Looking for Mattress in Chicagoland area

[phoenix]

Hi decay69,

I’m glad you found us … and welcome to the site

You’ve probably read this already but just in case you haven’t the first place to start is the mattress shopping tutorial here which has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines that can help you make the best possible choice … and more importantly know how and why to avoid the worst ones. If you follow each of the 5 steps (or the optional online step if you are also considering online options) one at a time you will have the best possible chance of success and you will always know what’s next in your research.

I would appreciate a reference for a local manufacturer in good standing with the site here. I am hoping to stay closer to the $1000 mark, knowing that could be a challenge, but would certainly consider paying more for the right mattress. Our Zip code is 60548, which puts us about an hour and a half from Chicago. I would prefer to avoid going all the way into the city if possible, hoping there might some choices in the outlying area.

The better options and possibilities I’m aware of within 100 miles of the Chicago area (subject to the quality/value guidelines here) are listed in posts #2 and #4 here and if you are in reasonable driving distance I would make sure you include My Green Mattress/Quality Sleep in your research. They are one of the members here which means that I think very highly of them and I believe they compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency.

I have also taken a long look at some of the newer online options. Saatva was the first and is still something I have not ruled out. It seemed based on the comments from Phoenix in a related post that the mattress itself is not a bad choice, but that there were some qualms about the comparisons to higher end models that seemed misleading. The price and quality along with the convenience make it appealing, however I am left with the distinct impression from the post that there are better options in local stores that would present a better value. I also have checked out Yogabed, but this appears to be memory foam which the wife would prefer to avoid. Casper is another that seems to some positive buzz surrounding it, but again I would prefer to explore better values locally if they are available.

You’ve already seem my comments about Saatva (which can be summarized as "better than average quality/value compared to most mainstream manufacturers but for most of the members here probably wouldn’t be the “best value” choice)… You can see some of my comments about the “one choice fits all” mattresses you mentioned in post #3 here.

Phoenix