Hi
I purchased a Naturpedic Cotton Deluxe mattress a few months ago for my son. My problem is that is doesn’t seems as firm as the one I tried in the store. It definitely doesn’t feel as firm as some of the latex ones I’ve tried. It seems more bouncy and when I sit on it seems more firm at the edges. Is there variation in terms of the firmness from mattress to mattress or am I imagining things?
Brian
Hi bermannyc,
Innersprings and cotton batting materials are generally consistent from mattress to mattress so it’s not all that likely that the mattress itself is different from the mattress you tested in the store but there are several reasons that could account for your experience.
First of all human memory for softness, firmness, and “feel” is also very short term, subjective, and relative to more recent experience and is often unreliable. A mattress that feels different to what someone “remembers” a mattress feels like may end up being more similar than they remember (or vice versa) if they were to compare them side by side in “real time”. Most people have had the experience of testing mattresses say in the morning and then testing mattresses somewhere else and then going back to test the first mattresses again later in the day and finding they feel different from what they remember because their frame of reference has changed with the other mattresses they have tested. This in combination with the fact that many consumers don’t spend enough time on a mattress to really be able to predict what it will feel like when they actually sleep on it once they have fully relaxed (like they would be when they are going to sleep at night) can lead to an impression that a mattress that you purchase is different from the one you tested in the store.
The second reason could be any differences in the support system under your mattress. If you test a mattress in a store on a support system that flexes (such as a box spring with springs inside it) and then use the mattress on a support system that doesn’t have any flex (or vice versa) then that can also account for any differences between a mattress in a store and the same mattress when you sleep on it at home.
Third could be the effect of any mattress protectors, mattress pads, or toppers that you may be using on your mattress. A mattress in a store is generally a “bare” mattress but when you sleep on it at home it will generally also have other components or bedding materials on top of it that in some cases can change the feel or firmness of the mattress.
Finally … the Naturepedic Cotton Deluxe is a two sided mattress that has a firmer side and a softer side and it’s also possible that the side you tested in the store was the firmer side and you could be using the softer side at home.
Phoenix