help finding quality innerspring

[phoenix]

Hi lilac2,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, mattress factories are dusty and dirty, but I saw old crusty talalay and old polyfoams being used in new mattresses. Also, many of the small manufacturers were using 1.5 lb. polyfoams and 3 lb. memory foams just like the major brands.

That’s why it’s always important to know the specifics of the materials in your mattress regardless of who you buy from. I wouldn’t buy a mattress that used lower quality materials or that had a weak link in the design no matter who made it.

Magicsleeper seems to be a good company, with good people. They could make me a double sided mattress with a multilastic innerspring unit with an inch or inch and a half 1.8 lb. foam and a very nice high quality quilted foam case. This spring unit is an old design and I’m concerned that it may creak in a few years. it is 12 1/2 gauge. They tell me though that it is a great long lasting innerspring. What are your thoughts on this plan?

I agree that Magic Sleeper is a good company with good people. If a mattress is a good match for you in terms of PPP, the quality/density of the materials are good and there are no obvious weak links in the mattress, and if it’s also a good match for all the other parts of your personal value equation that are important to you compared to your other finalists, then it would certainly be well worth purchasing. A 12 1/2 gauge innerspring is a very strong and durable innerspring although it may not have the motion isolation that some people may prefer if they are part of a couple that sleep on the mattress. The innerspring of a mattress or any type of support material is not generally the weak link of a mattress since a mattress will tend to soften and break down from the top down.

NOTE ADDED: Magic Sleeper is also now a member of this site.

Phoenix