Well, my Savvy Rest mattress was delivered yesterday. I went with the following configuration, from bottom to top: Medium Dunlop, Medium Talalay, Soft Talalay.) I tried it in the store with the Medium Dunlop, Medium Dunlop, Soft Talalay, and told the sales person it was too firm. He said if I ordered it with the medium layer Talalay instead of Dunlop, it would be softer, but he didnât have any medium talalay in the store that I could try. So, I went with it.
After getting only about three hours of sleep the previous two nights (worked very late for work), I thought I would be able to sleep on anything. I even thought this would not be a fair test of my new mattress, because I was so tired and could barely keep my eyes open all day yesterday and that I would mistakenly contribute a good nightâs sleep (which I was anticipating getting with my new mattress) to the Savvy Rest.
I was wrong. I slept for about two hours, and woke up so stiff and sore! I dozed off and on for another hour or so, and couldnât take it anymore. I finished the night sleeping on my couch, which is nice and soft. Slept like a baby on the couch.
I want this thing (the new latex mattress) out of my house. NOW!
I called the store owner, and asked if he was sure that he had the right layers in the mattress, because it was MUCH firmer than even the one I had tried in the store. He double checked and said I had the correct layers. I looked at the layers myself and they were marked properly. He said what likely happened is that the layers I had tried in the store were different ILDs, given that two soft talalay layers will have much different feels because of the range of ILD for soft. He said the store one could have been on the low range of the soft (the top layer), and the one I got on the high range.
Well, ainât dem some sour apples. What kind of crap is that? Had I known that, I may have considered other options much more carefully.
Given Savvy Restâs âno returnâ policy (which I was fully aware of before I bought the mattress, so I am not complaining about not being able to return it), I donât know what to do. I donât know if you can even resell a used mattress. (Although I only slept on it one night, it is, technically, âused.â) Hell, at this point, Iâd sell the whole darn thing --mattress, foundation, wool mattress pad (paid $170 for that) and the two free pillows (never used; I like my own pillows but, hey, the pillows were free) for half of what I paid just to get this torture chamber out of my house. The pain I was feeling after âsleepingâ (I use the term lightly) is not from injuries; about an hour after I got out of that mattress and on to my couch, all pain and stiffness in my back and legs completely went away, so I know it is that SR mattress.
NEVER AGAIN! All the media hype about the greatness of all latex, âchoose-your-layersâ mattresses suckered me in. At this point, I would even consider one of the chemical-laden mattresses. At least those are comfortable. And whatâs worse: not being able to sleep because of pain and stiffness, or getting a good nightâs sleep and inhaling chemicals. Next time I am getting a pre-made one in a store, and I am going to a store with a return policy. (However, I have never in my life returned a mattress. I have always tried them in the store, and was happy with them when they were delivered. I just donât buy into this D-I-Y mattress stuff anymore. At least when you buy one made at a factory, they are all made the same, and you arenât getting this line that "Well, the ILDs are only a rangeâŚ)
The only positive I will say is that I was not stuffed up at all while on the Savvy Rest. I canât remember the last time I did not get stuffed up at night, so clearly my old mattrress had its share of dust mites in it. But that is the only good thing I can say from my experience. (And I realize it is just that: my experience. I have read many other posts on this formum where people love their latex mattresses.)
I am off to check the laws in my state for re-selling a mattress. If I am not able to sell it, this was one very expensive lesson.