i already saw this old topic in a quick search, but was wondering if there still might be any more recommendations.
i would rather keep it within about an hour’s worth of drive since it’s, of course, easier, but i kind of really wanna try out various latex mattresses and blends and softness/firmness, so if i gotta drive out an hour or so more, oh well. i hope to be able to narrow down choices because i’ll probably buy online in the end.
we recently got two mattress stores in jacksonville, but if the one is like the other i went to, they seem to be more on the commercial side when it comes to brands (serta, tempurpedic, etc).
i actually don’t mind memory foam from what i’ve briefly laid on it, but five minutes is different from, say, seven or eight hours, and i wanna try and explore every option before dropping a nice chunk of change on a new mattress. latex is pretty much the only type of mattress i’ve never had some kind of repeated experience with because it doesn’t seem to be featured as much (if at all) in all the furniture and mattress places i’ve been to in the past – probably because basically all places here are all very much commercialized and brand name forward, but yeah.
i’m going from a queen to a twin xl (because with only me, i don’t need all that extra room… in an already pretty small room). i’m 5’ even at ~160lbs (and losing weight still – not sure if being another 30-40 down will hugely change how i feel about a mattress, but it’s a possibility). i sleep most of the time on my back, though sometimes i side sleep.
online i was looking mainly at mattresses.net, tuft & needle, and casper. i’m a little wary about t&n and casper because they seem to only offer one “type” of mattress, but i’ve read that their return policies are really great and i shouldn’t have any problem returning if i didn’t like it in the end.
thanks in advance for all the help.