Comfor Pedic by Simmons and my new mattress search

[phoenix]

Hi mgblues,

I’ve been unable to obtain more specific information on the Aireloom mattress.

This isn’t surprising to me because Aireloom isn’t normally transparent about the materials they use in their mattresses (which is one of the reasons I would tend to avoid them).

In fact, when I called the store today, I was advised that Tempur Pedic had authorized a small discount off their mattresses and are also throwing in the plain box springs. The set of the Queen Tempur Pedic Contour Elite mattress and flat box spring would cost approximately $2159.00 . Knowing how Tempur Pedic does business, however, I am skeptical that discounts are being allowed. Do you know anything about any current programs that they may (or may not) be offering on their mattresses?

I don’t know whether they are offering any current promotions (one way or the other) but I don’t see any on their site. You could always check with Tempurpedic to confirm whether this is accurate.

I also spent quite some time looking for a local mattress manufacturer and/or dealer in the general vicinity and struck out repeatedly. At least 2 of the sites indicated that they were no longer in the business.

If you could let me know which ones they are then I can remove them from any of the forum lists they are listed in if they are no longer in business.

During my search of your posts, however, I ran across a reference to Restonic as a reputable mattress manufacturer. One of our local furniture stores (Wolf’s) sells Restonic mattresses. I visited their store and found 3 that felt very nice. The models that I liked are (in no particular order), the York Extra Firm {tempa gel memory foam, heavy duty individual coil, foam encasement, MM patented center support & a 15 year warranty}, the Doria {latex, memory foam, individual coil, foam encasement, MM patented center support and 15 year warranty} and the Harrisburg Eurotop {Premium Talalay Latex 34 ILD, MM patented center support, 884 Heavy Duty Individually Wrapped Coils that are tempered steel, gel quilting foams in the comfort layer, high density foam in support layers}.

Restonic is a licensee group that includes many different privately owned factories that will often name and build their mattresses differently in each area of the country that they service. I would consider them as a “possibility” because the odds are higher that you will be able to find out the information you need to make an informed choice than with other larger manufacturers but this will also depend on which factory builds the mattresses and the store you are dealing with. I would consider them on a “mattress by mattress” basis depending on whether you can find out the information you need and based on the most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here.

The salesperson I was working with could not locate specific current spec sheets on the mattresses as some of them are new products and the Restonic rep has not yet brought the new spec sheets to the department. Do you have any thoughts on the models I found at the store?

Unfortunately … without the information listed here it’s not possible for me to make any meaningful comments about the quality of the materials in the mattress.

I would be very cautious about “brand shopping” (see post #5 here) because outside of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences), a mattress is only as good as its construction and the quality of the materials inside it regardless of the name of the manufacturer on the label.

I just sent a request to Restonic for the specs for each of the 3 mattresses. Will update if and when I receive a response. If you happen to have the info, then you won’t need it.

This would normally be the “job” or responsibility of any good retailer who may have better access to the specs of the mattresses they sell through their manufacturer’s rep than a consumer who is trying to deal directly with a wholesale manufacturer … assuming of course that they are willing to make the phone calls to find out (which some aren’t). It can be frustrating for a consumer to try and find out this information on their own from a company that isn’t set up to deal directly with consumer inquiries.

Unfortunately I don’t know the specs for any of the mattresses you mentioned but I hope you are able to find them out for the benefit of others that may be considering the same mattresses in the future.

Phoenix