# Bed Buying advice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782 "2010-02-12T21:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782/21 "2010-02-14T06:15:09Z")
Well, that’s the _marketing_ theory, but I haven’t yet heard from someone that said ‘I paid $600 for a block of foam and my butt is now kissing the boxprings’. I say this only because I have an Akai TV that cost $1200 at the same time the identical Samsung sold for $1600…which originally debuted at $3200. Exact same TV, just a different sticker on the front. ---
**Author:** ![Iridescent\_Orb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@Iridescent\_Orb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iridescent_Orb)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782/22 "2010-02-14T07:52:58Z")
**Unintentionally Blank** , I see what you are getting at. I meant that you should avoid the low-end foam mattress, and spend the extra for a mid- or high-end model. I am sure there are deals (and ripoffs) to be had in those categories, but I do not know enough about the various brands and manufacturers to offer any useful advice. Whenever I hear someone complain about foam mattresses, they invariably bought a super-cheap model. BTW, I did not mean to imply that you, specifically, would leave an unusually large depression. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782/23 "2010-02-14T14:58:35Z")
Oh, I’d leave a large impresson (6’6", 250 lbs), so no I’m not offended (I actually thought it was a pretty funny statement.) My frustration is at the relative opaqueness of the mattress industry. They’re obviously not all made alike, and 300 lbs of latex (woof! that’s a lotta rubber!) can’t be cheap, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of consumer assistance and knowledge for something _everybody_ uses _everyday_. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782/24 "2010-02-14T15:10:32Z")
Sleep number for my Wife and I. And the dogs too. It’s funny, they like my side best. Almost sounds like you need a water bed. Seriously, once you get the temp right, water beds are the place of dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782/25 "2010-02-16T00:28:14Z")
Shopping KILL! Long story short, we bought a Tempur-pedic Rhapsody, and when the salesman realized we had a limit, weren’t going to go over it, and weren’t going to incur any additional debt, then suddenly we got a ‘friends and family discount’. 😃 We get it Friday, here’s hopin it’s all we’ve been led to expect! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-buying-advice/528782.md?page=1)