# Mattress recommendations and shopping tips?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-recommendations-and-shopping-tips/718615>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-recommendations-and-shopping-tips/718615 "2015-04-27T03:39:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-recommendations-and-shopping-tips/718615/21 "2015-06-30T03:07:02Z")

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My brother gave me a foam rubber pad that I can roll up and stick in the back seat of the car. I’ve been sleeping on that for several years now. It’s a fairly thick pad. Most comfortable “mattress” I’ve had for a long long time.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-recommendations-and-shopping-tips/718615/22 "2015-07-02T02:17:36Z")

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Well, bit the bullet and got a latex mattress; it wasn’t in stock in my size, alas, so it’ll be here next week Friday.

Funny thing is, when I tried the mattresses today, I had a few issues with feeling pressure on the side of my pelvic bone (I’m thin). But not all the time, and it didn’t even occur to me as an issue when I was trying the same mattresses with the same clothes on Sunday.

I think given that, it was probably an issue with my jeans (seam and/or rivet), but we’ll see when I sleep on the actual thing at home.

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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-recommendations-and-shopping-tips/718615/23 "2015-07-02T11:22:54Z")

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We’re saving for a high-end innerspring with memory foam direct from the factory. The factory (which I didn’t know until we were there) supplies mattresses to all the national brands out there. The one we’re getting reminded me of one of the higher-end brands because of the ticking. I was right – they ship it to the company which slaps the brand name on it.

Can’t beat the price – less than half of retail 🙂

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