Is Firm/Cushion Firm with Euro Pillowtop a bad decision?

[phoenix]

Hi watchtime,

It seems like there is a lot of foam manufacturers, it is pretty popular but I still prefer the old spring mattresses.

As I mentioned in my earlier reply … as long as a mattress uses good quality and durable materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in a mattress then the type of mattress would be a preference choice rather than a “better/worse” choice. There are many people that prefer an innerspring mattress with various types of materials in the comfort layers above the springs.

Also, the similarity between foam manufacturer makes me think if they all come from the same original manufacturer but with a few final touches to differentiate one from another. For example Casper, company whose advertisement I see on subway all the time and, and Helix.

Mattress manufacturers don’t manufacture their own foams and there are many foam manufacturers that supply the foams that mattress manufacturers use in their mattresses. You can see a list of the CertiPUR certified memory foam and polyfoam manufacturers CertiPUR page here for example and there are also many manufacturers that make different types and blends of latex that are used by different mattress manufacturers as well.
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Some of the “simplified choice mattresses” (see posts #1 and #2 here) such as Casper and Helix are what are often called “cut and sew” mattresses that don’t have their own factory and are made by a foam fabricator or by another larger manufacturer to their specific design specifications. Some foam fabricators make mattresses for several “cut and sew” mattress suppliers. Others actually own their own factory and make the mattresses themselves and order their materials and components directly from the foam or component manufacturers. There are also many other variations in the supply chain that leads to the final mattress that is purchased by a consumer.

I noticed there are spring type mattresses to among those, and I am surprised they have different type of structure, for example micro coils. It’s interesting. I’ll check the closest showrooms and give them a try. I just don’t want the convenience of chains and their pricing (most of the independent ones I saw on that list were $1500-$2000 and over for Queen mattresses)

There are hundreds if not thousands of different innerspring mattresses that use different types of innersprings and different types of comfort layers above the innersprings (such as memory foam, polyfoam, latex foam, natural or synthetic fibers, buckling column gel, or combinations of several of these) that can each have a different “feel” and firmness level and I would keep in mind that the specific design of a mattress is the single biggest factor in whether a mattress is a good “match” for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP. Some mattresses that use certain materials and components may be a great match for you while other mattresses that have a different design may be completely unsuitable for you to sleep on even if they use the same or similar materials and components.

In other words … if you test a local mattress that has a microcoil comfort layer on top of an innerspring support core (probably with some other foam layers in the mattress) for example then it doesn’t mean that other mattresses that use the same materials but have a different design (different types of springs or microcoils, different types or firmness levels of foam, different layer thicknesses, and many other design variables) will also be a suitable choice for you.

Phoenix