Be wary of a bunch of these new mattress companies that seem to be getting a ton of hype. They’re all over Facebook, usually as articles posted by some official sounding “independent sleep expert” site that is reviewing said mattress, with thousands of comments. Seems like totally artificially generated buzz to me. Even if the Mattress really isn’t bad, I’d never give a dime to a company who uses those deceitful marketing tactics
The mattress business is filled to the brim with “deceitful marketing tactics.” That fact could easily inspire its own thread!
OP, did you get any useful information yet!
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If you do decide on an online, rolled up in a box jobbies, don’t expect to sleep on it right away. While it is quite fun watching it grow once you cut away all the plastic, those mattresses outgas. Ideally, you should set it outside for a few days, until it is fit for human consumption.
~VOW
I also am in the market for a mattress and I’m suffering a bit of sticker shock. It seems like most decent mattresses are in the $1,000-plus range. Damn.
Depends on what you like, but I’ve been thrilled to bits with my decision of about 8 years ago.
Buy a mattress with a very high coil count. Alone, this would be an extremely firm mattress, so if you like that, you’re done. I do not, so I purchased a high quality 4 inch memory foam topper for it. I ended up with a mattress that does not sag, but has the perfect balance of cushioning and support for much less than a super high end mattress would be. (And I’ve had super high end mattresses in the past)
A latex mattress doesn’t “outgas” providing, of course, that it is not topped with a lot of petro-chemical-derived foam. Latex does, however, have it’s own odor.
Note: I am not a shill for the latex mattress industry. Just a fan with 30 years of experience.
Can I ask what you bought?
Great that you like your mattress/ topper combo. Coil count has virtually no effect on firmness. A top of the line Serta Perfect Sleeper will have twice the coils of a top of the line Sealy Posturepedic. The gauge of the steel makes the real difference. “Firmness” in and of itself is not good or bad. It’s just a preference.
Sure. Thicker coils + more coils is the best choice for my scenario. Firmness isn’t the point; it’s the longevity and support due to non-sagginess we’re after.
Acsenray, I don’t remember which specific mattress I bought, but I went to Denver Mattress and bought the most reasonably priced one that fit the parameters above. It wasn’t more than $300-$400 for the mattress (8 years ago). I found the foam topper on Overstock for $100-$150(?), and the whole thing is just as comfortable as the day I bought it (them).
Read post #17 above. You should under no circumstances actually pay anything close to list price.
I would like to mildly disagree with some of Commasense’s assertions. It’s true that mattresses often have wildly inflated “suggested retail prices.” My stores always did but in 30 years we never sold a mattress at that price. Stores rely on frequent and often ridiculously named sales to draw customers in. You’d have a hard time walking into a mattress chain store when it wasn’t having a sale. But if you did you would more than likely be able to get the last (or next) sale price. That’s not the same as haggling.
Also: there is virtually no way to comparison shop as each retailer will insist upon having their own “unique “ line with its own name and specs. (Mattress are built like sandwiches and it’s easy to just replace a “slice of cheddar” with a “slice of Swiss” which technically makes it unique.
Companies like Tempur-Pedic don’t do this but they insist their distributors go under a minimum price (they will, however, allow promotions like free pillows or bed frames).
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That wasn’t worded correctly.
Tempur-Pedic does not permit their distributors to sell below a minimum price that they have established. And they strictly enforce that “rule.”
saje, I’ve been looking into Sleep Number beds. I love the idea, but I’m not seeing them come up on any websites in their top reviewed mattresses. What do you like and and dislike about yours?
Can you say more about what you’re disagreeing with me about? It looks like you’re confirming the wildly inflated prices and the exclusive product names I mentioned.
I’m not clear what you mean by “My stores always did but in 30 years we never sold a mattress at that price.” No one ever came in, saw a non-sale list price, and just paid it? I admit that in the 2008 case I mentioned above, the sales person offered half the list price as soon as I said I couldn’t afford $2,200, which wasn’t exactly serious haggling. But I have a hard time believing that if someone (richer and perhaps a little dumber than me) walked in, thought $2,200 was a reasonable price, and said, “I’ll take it,” that any sales person would have talked him or her down rather than accept the full price.
I used this site to help guide us toward a new mattress several years ago. Unfortunately, Sears o pedic isn’t an option for us anymore. 
Not too sure what we’ll be doing for a new bed when the time comes.
I bought a Tuft & Needle mattress and I’m really pleased with it.
I’m another Sleep Number fan. Got a “P6” on a solid platform, and have had it for about eight years. My partner has a Sleep Number of unknown model that’s about 25 years old. He got it from a friend who upgraded to the latest model with the heating/cooling layer and adjustable base that claims to stop snoring. Took me about five minutes to break down a queen size mattress into its pieces for easy packing in his car. Try that with an innerspring mattress!
I seriously can’t think of anything that I dislike about it. Being able to change the firmness on demand is really nice when my back is acting up and I want a bit firmer or softer for a night or two. And the control box’s ability to talk to the Health app on my phone is an admittedly minor value, but cool extra.
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I’m disagreeing with the notion that you can truly haggle at most stores that sell mattresses.
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I suppose you are correct that something like that could happen. I don’t think it often does because of the way mattresses are so heavily and loudly and obnoxiously promoted. If I as a customer were to pay full suggested retail price for a mattress and learn that they were having “The Sale of the Year” the next weekend I would not just shrug my shoulders and say “oh well.”