Way Off Topic - Mattresses

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Bird, One thing I forgot to say was that we put the New matress on the old box springs. (Gee, maybe that's why the grand kids get so much bounce)............

What they ship in place of the box springs is basicly a box with a board.

As far as the old matress, call Goodwill or Salvation Army. They haul it off and it's tax deductable............. Also that way you can go buy it back if you want the old one. Good luck, we sleep well..................

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>I'm not sure that, as we age, we can ever regain the comfort we used to have.</font color=blue>

Yeah, seems to be the case, or at least so the doctors tell us. Reminds me of the story of 90 year old Mr. Jones who went to the doctor complaining of pain in his left knee. When the doctor couldn't find any problem, he told Mr. Jones that as we get older we have to expect a few aches and pains. And Mr. Jones told him, "Doctor, my right knee's 90 years old, too, and it doesn't hurt."

 

[Boondox]

Bird -- There are two things I never buy sight unseen: shoes and mattresses. I've just gotta be able to poke and prod and try them out before I buy...because nothing can make you more miserable in life than ill-fitting footware and a bed you can't sleep on.

Pete

 

[Thomas]

All I can say is don't fall a sleep in a wheel barrow..yikes!!

 

[Bird]

Pete, I absolutely agree, and I can tell you there's no way I'd be ordering this bed if it weren't for the 30 day free trial and 60 day same as cash deal; not to mention a $200 "special Limited Time Offer" (that may or may not be a regular thing)/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif. I have plenty of room to store our existing bed (and the boxes for the new one) for the 30 days (it actually appears to be in quite good condition), and if we decide to keep the new bed, I've got a pickup truck and know the Salvation Army will be glad to get the old one./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif So, I'll gamble the UPS shipping charges.

 

[cowboydoc]

Bird,
Select Comfort is the best one out there and yes they do work just like they say and are a dream to sleep on. Over the years I have tryed quite a few. My wife has a bad back and we were always looking for something for her. I researched all of them out there. We probably tryed 15 different beds.

The thing that I like about the Select Comfort's is that you have a 30 day money back guarantee that is real. You don't like you send it back. Shipping is less than $75 as it's shipped in three different boxes.

If you do get one get separate controls for you and your wife. The pillowtop is also very nice if you sleep on your side at all.

The quality is very good as well and they have a 25 year guarantee on them too. If you have anymore questions on them please let me know.

 

[cowboydoc]

Bird,
My wife is 5'2 and 110 lbs. and she assembled it in about an hour and a half by herself.

 

[Bird]

Thanks, Richard, and yes, I ordered the separate digital controls and pillow top. I think they're especially overpriced on their foundation (you could lay plywood on your old box springs and would work as well; just maybe not look as good), but I ordered their foundation, too. Going for the whole top of the line package to see how well we like it. But their guarantee is now 20 years instead of 25 (and they've only been around for 15 years/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif).

 

[Hawkflyer]

HEY!! What are you implying... I resemble that remark! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Its not really hard, it just takes a few min. rolling things around and sorting parts to get started. They do recommend that you NOT unpack ALL the boxes at first. Do it in the order they recommend. Was it a single or a twin size your wife set up? We assembled the first half of the king in about 30 min. and the second half in about 15. If the dogs had not helped we could have done it faster /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[Bird]

The lady told me this queen sized bed will come in 4 boxes and the instructions are in box #1, so I assume they'll have a number on each one./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif The thing that surprised me was that she said it would be here "in about 2 weeks." Now that's all right, but I would have thought that they would have plenty of them made and in stock ready to ship since they claim 2 million people are sleeping on them. But maybe with their TV advertising, they're selling them pretty fast. I also asked about an e-mail notification and UPS tracking number when it's shipped and she said she could do that, so I guess I'll see how long it takes.