Hi Mstrlucky74,
I’m not so sure I would agree with this and some of the most knowledgeable people I know in the industry that can sleep on anything they want prefer an innerspring mattress to anything else (of course they also use high quality materials in the comfort layers).
I would think of a mattress as a combination of materials that includes a support core for support/alignment (such as an innerspring, latex, or polyfoam), comfort layers for pressure relief (such as polyfoam, memory foam, latex, natural or synthetic fibers, microcoils, etc) and in the case of more complex constructions there may also be transition layers in between them that perform a dual role and help with both support/alignment and comfort/ pressure relief (and generally use slightly firmer versions of the same comfort materials).
Each person will have their own preferences about the type of materials and components they prefer in each part of a mattress and one isn’t necessarily “better” than another unless it’s also someone’s preference.
The most important part of the durability and useful life of a mattress relative to each person is in the upper layers (comfort and transition layers) and the support core of a mattress isn’t usually the weak link of a mattress in terms of durability regardless of what type it is.
The different types of comfort and transition layers generally have lower quality and less durable versions and higher quality more durable versions so no matter which type of comfort materials someone prefers … it’s always important to make sure that they are higher quality and more durable versions of that material (you can see the guidelines I would use in post #4 here).
I would be very cautious about any of the memory foam mattresses at Ikea because they tend to use low quality/density 3 lb memory foam which I would avoid and I would make sure you always know the specific materials in all the layers of any mattress you are considering.
The type of materials you choose are always a personal preference and I would tend to avoid “better/worse” assessments that don’t take someone’s preferences into account. The quality and durability of the materials and components you prefer though is always important … especially in the upper layers of the mattress.
Which mattress was this … I don’t see it on their site.
Phoenix