Hello,
I am in need of a new mattress and it’s driving me nuts trying to decide what I need, what I can get, and what I can afford.
I weigh about 6’ tall and 425 lbs and I have arthritis in my lower back. I frequently wake up with back pain, it varies in intensity. I tend to sleep hot as well. Many times I wake up covered in sweat. I sleep with a ceiling fan on pretty much year round, sometimes even with the AC on. In summer I use just a single sheet or nothing. In winter I use a single sheet and a light blanket. I also just sleep in my boxers and still end up sweating badly. I mainly sleep on my back, sometimes on my sides.
My current mattress is a full innerpring that is probably close to 10 years old. I have a novaform memory foam topper I bought from costco a few years ago. The boxspring is going to need to be replaced also. I think the frame is still fine.
I was hoping to spend $800 or less for everything.
I want to upgrade to a queen size mattress.
My research seems to indicate a memory foam bed would be good for me. Read several sites like sleeplikethedead.com.
I was looking at this one from Costco - http://www.costco.com/Novaform®-14"-Gel-Memory-Foam-Queen-Mattress.product.100026999.html
It seems to get good reviews - although I don’t get how 1 mattress can be both hard as a rock and too soft at the same time, lol.
It’s on sale for $500 (until 2/12) and costco has an awesome warranty where I can return it for a full refund, no issue.
I would need to either buy a platform for this or modify my current frame to support the memory foam. I could add boards to the frame to do that. I’ve not had a chance to try out a memory foam mattress. It has 2.5 lbs density foam which i understand is on the lower side, so is that going to be a problem?
I went to a small family run furniture store in my town today and looked at what they had. They didn’t have any straight up memory foams and the guy there said he wouldn’t recommend memory foam for a guy my size as it will sag quickly.
He showed me 2 innersprings with memory foam tops built into the mattress. Both were very firm which I liked but one I liked much better. He said these are made with heavy duty springs and both came with wood boxsprings. I could upgrade to a steel boxspring for $65 more, which he recommended.
One was closer to $800 and the one I liked was $1000 - both with the steel boxspring. the one i liked more was a e hotel collection asrtisan firm. COuldn’t find any info on this online. I think it’s made by Englander as almost all of their mattresses had Englander pillows and plastic things on the bottom.
I’ve been experiencing increased back pain the last few days which i think is due to my bed. The cheaper innerspring did not feel as nice as the more expensive one. I felt more pain with the cheaper one and less pain with the expensive one.
I could swing the $1000 cost of the expensive one, but would prefer not to if I didn’t have to.
What do you guys think?