# Tempur-Pedic vs. SelectComfort **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836 "2007-04-19T20:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/1 "2007-04-19T20:20:52Z")
For people who have tried both, which do you prefer? Both, obviously, claim their product to be better than the other, and better than a traditional mattress. But I have no idea how to determine which is better. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/2 "2007-04-19T23:55:34Z")
I think there is a bonus. We have a tempur=pedic and my wife says I do not snore anymore. I don’t know I never heard it. Extra bonus no bed mites. I like the comfort. My wife likes it less than I do. She wants to sink into feathers . ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/3 "2007-04-20T03:32:13Z")
I’ve got a Select Comfort. Advantages: 1. The bigger beds (Queen, King, possibly Full as well) have dual air chambers, so if your Significant Other prefers a harder/softer bed then you do neither of you has to compromise. 2. The mattress and foundation dissassemble pretty easily (which saved me from a huge pain-in-the-arse when I moved into my new house with a narrow stairway). If I had the need, I could easily dissassemble my Queen-size bed and fit it inside my mid-size car. 3. No springs in the mattress… This may not seem like a big deal, but after sleeping on my bed for awhile when I try to sleep on a standard mattress I can feel the springs. The only real disadvantage I can think of is that the dual air chambers makes it rather difficult to set to a single consistent firmness if you’re the only one sleeping in the bed (as is the case for me currently). Personally, if I was you, I’d take the trip to the local mall… find the Select Comfort store, and try out a couple of the beds. If you can find some place that has a tempur-pedic demo, give it a try as well. Then make your decision based on whichever one you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/4 "2007-04-20T03:39:55Z")
I have the inflatable. My wife sets hers to 35, I set mine to 85. They don’t sell any other bed in that range. She liked the Tempur. I would have hated it. The air bed had both of us happy. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/5 "2007-04-20T03:54:01Z")
I have a “memory foam” mattress on top of a Select Comfort mattress. I think of it as the best of both worlds, but with a couple of caveats: 1- The Select Comfort mattress has a foam divider between the two air bladders, and that piece of foam is much denser than the rest of the mattress - not too comfortable for lying in the middle, except when I top it with another mattress. 2- The memory foam mattress, after about two years of use, is collapsing and needs to be replaced already, despite having been rotated regularly. I hear that this is a common problem with TempurPedics. A little Googling will readily confirm this. 3- Some people find that a foam mattress traps too much body heat to sleep comfortably on. Obviously, YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/6 "2007-04-20T04:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=Enter the Flagon] 2- The memory foam mattress, after about two years of use, is collapsing and needs to be replaced already, despite having been rotated regularly. I hear that this is a common problem with TempurPedics. A little Googling will readily confirm this. 3- Some people find that a foam mattress traps too much body heat to sleep comfortably on. [/QUOTE] Hmm. I’m glad I read this. I bought one of the 1.5 inch thick mattress toppers made of memory foam at Wal-Mart. I found it so awesome I thought of going back and buying the 4-inch thick one. (I would layer both of them on top of my cheap (non-memory) foam mattress, which is too thin.) But if the thing is going to break down, maybe I should re-think it. These mattress toppers are cheap, but I can’t see how Tempur-Pedic can get away with the incredible prices I’ve seen on the full-sized mattresses; i.e., a grand or more. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempur-pedic-vs-selectcomfort/400836/7 "2007-04-20T04:40:33Z")
I like Tempur-Pedic for sleeping–very comfy. For reading, though, I prefer SelectComfort, which I set very high.