Hi CNJ,
As you can see in post #2 here there are really only 3 ways to match or at least “approximate” another mattress with any degree of accuracy and you may have to rely on your own personal and more subjective sense of “feel” and how close you think a mattress you are testing is to the “feel” of the specific Tempurpedic model you are trying to match.
Since you are only looking at more occasional and short term use of the mattress … this means that you wouldn’t need to put the same emphasis on the density or quality of the materials as someone who planned to use the mattress every night over a longer period of time so I would probably “relax” the guidelines here that I generally suggest for memory foam mattresses in terms of foam density a little. This also means that you probably wouldn’t need to use your full budget because something suitable that “feels” close enough to the Tempurpedic for your needs would probably cost less (like the Bed Boss you are considering).
[quote]It was called the “Visco Crown PT’ by Bed Boss. Price for King $1,099 (includes frame and base).
0.5 “inches of bamboo infused phyto-foam quilted into the cover-4.2
2"of high density memory foam-4.8
3” of memory foam with 9zone support-3.6
7.5” of high resiliency base foam with 9zone support-4.2[/quote]
I think these specs are probably reasonable for the use you are considering (the 3" memory foam layer is a little on the low side) but the specs of the .5" of “phyto-foam” and the 7.5" of high resiliency base foam are clearly not accurate. These are density specs of memory foam not polyfoam. The .5" of polyfoam in the top layer wouldn’t be an issue for me and it’s very likely that the base layer as well is a suitable density but on principle along I would want to know the accurate number of what it was.
Healthy Rest looks like a house brand (my guess would be made by Zinus) that also uses Chinese poured foam (based on the description) but is CertiPur certified like the Bed Boss so I would also consider them as well as long as the density of their layers, how it “feels” to you, and the value compared to the Bed Boss are all in the range you are looking for.
For the sake of making “value” and “quality” comparisons … some of the better online memory foam manufacturers or merchants I’m aware of are listed in post #12 here.
Phoenix