Classic Brands Advanced Comfort 14" Memory Foam Mattress

[phoenix]

Hi PRN,

I’m not sure what was misleading?

I meant the claim that the mattress was a “match” for the Tempurpedic GrandBed although from the perspective of how it feels this may be accurate … for a while anyway. A customer may translate this into meaning that it’s the same quality as the Grandbed when it’s not. If I was a retailer I would also have cautioned you about a mattress that uses very thick layers of softer 4 lb memory foam (just like many retailers may caution their heavier customers even with some of the softer Tempurpedic Cloud mattresses which use 4 lb memory foam in combination with 5 lb, or 7 lb memory foam).

Made in China? Their website is misleading then, as they lead one to believe they make them in Maryland.

Their factory is in China (see this article and this article). I would also be a little cautious with mattresses that are compressed for long periods of time because this can have an effect on durability as well (see post #6 here).

@ Centaurita,

I saw the Classic Brands just today, on Wayfair.com. They don’t show the bed you are referring to and they do not include any detailed specs like those you posted. The one I just looked at was “Classic Brands Eloquence 11” Memory Foam Mattress" and it sounds like a bargain so I came here to see if anyone else has any experience or info on this brand.

I would be very cautious about buying any mattress where you can’t find out the specifics of the materials inside it (see the guidelines here) so you can make sure there are no weak links in the mattress and make more meaningful comparisons to other mattresses. Outside of how well a mattress matches your specific needs and preferences in terms of PPP … a mattress is only as good as the quality of the materials inside it regardless of the name of the manufacturer. If you are able to find out the type and quality of the materials in the Eloquence (see this article) then you can either compare them to the guidelines here or if you list them on the forum I’d be happy to make some comments about the quality of the materials.

I just noticed that this particular listing on Wayfair says it “requires” a box spring and it is made in China. Those two things bother me because I was trying to stay with American Made and I wanted to put my mattress on my new bed without “box springs”.

The box spring part is probably incorrect because most foam mattresses (whether they are memory foam, polyfoam, or memory foam) need a firm non flexing support surface such as a platform bed or a foundation. Typically a box spring means a support system that has springs inside it which normally wouldn’t be the best choice for a mattress that has a foam support core and a platform bed or a foundation would be fine.

This part of the description …

The bottom layer of the mattress is made of a dense memory foam, that evenly supports your body’s weight during sleep, so the spine will always be aligned and pressure points will always be eliminated.

… is also wrong. The bottom layer of the mattress is high density polyfoam.

Phoenix