Flexus help deciding

[phoenix]

Hi stacytr,

We went back to Flexus on Saturday and this time I didn’t love the Body Print as much – but I feel pretty sure it had to do with the fact that my back was really bothering me. I’m not sure if anything would have felt great that day. I’ve laid on the same mattress twice before and really liked it in the medium firmness. My husband liked it too this time. But now I’m feeling cold feet and wondering if you have any other words of wisdom. We didn’t try an all latex mattress because of price – the body print is really at the top of what we want to spend. Other than the Custom Comfort bed, we haven’t searched out anything else. Should we expand out our search? Or do I just go with what I have liked before?

I can’t tell you what you “should do” because the first “rule” of mattress shopping is to 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” or PPP or how a mattress will “feel” to you or compare to another mattress based on specs (either yours or a mattress) or “theory at a distance” that can possibly be more accurate 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).

I or some of the more knowledgeable members of the site can certainly 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 you may be considering, 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 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 criteria or circumstances or would make the same choice.

Having said that … I would probably give things a few days for your back to get a little better and then test the mattress again to see how you feel about it.

Phoenix