Hi portocar,
I’m not sure what you mean here but the reason I don’t “play favorites” is because it’s impossible for me to know how a mattress will feel or which mattress will be the best choice for someone else and it has nothing to do with membership here. I point to value wherever I see it.
That certainly makes sense because memory foam in general is among the best pressure relieving materials in the industry and if a memory foam mattress has a design that is suitable for your specific needs and preferences it can certainly provide great pressure relief.
[quote]Again, I am 6.1" and weight 180. My main concern is “pressure point” relief.
As I mentioned earlier, research time for me is non-existent.
If you can help me further to narrow my choices, you would be doing my wife and I an immense service.[/quote]
Unfortunately the time you have available doesn’t change the suggestions I can or can’t make or how I am able to help you.
As I mentioned in my last reply … while I can certainly help with “how” to choose … It’s not possible to make specific suggestions or recommendations for either a mattress, manufacturers/retailers, or combinations of materials or components because the first “rule” of mattress shopping is to always remember that you are the only one that can feel what you feel on a mattress and there are too many unknowns, variables, and personal preferences involved that are unique to each person to use a formula or for anyone to be able to predict or make a specific suggestion or recommendation about which mattress or combination of materials and components or which type of mattress would be the best “match” for you in terms of “comfort”, firmness, or PPP or how a mattress will “feel” to you or compare to another mattress based on specs (either yours or a mattress), sleeping positions, health conditions, or “theory at a distance” that can possibly be more reliable than your own careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in step 4 of the tutorial) or your own personal sleeping experience (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here).
As far as narrowing your choices … if you are focusing on memory foam mattresses then there are some very good options (both members and non members) in the memory foam list I linked in my last reply.
If you want to include local options in your research that you can try in person before a purchase then if you let me know your city or zip code I’d be happy to let you know about the better options or possibilities I’m aware of in your area.
If you are considering online options that you can’t test first in person then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed phone conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer that has your best interests at heart and who can help “talk you through” the specifics of their mattresses and the properties and “feel” of the materials they are using (fast or slow response, resilience, firmness etc) and the options they have available that may be the best “match” for you based on the information you provide them, any local testing you have done or mattresses you have slept on and liked or other mattresses you are considering that they are familiar with, and the “averages” of other customers that are similar to you. They will know more about “matching” their specific mattress designs and firmness levels to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
If you are testing mattresses locally then the best way to assess whether a mattress is pressure relieving enough would be based on your own careful testing using the guidelines in the tutorial.
You have already decided on the type of mattress that would likely be the best choice for you in general terms which is a memory foam mattress and I agree that makes perfect sense.
Beyond that though … the manufacturers or retailers that sell them would know much more than I do about helping you choose which of their specific models would have the best chance of success based on a more detailed phone conversation.
I or some of the more knowledgeable members of the site can help you to narrow down your options, help you focus on better quality/value choices that are available to you either locally or online, help you identify any lower quality materials or weak links in a mattress, act as a fact check, answer many of the specific questions you may have along the way that don’t involve what you will “feel” on a mattress, and help with “how” to choose but in the end only you can decide which specific mattress, manufacturer, or combination of materials is “best for you” regardless of the name of the manufacturer on the label or whether anyone else has the same needs and preferences, criteria, or circumstances or would make the same choice.
Phoenix