Need Help deciding a mattress

[phoenix]

Hi HariS,

Thanks for your comments and feedback about Capitol Bedding and for letting us know what you ended up deciding (although you haven’t quite purchased it yet). While it may be a little bit early or premature … assuming you decide to pull the trigger when the time comes … congratulations on your new mattress

Anyways, onto other mattress-related things. While I was at the store, the bed was on an adjust-able frame, and I am kind of interested in buying an adjustable bed frame. I read on the site, that it is a luxury and part of me agrees, but at the same time when putting the head and legs up I was breathing much easier. My worry is with if it’d be okay to use an adjustable bed frame with a hybrid mattress. I feel like the force on the springs would wear out the mattress quicker than on a pure foam mattress which has more durable materials (spring vs foam). IS my thinking wrong? Any brands/companies you recommend on adjustable bed frames?

I certainly wouldn’t assume that innersprings are less durable than polyfoam because this wouldn’t necessarily be accurate but either way … the deeper support layers of a mattress aren’t normally the weakest link of a mattress anyway.

There is more information about choosing an adjustable bed in post #3 here and the main adjustable bed topic that it links to that can help you choose an adjustable bed based on price vs features comparisons and also includes some retailers that you can use as good sources of information about the features of the adjustable beds they carry and as pricing references as well (in post #6 in the main adjustable bed topic). Of course there are many other sources as well and prices can change on a regular basis so I would also include some internet searching in your research. I would also keep in mind that online advertised prices are often price controlled so make sure you call the stores you are considering to find out their best prices rather than just looking at websites.

There can certainly be some physical benefits in some cases that comes with sleeping in an elevated position.

Most pocket coil mattresses work well with an adjustable bed but I would check with Capitol Bedding just to make sure.

Also, they had these pillows from Blu sleep products:

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And they are very nice to sleep on, but I have never spent more than $20 on a pillow so when hearing that it was $100, I thought it was a waste of money. But every store I’ve been to has had those pillows and rave about them. Are they really that great? Are they really worth $100?

A suitable pillow is an essential part of good alignment for the head and neck and upper body because the gap between the head and the mattress and the curve of the cervical spine needs to be supported just like all other parts of the spine. Like mattresses … there are certain “needs” that depend on body type and sleeping positions but with pillows, personal preferences play a more important role because the face is much more sensitive to textures, temperature, smells, and other more subjective “feel” based properties of a pillow. There is more about choosing pillows in the pillow thread here.

They use good quality materials and it would certainly be worth it if one of their pillows did a better job of keeping your head and neck in good alignment in all your sleeping positions and if you liked the “feel” of the pillow more than other pillows that are less costly. If you didn’t then of course they wouldn’t be worth it no matter what the price.

Phoenix