Mattress Help

[phoenix]

Hi Allianna,

I am near Altavista VA and we have very few quality mattresses to actually try out, without a several hour drive.

The better options or possibilities I’m aware of in your general area (subject to the “value” guidelines I linked in my last reply) are listed in post #3 here.

I also have talked to a friend who lives in another state and she said that they have a Winndom Yorktown mattress that they purchased from Bedcrafters by Michelle and she loves it. My friend also has bulging discs in her back and said that this mattress is much better for her back than their past Savvy Rest all latex. I called and talked to Bedcrafters and they said that they do find people with back issues are more satisfied with the Yorktown than an all latex mattress. The Yorktown has springs and quick recovery foam and it will come with a no spring foundation.

I would be very cautious about using other people’s experiences on a mattress (either positive or negative) as a reliable source of information or guidance about how suitable or how durable a mattress or any specific material may be for you and in many cases they can be more misleading than helpful because a mattress that would be a perfect choice for one person may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on either in terms of suitability or durability (see post #13 here).

The only way to know for certain whether any mattress is a good match for you will be based on your own careful testing or personal experience.

My previous reply included a link to the different ways to choose a mattress (either locally or online) that is the most suitable “match” for your specific needs and preferences and how to identify and minimize the risks of making a choice that doesn’t turn out as well as you hoped for that are involved in each of them. Using other people’s recommendations or reviews is near the bottom of the list and would be one of the riskiest and least reliable ways to choose a mattress.

So, do you know of another mattress that is made with the same materials and cost less than the Yorktown(the Yorktown will be around 3400.00 with tax and delivery) that I could find closer to home to actually try out. I am not sure of all the materials used in the Yorktown but my friend used this forum to choose the Yorktown and assured me that there are no weak links in it.

There is more about the different ways that one mattress can “match” or “approximate” another one in post #9 here but with more complex designs it’s very unlikely that you will find another mattress that uses exactly the same design with the same components and materials and even if a mattress uses “similar” materials it may feel and perform very differently so the only way to know whether another mattress would be similar in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) would be based on your own personal testing or experience and the only way to assess the quality and durability of a mattress and make sure that it doesn’t have any “weak links” is to find out the specifics of all the layers and components inside it (see here). Once again though I would caution you that a mattress that works “perfectly” for one person may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on (or vice versa).

I did find a shop(Henderson’s Furnishings in Forest VA) where we tried out the Savvy Rest and they also have a few Winndom mattresses. However, they are going out of business and their selection is very limited.

Thanks for the heads up and I’ve added a not to their listing in the forum list.

Phoenix