We started looking for a new mattress a few weeks ago. First stop was to Sleep Country as there was one only minutes from my door, and current mattress was from there (pocket coil) and lasted about 10yrs until my wife started to notice it didn’t support her properly anymore. I don’t sleep much so didn’t notice how bad it currently is until a month or so ago. We actually like their iComfort and made the purchase. I had a sinking feeling because we didn’t really research anything, so I did some searching and sure enough my gut feeling was right! Luckily, we wanted them to ship it in a few weeks so had the delivery delayed. I called them up the next day to cancel the order.
Then my search began, and lead me here!
At first I was thinking of going to foamite.com, but after much searching and going to a store to see what the prices were like, they seemed very high, and so close to latex prices, I just ruled them out.
Took me a while, but i narrowed my search down to mattresses.net, but needed to try out a latex mattress to be sure of the feel as never had a non-coil mattress before.
A few days ago, I went to Dormio to try out some of the mattresses to get a feeling for what layer combinations felt best. The sales people were great, gave me an overview of what they had, how they could adjust things, quickly realized I had a bit of knowledge of what I was looking for (thanks mainly to this site!) and left me to roam around and try out the various mattresses (but mentioned just to ask if I wanted some details about anything in particular). Much different experience from when I went to Sleep Country, where the sales don’t leave your side for a minute, constantly pushing unwanted recommendations on you.
The prices at mattresses.net are fantastic, but was a little worried about if something didn’t feel right how much it would cost to exchange pieces (even if it was just to pay for shipping). I returned to Dormio this morning, and once again looked at a few of the mattresses, seeing which ones closely matched the specs of the one at mattresses.net. I talked to the sales person, gave him the details of the mattress I was looking for, and the price I was looking for. They were able to come very close pricewise, and I figured the added benefit of having someone close by if we needed to exchange any pieces would be worth the additional cost.
We purchased the Tranquility model with the default configuration of left side = Medium+Firrm, and right side = Firm+Medium pieces. I thought we might want all firm, but this way we can test all possible combinations at home, and exchange pieces as needed. When I tested in the store, both medium over firm, and firm over medium felt fine.
Now the wait for the bed to arrive! They said it would be between 3-5 weeks.
I’d highly recommend Dormio based on shopping experience to anyone in the Toronto area!.
Will be back to post more on how the bed works out (which I can’t imagine it could be any worse than what I’m currently sleeping on!).