New member seeking purchase advice

[phoenix]

Hi LAH7,

I am open to the innerspring w/ mattress topper, but I have not seen a bed that has more than about 60% satisfaction rate (from sleep like the dead, Consumer Reports etc) as opposed to the 80% for memory foam mattresses.

I think that these types of “review amalgamations” can be very misleading because there is a huge variety of innerspring mattresses (and every other mattress category) from low to high quality but most innerspring mattresses are purchases from major brands which usually use lower quality foams in the comfort layers so the satisfaction rate would be much lower than an innerspring that used higher quality materials and lasted longer.There is more about reviews here and as you can see I wouldn’t take them too seriously … especially when it comes to mattress “categories” where there is no specificity about any particular mattress. In almost all cases … the springs are not the component that fails or breaks down and if you make sure that the comfort layers are a good quality material then they can make a very good choice.

I like what I read about the Weightless select. It seems to have a thin layer of conforming foam, then 3" of what some say is latex. But I am worried that once again, what feels good in the store, may be different at home.

The “float” material is likely a high quality polyfoam. In most cases if the mattress you test is broken in then the one you purchase would feel the same once it has broken in as well as long as the materials are high quality. Of course none of the Tempurpedics are particularly good value and there are certainly other choices that use the same or better quality materials and have much better value.

I can’t seem to find non-major brands here in West Texas (I can’t seem to find non-major brands here in West Texas (79605) or the sales people are just pushing me to their national brands.

I took a look in the Abilene area and based on the websites you certainly don’t have a lot of good choices. Time permitting I’ll make a few phone calls to the stores in your area to see how accurate their websites are and what they carry (I looked at about 15 different stores or chains) but in the meantime there is at least one I would consider as a possibility …

http://www.sleepinggianttexas.com/ Abilene, TX. They carry Pure Latex Bliss (latex), Royal Bedding, and possibly Sleep Designs among others and may be worth a visit.

I’ll add any others here if they appear to have some potential as well.

I don’t mind spending up to 1200 or so for a full sized mattress of either kind pr pillowtop that will last 10years or more, but if foam is going to soften and coils sag, I’d rather pay half as much for a five year bed.

Coils don’t normally sag but the foam above them can certainly break down if it’s lower quality and this is the reason why it’s so important to make sure you know the quality of all the materials and components in a mattress … particularly in the comfort layers … because a mattress will soften and break down from the top down. Low quality materials in a pillow top are the worst offenders.

Phoenix