Need Help Choosing "Bed In Box" Mattress

[phoenix]

Hi whitesox20,

I will also state that Dreamfoams customer service was excellent.

I’m glad to hear that. I think highly of the service they offer.

Looking heavily at T&N now. Given that they use to be a member, you think highly of their Company right? Is that high performance polyfoam going to offer adequate support and pressure relief for most people in your opinion? I’m someone who has back issues.

I haven’t spoken with Daehee and JT in some time, but regardless my commentary would still be directed to the componentry within the mattresses, which you can find in the simplified choice thread here. The T&N uses 3" of 2.8 lb high performance polyfoam over a 7" 1.8 lb polyfoam core.

I can’t predict via an online forum if a product will accommodate your comfort preferences, especially someone with a pre-existing low back problem, as there are too many unknowns, variables, and personal preferences involved in choosing a mattress for someone else to make specific suggestions based on specs (either yours or a mattress) or theory at a distance that can possible be more accurate than your own careful and objective testing. In general, the material used in this mattress would be adequate in density for someone in your BMI range.

The only things detering me from T&N right now is the stigma around the possible fictious Amazon reviews and the fact that this mattress was engineered by 2 computer software engineers. Doesn’t seem like they would have the expertise to design a mattress and know what’s best for ones health. Would you have any insight on either of these things? Either one doesn’t mean it’s not an excellent mattress I suppose as well.

Again, as I discussed in my reply to you after your first post here, I don’t suggest placing stock in reviews, pro or con. I suggest you focus instead upon componentry. The genesis of T&N is well documented all over the internet, including on their own web site. Some of the boxed bed companies are designed by what I would term “mattress people”, and other companies are founded by people outside of the industry who contract with people familiar with mattresses to design their products for them. In the end, you need to evaluate the specifications of the product itself.

I’ve done a ridiculous amount of research to try to stay in the 500-650 range but I’m almost thinking I just need to spend more around 1000 and get something like an amerialeep.

You can read more about Amerisleep and their sister companies and their so called “expert sites” that pose as being independent review sites in post #2 here and the posts it links to. A forum search on Amerisleep (you can just click the link) will bring up will bring up all the forum posts that mention them as well.

Phoenix