Analysis of Big Fig mattress for heavy people?

[phoenix]

Hi bwh,

Thank you, Phoenix. I’ve been doing some reading around your site, and I do think I’ll be contacting them to ask for more details. I will definitely let them know about this site. I’ll let you know if I discover any more helpful information about their product!

I appreciate that.

I actually thought they were being VERY specific, technically, about what’s in their mattress, but the information does seem to be scattered into various places. In order to create my bulleted list of specs, I had to go back and forth between several pages to pull it all out. So maybe you didn’t discover all of the details.

I looked at every page of their web site. The meaningful details I mentioned in my previous reply are not provided.

Or maybe I don’t really know yet what the true details SHOULD be.

That would be correct. You need to go back and read the articles I linked to in my earlier reply. In addition, take a few minutes to read through the mattress shopping tutorial, as it will be incredibly assistive in helping you research this or any other mattress.

I went to the site of the manufacturer they claim is their main competitor and I could find almost nothing at all on that site. In comparison, Big Fig looks to be quite transparent.

Without knowing the complete specifications of any product, regardless of what anyone is comparing themselves to (which is irrelevant), I advise to hold off on making a purchase of that particular product.

But after reading some of your advice on this site, I do question (for example) their use of 1.8 density foam in three layers. Does the fact that it’s in three layers equate to GREATER actual density?

Density is not cumulative. You’d want to learn about each individual layer.

How does one go about locating a “smaller regional manufacturer”? And would such a company sell on the Internet and still be regarded as smaller and regional?

These are just descriptors I use and whether a manufacturer sells online or not is neither here nor there. There are over 500 mattress manufacturers in the United States (like White Dove in Cleveland that makes the Big Fig), and the point I was making is that many of the smaller ones tend to produce higher-quality products and are often able to be more flexible and custom-build something to a particular specification. Besides searching online on your own, you can use the experience and expertise of the members listed in post #21 here who are all very experienced and knowledgeable and specialize in providing the type of help and guidance on the phone that can help you make good choices for people with a high BMI. There are a wide range of options included in the choices there and I believe that all of them compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency.

Gads, I am quite sure there are many other questions I should be asking… If you know of any other specific manufacturers that I might be able to consider, I’d sure appreciate knowing about them. Also, is it possible to give a general price guideline for what people with high BMIs should reasonably expect to have to pay?

I’d start by reading through the Mattress Shopping Tutorial I linked through about and it will help you “reset” a bit how you are going about looking for a mattress, including the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price).

Phoenix