Boy am I tired...Help with near-future mattress purchase

[phoenix]

Hi Caldawa,

You can see some of my comments in reply to your questions in another topic in my reply in post #244 here.

Do you think that lower density memory foam layer of the Leesa would be a weak link because it is less durable, or because it won’t provide as much support/comfort? We’ve had a Casper for a month, and I have found that I can’t really sense the benefits or comfort of the memory foam - possibly because it is too thin?

The only way to know with any certainty whether any mattress is a good match for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) is based on your own personal testing or sleeping experience so the suitability of a mattress or how it feels or performs for any individual person isn’t a weak link … its just a matter of the fact that different designs work better or worse for different people with different body types, different sleeping positions, and different sensitivities and preferences no matter what the type or quality of the materials or components in a mattress may be.

A weak link is about the quality/durability of the materials in a mattress relative to the person sleeping on it. You can’t “feel” the quality or durability of the materials in a mattress so the only way to know this would be by making sure that you know the type and density of all the foam layers because lower quality and less durable materials can feel the same as higher quality and more durable materials when they are new … they just don’t maintain their comfort and/or support for nearly as long.

There is more about the most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here but it comes down to …

1. Testing a mattress for suitability and PPP (either in a store or when you sleep on a mattress in person).

2. Checking for durability (see this article and the guidelines it links to).

3. Comparing your finalists for “value” based on all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price and the options you have both before and after a purchase).

When I ordered the Casper, Leesa had yet to launch and T&N had yet to announce their newer design. Now that we’ve determined that the Casper isn’t really working for us, I am trying to determine if either of those two might be a good option for us, with pressure relief and cool sleeping being top priorities. Thanks!

Only you can feel what you feel on a mattress and there are too many unknowns, variables, and personal preferences involved for anyone to reliably predict whether any mattress will be a good “match” for you based on specs (either yours or a mattress) or "theory at a distance (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here) and the only way to know this will be based on your own personal testing or sleeping experience. This is why the options you have after a purchase to fine tune or exchange the mattress or return it are a much more important part of the “value” of a mattress purchase when you can’t test a mattress in person.

The cost of the exchange and return policies are a “hidden cost” that is built into the cost of a mattress so that the people who don’t exchange or return a mattress are paying for the ones who do (see post #3 here and the posts it links to).

Phoenix