Hello, it has been 2+ years since the information on Chattanooga area mattress retailers was posted, so I’d like to provide an update and get feedback on what I have found.
After reading your positive posting on Murmaid, I visited their showroom a few times recently. The salesman said their foam is manufactured here in Chattanooga. The support layer is the same as what is used in the Sealy Optimum line (1.5 lb density) - he said that Sealy gets that foam from the plant in Chattanooga. He said that since Murmaid does not have a middleman, they sell their mattresses for less $ than the major competitors at the same level of quality. This makes me skeptical about Murmaid because if their materials are the same quality as Sealy, Serta, etc - then their mattresses aren’t an improvement over the major brands.
The Murmaid showrooms also sell Sealy, Tempur-pedic (also Sealy), Westin Heavenly Bed and Stearns and Foster. I was told the owner of Murmaid also owns the “Mattress Outlet” store in Chattanooga, which sells the major S brands.
Two of the three locations you posted in Chattanooga have closed since the date of your 2012 post - so I am going to drive to the remaining open location in Cleveland, TN (www.mafe.us) to check out Corsicana, Bed Boss and Medipedic. Otherwise, it looks like I’ll have to resort to an online purchase.
Other actions I have taken:
I contacted the Therapedic rep and he sent me to Chattanooga Mattress and Futons. Worst experience so far. The salesman told me that Therapedic is low quality and they don’t want to sell any of that, and then pointed me to an innerspring Beautyrest. He had one latex model and said he didn’t understand why someone would want that. I did find one Therapedic hybrid model at Rooms to Go.
I visited E.F. Brannon Furniture who sells Jamison mattresses, but I found the foam mattresses in their showroom to be too firm. While trying out mattresses, nobody on staff spoke to me, which was kind of nice, but imparted the impression that mattresses aren’t their focus. Website: https://chattanoogafurnitureshop.com
Not against driving to Nashville, Birmingham, Huntsville or Atlanta, but I’m not sure if I could get a mattress shipped at a reasonable cost, or returned if it didn’t work out.
Anyhow, my main point is that I am not sure Murmaid is making a quality product, without having sufficient information about what goes into their foam mattresses I can’t assume they do.
I have found in my search that I prefer a softer memory foam mattress such as the tempur cloud luxe series, but might consider buying a medium-soft version as I found some of them to be ok, and may be better in the long run.