Hate My Winkbed Luxury Firm - Now What?

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Hello, first post. After months of reading and researching, I bought a Winbed, luxury firm mattress. I have been sleeping on it with my spouse for 60+ days now, and finally decided to return it. Here’s my story and my stats, hoping that by sharing I get some help.

SLEEP INFO:
5’6", 180-ish pounds, side and stomach sleeper. Good health. Aging aches and pains, but nothing terrible. My spouse: 6’, 200 pounds, side and back sleeper.

WHY WE WENT WITH WINKBED:

  • We liked the made in WI aspect and the quality
  • Excellent edge support (we’re an aging couple, so not being able to sit on the edge of the bed is a no-go for us)
  • I like the height/thickness of the bed (looks great when bed is made)
  • I like that I don’t feel my spouse flopping about as much as I used to on my old inner spring

WHAT I HATE ABOUT MY WINKBED:

  • My shoulders still hurt 60 days in
  • It sleeps hot
  • I can feel the quilting of the euro top , even with mattress cover and premium sheets. (It almost feels a little lumpy on my side as if my hip hits just right where there’s a button, I feel it as a dip and hard spot).
  • I don’t just love getting into bed, even with putting $$ into new luxury bedding and down comforter, etc. It just feels Meh.
  • Yeah, I like the reduced motion transfer, but I find it hard to roll over in this bed. I feel like I have to wake up, sit up, and roll over.
  • Really, for $1600 I feel like I should love it and sleep well, and I just don’t.

Of course, Winkbed offered for another $49 to exchange it for a softer/alternate model. But I’m skeptical. The quilting they use on the top feels lumpy under me, so I’m afraid even a softer option will have the same feel since it’s the same construction.

IDEAS OF WHAT I SHOULD GET?

  • I want some bounce, so innerspring or hybrid probably.
  • I prefer not having all the chemical fire retardants stitched in
  • If it slept cool it would be a dream

BUDGET
I’d like to stay around $1000 if possible.

If you made it this far, you’re a gem! Thank you!

I hope someone has a great recommendation for me, so I can get a mattress that doesn’t kill my shoulders and make me wake to roll over.

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Hi MaterBum.

Welcome to our Mattress Forum. :slight_smile:

Thank you for sharing your Winkbeds experience and sleep stats with us! I’m sorry to hear that the mattress is still causing you pain beyond the break-in window.

I think you’ll be really happy with our Trusted Member Directory. If local is important to you, you should check out Beloit Mattress who are in Wisconsin as wall and not a large name brand so you’re really buying local. They - like all our Trusted Members - would also be able to best recommend or create a mattress from their inventory that checks all your boxes.

My Green Mattress and Quality Sleep Shopare US made in the Chicago area, so right next door :slight_smile:

If you’re willing to look a little further away, you may find the Roma Latex Mattress interesting. The upside to latex is that it offers the same motion transfer reduction that you like from memory foam without the “stuck in the mud” feeling and also sleeps much cooler than memory foam.

I hope this gives you a useful starting point!
NikkiTMU