I paid a visit to the store this afternoon. Great no-pressure advice and tons of good info. I ended up purchasing one of their in house latex beds. I had been wavering between the all three types of mattresses (coil, memory foam and latex) I got the chance to try our all three there, and some before hand at the chain stores, and I ended up settling on the latex.
It was just the most comfortable for me. I did like the memory foam very much, but I just couldnāt shake the feeling of being ātrappedā in the foam.
Again, thanks to everyone here, esp. Phoenix. Iāll report back after I get the mattress and spend some time in it. (In another more applicable thread!)
Thank you (greatly) for operating and maintaining the forum.
I feel I have a much better understanding of the place where I spend 1/3 of my life thanks to you.
Now to order a bed from Sleep EZā¦
I am thinking of getting one of the Ultimate Dreams beds from Dreamfoam. I live in the Frederick, Maryland area(21770). Do you know of any retailers near here where I could test this or a similar mattress. Would you recommend getting the Eurotop with the main bedding firm or extra firm and the soft topper for a bigger peroson ~240lbs?
Some possibilities closer to the Frederick area are in post #2 here and a few more a bit further away in he Baltimore area are listed in post #2 here.
The Ultimate Dreams is only available online through their Amazon outlet. I donāt know the specific models that the retailers in the lists carry so you would need to call them and ask if they have any latex/polyfoam hybrids on their floor with about 3" of latex over a high quaity polyfoam support core (either with or without polyfoam quilting because either would be helpful as a reference point). I would then visit the ones that carried a mattress that was similar. Many of the manufacturers Iāve listed do make mattresses that are similar but the local retailers may or may not carry them.
The choice between the Eurotop and the Ultra Plush would be a matter of preference depending on whether you feel the advantages of the Eurotop are worth the extra price for you.Post #2 here talks about the differences between them.
Without a reference point of personal testing ā¦ I would discuss your firmness choice with Chuck whose suggestions would be based on much better and more specific knowledge of their mattresses than mine. My tendency though would be to choose a firmness choice that you and Chuck believe would suit you best without a topper (which would be on the firmer side because of your higher weight), err slightly on the side of firmness if you are undecided between two options, and then add a topper if you need it based on your actual experience on the mattress when youāve slept on it. This way if you need a topper at all, you can use your actual experience on the mattress as a guideline for the thickness and type that would be best.
Thanks so much for your site, and your invaluable information. You have helped me avoid purchases that could have cost me a fortune. Iām also planning on purchasing soon, and I didnāt know about the 5% discount until today, so thank you!
So glad to have found your mattress forum as I was shopping around for mattresses. I was leaning towards an iMattress or a Sealy Optimum line mattress, but after reading about the levels of materials I believe we will be giving Select Foam a try. Went to Sleep Country today and tried out all the Tempurpedics and liked the Cloud Supreme, so hopefully the Cirrus Supreme will work for us. Thank you!
As you know I think highly of Select Foam (which of course is why they were invited to become manufacturing members of this site) and the quality of their mattress designs and the materials they use.
They would certainly make a great choice and have much better value than the options you were considering
If you do decide to āpull the triggerā Iād love to hear your feedback once you receive the mattress and have had a chance to sleep on it.
Great information Wish you had a store north of seattle. We really need to find a good store without getting the run around and bad quality at a horrific price and that is what has been happening to us grrrrrr
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I guess that depends on what your favorite material or combination is. I would miss it because I happen to prefer it but my daughter just bought a mattress recently and discovered that she prefers Dunlop latex after testing both and I know many people who are very knowledgeable that could choose anything they want and they all have their own preferences as well (innerspring/latex hybrids, memory foam, natural fibers and no foam etc) so it really does depend on what each person likes the best in terms of materials and design.
Thanks for all your work here with this site. My wifeās back isnāt doing so well with our 10 year old, overly soft mattress, especially now that sheās pregnant. Iāve been doing research online and the amount of FUD online about matresses is hard to get through. Iām glad I stumbled upon your website with such good information and informative posts. Keep up the good work!
There is a lot of information on the site which can sometimes be a little overwhelming so just in case you havenāt already read it ā¦ post #1 here and the information it links to is usually the best place to start to ācut throughā the possibility of information overload.
Thank you for all the information you provide. After doing some research through the forums, I have decided to go with the Ultimate Dreams Latex Mattress. I purchased a cheap memory foam mattress a few months ago, and have been having very bad back pains. I wish I would have found this site before I made that purchase!