiff and sore. Now, my back has been basically pain free for, what, a couple of years now. So WORTH EVERY PENNY. But definitely take the time to find the *right mattress for you* which may be completely different from the right mattress for me.

Also agree the right pillow is important. (IMO the "My Pillow" pillows are the epitome of hype. Check out the online reviews on those things.....)

The pile-of-straw (or loose feather bed) of yore wasn't a bad system. When you got into bed you'd arrange it so that it conformed to your body. But you have to fluff it up again every couple days. This is per my mom, who slept on them growing up on a farm back in the day.

 

[milkman]

Also agree the right pillow is important. (IMO the "My Pillow" pillows are the epitome of hype. Check out the online reviews on those things.....)

I'm right there with you on the "My Pollow", wife got a pair of those Christmas a year ago, never liked it, but use it since she said it was my Christmas gift. The one I use is like any old wore out pillow and the other one is in the spare bedroom.

 

[bunyip]

I wonder how the Japanese find these so comfortable

 

[rekees4300]

I'm right there with you on the "My Pollow", wife got a pair of those Christmas a year ago, never liked it,

Ditto ... wife said it was small & lumpy ... tossed it after 2 weeks!

 

[PILOON]

"Spoken like someone who can sleep on a pointed stick w/ no problem"

LOL, really not all that far off,
I actually can fall to sleep sitting at the computer, LOL
As to TV, well it has to be a really good program for me to see it all. Commercials (all too many these days) tend to get me to nod off.

Must be inherited as dad could catch a few while sitting in a waiting room to call on a client.
He was well enough known and liked that the receptionists would wake him when the client could see him.

Some of my best sleeps were hunting and sleeping on a pile of fir branches out in the fresh air.
OK, a tad stiff come sunrise but well rested.

As to pillows, well I still remember that nice down stuffed one that my wife tossed after too many years of usage.
But who can afford a down pillow today.

 

[BoylermanCT]

My wife and I just bought a latex mattress online from sleeponlatex.com. We tried them because Consumer Reports rated them as one of their top two foam mattresses. We are still in our 100 night trial. But customer service has been great. Paid $1500 for the king mattress, and 45 days later saw they had lowered the price to $1200. I called and they gave me $300 back. The "soft" latex mattress was much harder than we expected, so we added a 3" latex topper to it for 50% off or $175. That made the mattress much softer, and I sleep better knowing I just saved $300!

 

[Bird]

But definitely take the time to find the *right mattress for you* which may be completely different from the right mattress for me.

Also agree the right pillow is important. (IMO the "My Pillow" pillows are the epitome of hype. Check out the online reviews on those things.....)

:laughing::laughing:Yep, very true. My wife likes her "My Pillow" pillow. I haven't tried it, but just picking it up and feeling it is enough for me to know I wouldn't like it.:laughing:

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Just replacing the box spring made our 15 year old $3500 Tempur-Pedic feel like a brand new mattress.