Mattress Selection

[phoenix]

Hi Centex,

The first place I would start your research is the tutorial post here which has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines that you will need to make the best possible mattress choice … and know how and why to avoid the worst ones.

1. A Kingsdown Live o Sleep that felt the best to us both. Price tag $11,000.

I would never consider any mattress where you didn’t know what was inside it (see this article) … particularly if it was $11,000. I would be VERY cautious about considering a Kingsdown.

[quote]2. A new Sleep number i10 that felt so/so.

3. A Tempur-pedic Supreme choice which felt good,[/quote]

You can see my thoughts about airbeds in this article.

4. A Pure Bliss Latex bed that felt good to us both.

PLB uses high quality materials in all their mattresses and are generally “better than average” in terms of value although it depends on which mattress you are considering and on where you buy it. There are also many smaller manufacturers that make latex mattresses in lower price ranges that would also be well worth considering either locally or online.

I like the concept of Flobeds and Sleep-Ez but would like to try and duplicate the Kingsdown feel with a more transparent bed that I think would last. We don’t think the Kingsdown would last.

The only way to “match” another mattress would be to know exactly what was inside it and then to buy a mattress that had exactly the same layers and components (see post #9 here). It’s unlikely that you will be able to find out what is in the Kingsdown you are considering and even if you could it would be unlikely that you could duplicate all the layers and components exactly anyway. Other than that … if you were using the Kingsdown as a “target” (which I wouldn’t suggest) … then you would be limited to guessing at which component layers that you thought would be closest to the Kingsdown (and there may be no combination that matches the subjective “feel” if the Kingsdown isn’t a latex mattress) and then finding out how close you came based on your actual experience.

Both Flobeds and SleepEZ are members here and would make great choices that give you good options to customize the mattress both before and after a purchase but it’s unlikely that you would be able to approximate the subjective “feel” of another type of mattress that used different materials and components even if they were a perfect match for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences).

Phoenix