Is it time for me to buy a new mattress?

[lieu]

Mattress and box springs. It’s heavenly.

[dantheman]

AHA! See, I thought the OP was about a new mattress. You don’t necessarily have to buy new boxsprings every time you need a new mattress. (Do you?)

[In_Conceivable]

Getting a firm mattress is good. But you don’t have to be uncomfortable. Either get a pillow top or one of those feather bed tops Lola was talking about. You can put a bit of cushion on top of the mattress and still get the benefit of the firmness.

I also like Sealy.

[slortar]

*Originally posted by Winston Smith *
**It’s time. Get the firmest mattress you can find, then slap a sheet of plywood between it and the box spring - heaven. I slept on the floor for eight years before getting married - no kidding. My wife - then gf - though it was fun to set up my “bed”: a comforter or two, sheet, sheet, blanket, comforter. But when we got married, the first thing we got was a bed. Her reasoning - “Grown-ups sleep on beds, Winston.” Humph. I look back on the floor-sleeping years with true fondness. My back never felt better, and it added a whole new dimension to… um… actually, that would be a new thread entirely. **

Ditto. Some of the best nights of sleep I ever had were on a futon pad on the floor.

[dantheman]

Serta has to be good; they had Susan Anton doing their ads. I heard she came with the mattresses, too.

[handy]

I got mine free, it was outside the store with a FREE tag on it. Nice bed. The old one would fall apart in the middle of the night.

"There are ways to “maintain” a mattress, including rotating it and flipping it over occasionally (I think you’re supposed to flip 'em every six months or so). "

Yeah, I like that idea, I hope your posts educates people on this cause it works. They do now have so called ‘no flip’ mattresses …

[dantheman]

*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola *
**wakes up from her delicious sleep

A feather bed fits on top of your mattress, so it doesn’t comprimise the support . They truly are a DREAM!
**

I really hate to hijack this, but I don’t know if this deserves its own thread…

I went to that site, and then googled for ‘feather beds.’ Overstock.com has them even cheaper. But before I take that particular plunge, perhaps those of you with feather beds could answer a question or two for me:

1. What’s the difference between a featherbed and a fiberbed?

2. What’s a “good” thread count? 230?

This sounds like what I’ve been looking for!

[Green_Bean]

I’m a futon fan myself. I’ve been sleeping on a futon, usually supported by the floor or plywood, since 1990. We have a foam-core futon with one of those egg-crate type foam thingies on top. Love it. Squishy on top and firm underneath. I don’t care for any inner-spring mattress that I have ever come across since I started sleeping on a futon. But that’s all a matter of personal preference.

A couple of years ago, we were swayed by the advertising and got a Select Comfort Air Adjustable bed. We found it very uncomfortable in use, and took advantage of the warranty and returned it.

To answer the OP’s question: yes, you absolutely need a new mattress! Do some research. Do a lot of research, because the world of mattresses unduly complicated.

[handy]

Not one post about a water bed?