Help me find a mattress based on my research so far.

[phoenix]

Hi kvothe,

It feels impossible to tell why one over another without trying them, which I cannot do. Phoenix seems to dislike novosbed for reasons I cannot track down and like brooklyn beds. It would be nice to specifically why, it might explain why one is almost 50% more then another.

I’m not sure where you got the idea that I dislike Novosbed because it’s certainly not the case and they are one of the manufacturers listed among the better online memory foam options I’m aware of that are linked in the tutorial post. You can see some of my thoughts about them there.

There are many reasons why one mattress costs more than another one and there is more about this in post #14 here and post #2 here.

It feels impossible to tell why one over another without trying them, which I cannot do.

While you can’t test either one beforehand of course … both of them use a commonly available mattress as a reference point for comfort and support that you can test locally and use to gauge the comfort and support of each mattress. The Harmony is comparable to the Sealy Optimum Inspiration and the Cool Luxe is comparable to the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe. Both of them also have a free return option in case your actual experience indicates that the mattress isn’t as suitable a choice as you hoped for which also reduces the risk of an online purchase. They will also provide you with some good guidance when you talk with them about a purchase.

Once you are down to “final choices” between good and good then which one would be best for you would depend on the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.

is a “bed frame” the same thing as a “bed plateform”

Generally you will need three things for your sleeping system. Once of them is a bedframe which will generally be steel (like this example) or a wooden bedframe. On top of the bedframe you will need a support system which provides even support for the mattress (the mattress would have no support on the bedframe alone). This could be a series of slats or a solid surface on a wooden bedframe or a foundation (on a steel bedframe or a wooden bedframe that only has a few slats that are too far apart to support a mattress). On top of this you have the mattress. Some products combine the function of both a bedframe and foundation including the wire grid platform / bedframe you attached to your post. Another example would be a wooden platform bed which is a bedframe but also has a solid or slatted surface that is suitable to support the mattress. There is more about foundations and other types of support systems for a mattress and which types are generally suitable for different types of mattresses in the foundation post here and the two links in the second paragraph.

Phoenix