Hello there,
I am at 3+ months of mattress hunt and let me tell you I want this to end. I’m coming here for some help on what I hope will be my final decision.
For the last 3 years, I’ve been sleeping on a sinking innerspring mattress + 2 inches gel memory foam topper from wayfair. I have had upper back pain for the last year and a half and never thought it was because of my mattress, but because of the sedentary lifestyle due to lockdown and bad working from home set-up. Anyways, I’ve been looking for a new mattress.
After reading for a decent time this forum/website, I decided to go with the Silk & Snow (The S&S Mattress - Silk & Snow Canada). Specs for this mattress seemed okay but finally it was way too soft for me, making my lower back pain worse.
I then told myself I would forget about all-foam mattress and would just buy a solid innerspring mattress to have a firm support and would then add a 1" inch memory foam topper in high density to get some pressure relief. With that idea in mind, I bought the Haugesund in firm mattress from Ikea as the specs seemed okay too (Shop Quality & Affordable Products - IKEA CA ). What a bad idea, it just made things even worse. The foam in the comfort layers is indeed firm, but the core of the mattress isn’t supportive enough so my hips are sinking too much. But because the foam is too firm, my middle back/upper back/ribs don’t sink and therefore I end up with an even more pronounced misalignment of the spine (hope that makes sense) (for the record I am only 120 lbs…). I have never been so sleep deprived. To improve things a little bit I put my old gel foam topper that I have been using for 3 years, it’s not that bad anymore but it still not ideal at all.
Here I am on my mattress hunt, again. I’ve been doing some mattress testing at Sleep Country (I live in Toronto, Canada) but it’s impossible to get specs for their mattress, even when you contact the brand (Serta, etc.). They just expect you to make a blind purchase at this point. I went to visit the showroom of the manufacturer Dreamstar, told Andy the vendor that I was looking for a properly supportive mattress and was recommended the Orthopedic supreme. I laid down on it for 10 minutes but it wasn’t doing it for me. I went home and thought about how hard it is to just find some good support. It is so basic but so hard to find. I went back and tried it again for 10 minutes but then I was sure it wasn’t for me as it was giving me the same feeling I have with my current Ikea mattress (pressure on middle/upper back, hips sinking too much). Hopeless, I tried the Prestige firm and I instantly felt what I was looking for: support. My hips weren’t sinking and I could feel like I was sleeping on something horizontal, but with just enough pressure relief. Going back on the website these 2 mattresses are pretty similar in their construction. The only difference seems the number of coils (see below) but I was told that the number of coil doesn’t determine the firmness/quality of the support. I need to understand what makes the difference in the feel, if there is anyone who can give me some insight I would really appreciate. I want to make that purchase, sleep on it, heal my back and move on with my life.
Thank you for reading me and many thanks in advance!
Prestige firm
2" soy bio high density foam (was told by the vendor that foam is 1.8lb)
9" double tempered 13 gauge pocket coil
Coil count (FULL): 738
Total mattress height is 14"
More info: https://dreamstarbedding.com/products/prestige-firm
Orthopedic supreme firm
2" soy bio hight density foam (1.8lb)
9" double tempered 13 gauge pocket coil
Coil count (full): 682
More info: https://dreamstarbedding.com/products/orthopedic-supreme-firm