Hi Phoenix.
First of all…thanks for what you do!!! I was so thankful to come across your website.
We are having a dreadful time finding a new mattress and I am hoping you can help point us in the right direction. We are looking for a King size.
We must have lucked out on our first bed because we knew nothing and came home with something we loved (It was a SpringAir Back Supporter), but the second time around has not been so wonderful. I read a lot of your information before heading to the store with my husband, but I guess I wasn’t as prepared as I thought. I think the bottom line was that we just didn’t know what we liked at that point.
Anyhow, after trying several we have discovered we do not like anything with memory foam in it. Latex seems to be great and I did think the buckling gel (intelligel) beds felt nice, but the price didn’t look great at all. We would like to find something up to $1400 that fits our needs, but at this point I could really use some help on figuring out what that is. (Is that enough for a nice bed?)
We are side and back sleepers (I mostly like my side and my husband mostly likes is back). He is about 180 and I am about 150. We are unsure about the longevity of a bed without coils so thought to stick to a bed with them in, but would try anything you suggest at this point. Here are a few preferences we have discovered:
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It has to be comfortable and have enough padding and support that my hands don’t go to sleep. I have been having trouble for the past year with my fingers going numb and waking up because they hurt so much all through the night and only just realized through this process that it was from our mattress!! I have been going to the chiropractor and despairing because I thought something was going terribly wrong with me!!!
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We like a little bit of a firmer mattress that springs back quickly when you change positions (probably medium to medium firm). We do not do well with the really squishy ones (We initially tried a bed from Restonic’s Comfort line which was made of gel infused memory foam. My husband felt like he was sleeping in a hammock although I was beginning to get used to it, but didn’t love it).
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We would like something that breathes well so u don’t wake up sweating (it seems like the latex one we have now works well on this point).
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We would like something with a system that really helps reduce being able to feel your other partner moving around.
Is there such a bed out there???
Thanks so much. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Kari