Another Newbie

[phoenix]

Hi cn1ght,

Thank you! I was actually at a local mattressmatters as when I was previously poking around I was utterly blown away by how informative the salesman was. He was not simply spouting stories, he was going into details which sounded familiar to some of what you have posted elsewhere. Sadly, I met him a few days before he was being transferred to a different branch so he is no longer there.

One of the reasons for just reading the tutorial “like you would a good book” vs “studying it like you would a textbook” is that when you are dealing with a salesperson that is knowledgeable what they tell you will “sound familiar” and when you are dealing with a salesperson that is trying to “sell you” whatever they can convince you to buy … there will be warning flags that go up because it doesn’t sound “right”. This is especially true if they try to get you to purchase with all kinds of “enticements” or “deals” before you leave the store.

I believe you. I spent a few minutes looking at Handmade Quality Mattresses | Restonic and between this and a quick google search I am finding no actual details about the mattresses (which type of foam etc). Is there a reliable way to find these details?

There are many models of Healthrest Mattresses that use either memory foam, gel memory foam, or latex in the comfort layers (the upper layers of the mattress) but none of them have memory foam in the support core. They all use either polyfoam or latex for support. Restonic is a licensee group which means that there are many privately owned factories that are licensed to produce Restonic mattresses for a specific region but the mattresses that each factory makes may only be available in the area that they service because different licensees may have different designs under a common model lineup (such as Healthrest). A good retailer should be able to provide you with the information you need about what is inside any specific mattress they carry that you are interested in either from the spec sheets they already have or with a phone call to the factory.

I see. To paraphrase the easiest point you make in the link, if I simply purchase whichever frame and box spring “comes with” the mattress I should have no fears of sagging or potentially voiding a warranty from inadequate support?

If you purchase a matching foundation then you certainly wouldn’t void the warranty. In some cases there may be better choices than the foundation that comes with a mattress (for example some retailers won’t sell the matching foundations that are made by Pure Latex Bliss because they aren’t very good quality) but the matching set would normally be a “safe” choice.

I am very glad you have found a method to prevent such annoyances. I was unaware of there being a way to refresh the game, the only thing I could do was to refresh the page itself. In terms of the advertisements providing some revenue, I have absolutely nothing against that, if anything I am impressed you are able to provide as much as you are without more ads on the sides and annoying popups.

If you are logged out and click on the “create an account” link and look at the Captcha you will see a counterclockwise circle on the bottom right of the Captcha screen. If you click it then it will give you a new “game” to play.

Just to be clear as well … the ad revenue goes to Are You A Human which they use to support their software development because the software itself is free for websites to use. Having said that your post reminded me that they did start some kind of revenue sharing program … going to check to see if I’ve earned anything …

… back from checking and Since August of 2013 last year I’ve earned $51 of which $19 is available for payment. Apparently you need to reach $200 before they pay anything so it shouldn’t take more than a few more years at this rate

I suppose I now have to do the hard part of actually testing a bunch of mattresses and shopping around. So much easier to build my own pc, just read a handful of reviews, purchase parts with similar standardized technical details which are easy to find, make it all fit together, and bam done. I was actually hoping to get this finished by the end of the weekend as there are probably better deals giong on this weekend than I will find in the next few weeks.

I wouldn’t worry too much about labor day sales or any of the other “fake sales” that are so common in the industry. Good retailers and manufacturers will have good value available every day of the year and if they do have a legitimate sale it will be for a much smaller and more reasonable discount off of regular and legitimate pricing that is already much better than “fake sale” prices (see post #5 here). When you get a sense of “urgency” I would treat it as a red flag (see guideline #5 here).

Computers and mattresses share one thing in common which is that the specifics of what’s inside them is a big part of their quality and value.

Good luck in your search and I’m looking forward to finding out what you end up deciding and of course any comments or questions you may have along the way.

Phoenix