General Recommendations

[Basilio]

Hi gilly777, and welcome to The Mattress Underground
Glad to have you here.

Hello,
Never thought I’d be a member of a mattress forum let alone binge reading 36 hours
worth of reading on this website but I did! Thank you to the vast amount of information
on this website. We have been sleeping on a bed that was given to us after a close family
friend did not want it anymore. It was new then but is now about 6 years old and every
morning I wake up with back, neck, and shoulder pain.
Here are my stats:
Male, 208 pounds, 6’4, mainly side sleeper but sometimes stomach. 80/20
Female, 140, 5’4", mainly side sleeper but sometimes stomach 60/40

Sorry to hear your old mattress is not working out any longer, but glad you found us and are looking to be informed…the best consumer is a knowledgeable one! It sounds like you have done a lot of reading on this site, but I if you have not already done so, I suggest you take a look at themattress specifications you need to know, as well as themattress durability guidelines and of course themattress shopping tutorial to get a better idea of what to look for and how to choose which mattress may be suitable for you both.

Remember, a mattress is unique to the sleepers using it, and is based on their stats (height, BMI, sleeping position(s) and any underlying health conditions), and the PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences). Thanks for including both your stats – you are not very high BMI, but you don’t say what type of mattress your old one is…if it is memory foam, it sounds like it could be prematurely breaking down, as this can cause uneven wear with ‘divots’ forming in the mattress which can cause muscle and joint pain and even alignment issues.

We are looking at the sparrow signature hybrid but would like to hear what the experts
think. We will be going to stores tomorrow to try some beds out. Do y’all have any good
stores around 76227 that y’all would recommend?

Thank you again so much for any information

EDIT: went to a mattress firm to lay on some with my wife and the three kids(that was fun).

Really enjoyed the stearns and foster lux estate cassatt for me and the tempur-pedic
medium hybrid. We both enjoyed the tempur-pedic medium hybrid.

Any recommendations that y’all want to throw out would be appreciated. It looks like the
sterns and foster has a iffy track record for durability. It is also difficult to find the specs
on the mattresses to compare them for durability, idl layer all that stuff

The Sparrow Signature Hybrid from trusted member of the siteNest Bedding is a very good mattress; Nest bedding is transparent about the materials and construction of their components, and have very good customer response and warranties in place for their offerings. Unfortunately due to the high turnover of businesses in the last few years, we do not have geographic listings of manufacturers and showrooms, but our member The Mattress Factory is southwest of you in Fort Worth, although they may be only doing online sales, you can reach out to them if any of their mattresses look interesting to you.

As far as the Stearns & Foster and Tempurpedic mattresses go, though many consumers do find them comfortable they, like most ‘big box’ retailers are not transparent about the density or materials used in their components which raises major red flags for me. If you are looking at mattresses that use memory foam, these companies are notorious for using excessive amounts of inexpensive foam which will break down prematurely – if durability is a concern, I would be careful of any manufacturer that does not disclose the details of their products.

Possibly someone who has some first-hand experience with looking at mattresses in NE Texas can chime in with their experience; I wish you and your family success on your mattress journey!

• Basilio