Thanks for the response, and the heads up on S&F’s potentially low-quality materials. I had my suspicions but wasn’t sure. The last thing I want to do is spend $2K on a mattress that will be dead in 5 years. Also, I contacted nest bedding about the slats question and am awaiting their response.
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I’m not sure how long you have had your mattress but I would also keep in mind that there will be a break in and adjustment period with any new mattress (see post #3 here) and you will need to sleep on it for 30 days before you can return it and it can sometimes be surprising how much your sleeping experience can change over the first few weeks. What you are feeling may just be part of the adjustment period of getting used to a sleeping system that is different from what you are used to and I would also keep in mind that you can’t “feel” a mattress when you are sleeping and that good support/alignment (and in your case the improvement of your back pain) and good pressure relief are always more important to sleep quality and sleeping “symptom free” than more subjective perceptions of “comfort” or “feel”. Sometimes what we like is a function of familiarity and can be different from what we “need”.[/quote]
I’ve been sleeping on it for two weeks so far, and while it’s true that my back is improving, the rest of me isn’t faring so well. I feel the mattress does a poor job of pressure relief, and I’ve been tossing and turning all night and waking up really sore. Combine that with the general unresponsiveness of the mattress and getting out of bed in the mornings has been a herculean feat, for all the wrong reasons. 
I don’t think it’s unrealistic to want a bed that can support my back and still feel soft / relieve pressure. At the very least, the Luxi mattress has been valuable in showing me what I want to avoid in a mattress. And if the Alexander Hybrid is even in the ballpark of other hybrids I’ve tried, (which the materials and construction seem to indicate) then I think I’ll be much better off.
Am I required to sleep on it 30 days before they’ll let me return it?
Fair enough :lol: