Thanks for your kind words. Be sure to browse through the mattress shopping tutorial here as you go through your mattress research process. Iāll be interested to learn of any questions you have or shopping decisions you make. And remember to use your Mattress Underground discount if you end up making a purchase from one of the members here of the forum.
Wow, who knew there was so much to know about mattresses? My wife found your site, and we have spent many hours reading articles, forum posts, etc. here. We live in Charleston, SC, and, thanks to the advice and information on this site, will probably purchase a latex bed from Sleeping Organic in the next few days.
Thanks for all your work in making this website and keeping it going!
Bob Irving
As youāre aware, Sleeping Organic is a site member here, which means that I think highly of them. If you do decide to make a purchase there, be sure to take advantage of your Mattress Underground discount listed for them.
Iāll be interested in learning what you decide to do.
I just purchased a mattress from Parklane Mattress, when they provided me the forum member discount, it was to this generic pillow (Explore Our Portland Mattress Stores | BedMart). It says āposition specific pillowā on your site, do you know if I should have had a different one? When trying the bed, I did like this pillow (Explore Our Portland Mattress Stores | BedMart), but he made it sound like it was only valid for the link I sent.
Be sure to reference the mattress shopping tutorial here as you go through your mattress research process. Iāll be interested to learn of any questions you have or shopping decisions you make. And remember to use your Mattress Underground discount if you end up making a purchase from one of the members here of the forum.
Iām not aware of all of the pillow offerings that Parklane provides for the bonus for TMU members. āPosition Specificā would just mean that whatever they offer for the promotion should match your sleeping style, which I believe is primarily on your back, and this pillow should work well for that. You could always ask them if there is another offering, or if you desire another pillow if they would be willing to provide you a credit/discount on that pillow, as the pillow you like retails for twice as much as the pillow they are offering for free.
Awesome informative site! We thought we wanted an air number bed but the info here convinced us to go with a latex bed. We were able to ID factory direct retailers thru your membership directory and have decided to purchase our bed from Arizona Premier Mattress. Thanks so much for developing and, most importantly, maintaining this site so that there is always up-to-date info.
Congratulations on your new Arizona Premium mattress purchase! :cheer: Iāll be interested in learning about your new mattress once youāve had a chance to sleep upon it for a while.
Another long term update continued from post #1407. After plenty of time for break in I found myself having trouble with shoulder soreness and sometimes waking up with my arm asleep. So, after some more experimentation, the current configuration is (from bottom to top): L&P zoned pocket coils, 6" latex (med one side, firm other side), 2" memory foam, 1" latex (soft). Was trying to avoid the polyfoam, but it has helped with the pressure relief. Also I am not using the original AZ Prem Mattress cover. I went with the 4-way stretch cover from SleepEZ.com. This also relieved some pressure on my shoulder and really gets you closer to the true feeling of the foam. This configuration feels pretty darned good, and I typically donāt toss and turn very much. Itās kind of a feel right between memory foam and latex, I like it. The only nitpick I have now is maybe my hips sink just a little too far. Was thinking of replacing the pelvic / lumbar area of the bottom-most layer with firmer latex (zoning). But, not sure yet.
I appreciate your kind words. I hope you have the time to read through the Mattress Shopping Tutorial to assist you along your mattress shopping experience, and feel free to post back with any questions you may have.
Just a quick question ā do you have 6" of latex directly on top of the spring unit, then 2" of memory foam and then 1" of latex? Or is the first layer of latex on top of the spring unit 3" thick?
Hi Phoenix, sorry for the late response. A member of my immediate family passed away so I have been kinda busy. The 6" of latex I speak of is two 3" toppers. The spring unit is not enclosed in a cover now. All of the foam is inside of the SleepEZ cover. Not elegant or recommended but itās mostly hidden by the deep pocket fitted sheet. I use sheet suspenders to keep the corners on and that works well. Hindsight is always 20/20 I guess. I sold my practically brand new original mattress cover and latex topper to a co-worker friend for a very good price. Itās quite comfortable now and at the correct height from the floor, so Iām satisfied with the outcome.
Well itās been a bit over 2 months since I received my 12" Arctic Dream mattress and I must say that I am extremely happy with my choice. As a side sleeper, Iāve been used to waking up at least once or twice a week with a very sore shoulder from sleeping on it āwrongā. Since Iāve had my new mattress - not once!
The only disappointment was that they didnāt send me the free pillowā¦but the mattress alone was well worth the price and then some!
Thanks for your update, and Iām glad youāre happy with your Arctic Dreams mattress. As you know, you certainly made a very good value choice.
Regarding your pillow, that is a bonus offered to TMU members by Dreamfoam if you are ordering directly through them or having the order fulfilled through them. If another company was fulfilling the order, or if there was another promotion that superseded this promo, or if you contacted them a bit after placing the order, you wouldnāt qualify for the pillow promo, but it certainly wouldnāt hurt to phone them and inquire about it.
This is my first forum post (perhaps my first ever forum post?) and I just wanted to thank you for the valuable resource this site offers to mattress consumers like me! I probabaly spent at least 3-4 hours researching and learning from your website and sharing everything with my husband as he was falling asleep on our sad mattress over a number of nights (we knew nothing and were newlywed looking for a mattress when we bought our sad mattress).
We have decided based upon research and recommendation from this site to purchase a cotton futon for our son as his first big bed, and will possibly consider purchasing a bed from the same retailer (Memory Foam Comfort) when we replace our own mattress. I am still trying to wrap my head around what that will look like, but I have been learning I would like a firmer support, hopefully we will come to some kind of conclusion eventually on our own mattress purchase.
Welcome to the Mattress Forum! And congratulations on the new futon mattress for your son from Memory Foam Comfort. :cheer:
If you come up with more specific questions about a potential purchase for your own mattress, feel free to post on the forum and Iāll do my best to answer your questions. I know youāve been reading already on the site, but make sure that the mattress shopping tutorial is part of that research.