Way Off Topic - Mattresses

[cowboydoc]

Hawkflyer,
I'm sorry I didn't mean to imply anything bad. I just was wanted Bird to know that it was really pretty easy to put together and if he had to he could do it by himself. Our bed is a king.

 

[Hawkflyer]

You are correct the instructions are in box 1 and they are really pretty good. All of the parts are numbered (well lettered), and it is really like a big jig-saw puzzel. We actually had a lot of fun putting ours togeather. I'm glad you took the advice to get the separate controls and wireless. We like ours. Only problem is after I take off my glasses I can't read the thing (age related problem)/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif. So once it is set, it is set. Once you play around with it a little you will find yourself setting it different depending on how tired you are when you go to bed.One tip- avoid the temptation to change your wifes settings. for some reason they take it badly./w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gifCowboydoc- None taken/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. Hey, sounds like you wife is pretty good at assembling things, think she could figure out how to get the shredder blades out of my chipper?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[cwave]

Great Bed/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif - Have some fun /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif - Take it down to <font color=red>0 </font color=red>/w3tcompact/icons/love.gif or take it up to <font color=green>100 </font color=green>/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif and see if the Better half notices !!!! - HA - HA - HA .......

The Better Half sey's you should allow 2-3 months to get used to the new bed ...............

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

For what it's worth, friends of mine who own a mattress store and used to have a mattress manufacturing plant have told me that the number one thing to look for in a mattress is the number of springs you're getting in the same size mattress when you're comparing. Kind of makes sense to me. Good luck.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Bird, Hope you enjoy the new matress (work bench). Like I said earlier. We just put our new matress on top of the old box springs. We have had this thing since Paul Harvey was 8 years younger. Always look forward to resting on it.

You can always switch controls with the wife. Kind of our experience with the first electric blanket years ago. She was freezing and I was burning up. But that was back when we were young and only needed a small bed.

For some reason this air bed is always warm in the winter with no need for electric blankets. Glad of that.....

 

[Bird]

I just looked at the UPS tracking board and the new bed is scheduled for delivery Thursday, so we'll see what it's like.

 

[skent]

Three years ago we purchased a Comfort-Aire inflatable matress (our old one was 15+ years old and worn out). Priced them all out and decided to try Comfort-Aire because they offered a Trial Period (either 30 or 90 days). Ordered it over the internet, Bought the middle of the line. Showed up 3 days later in 4 boxs. Had it assembled and inflated in 30 minutes (including hauling out the old matress). Absolutely great and have never had problems with leaks or tears.

 

[Bird]

Steve, if for some reason this Select Comfort doesn't work out, I'll have to check into the Comfort Aire. Thanks for the information.

 

[TxBilly]

Bird
It is now Friday and the bed was to be delivered on Thursday. Any updates? Assembled? Used?
Billy

 

[Bird]

Billy, the UPS truck arrived about 5:45 p.m. yesterday (usual time for our neighborhood) and it took about an hour and a half to get all 4 boxes in the house and get everything unpacked and assembled (might have been quicker if I hadn't had a wife and grandson "helping"; mostly by asking what's this and what's that for?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif). So we just slept on it for the first time last night and the jury's still out; it seemed fairly comfortable but I think I woke up and dozed off again about every hour or less; maybe just because it was a little different and not used to it, or maybe for other reasons. It actually doesn't feel that much different from any other mattress. I think we'll both do a little experimenting and adjusting of the air pressure for a few days before we come to any conclusions. In looking for this type of mattress, I found that more than one of the manufacturers mentioned their new and improved (and mostly quieter than everyone else's/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif) air pumps, or as Select Comfort calls it, their Deluxe Firmness Control System, and they may be right about that. Of course, I'm hard of hearing, but I had to put my hand on it to tell if it was running; couldn't hear it at all.