I have seen so much information and assistance here, and I didn’t even know this all existed! I simply Googled a mattress I was looking at on “sale” at Macy’s and came to this site to find so much more.
So, now that my brain is almost totally fried from all the information, and I can’t even really seem to get it all in line, we have started testing mattress and looking for information and I am not even 100% sure what I am looking for now. We are on a tight budget but really need to replace our mattress so my wife and I decided last night to finally start laying on mattresses and went again today. I didn’t get much information yet from the sales people so I am a little concerned in our places we have searched so far. Granted, Macy’s was just to see what the post I read was about, today we went to a furniture store that makes their own mattresses and has a “sleep center” where they made us lay on a twin bed size thing to measure our pressure points. We originally started with a budget in the mid hundreds but now have moved it up to a little under a grand if we can get one in that range that will fit us. We would really like a foam one so we started in that group.
The one we were pointed to was a 10" foam one seen here: http://www.jordans.com/Mattresses/JMFM-S39010001.aspx It doesn’t have all the specs I have read to look for in the other articles I have read, but maybe it has what it should and I am just expecting more. It did feel pretty good after a while of laying on it and when I compared to others in there, it seemed to do a better job of supporting and spreading the weight out. The lady said it only had a 10yr warranty and covered .75" of drop, which I have read in some of the other articles but am still not sure if that is normal, good, or bad.
The Macy’s one was the MemoryWorks one I read somewhere else that was not worth the cost. It has a “sale” going right now which puts it in a lower cost category that was appealing but it was not as comfortable as the one above. We also went to Sleepys but left quickly after not getting help and seeing only BIG name brands, which I understand to look away from for better value.
I just re-read some of the information on the comfort and support layer types and things to look for and saw the support on the mattress we like is only 1.6lb, which didn’t see to be good according to the things I read here. It’s a “bio foam” but I couldn’t find anything here that talked about that, unless it’s the natural stuff the article said was not good for a support layer.
Okay, now that I have that out and am just starting I was wondering if some of the experts could give me some pointers and direction. I can tell you everything about electronics and cars, but I feel like a dunce when it comes to this stuff. My wife is the less patient and caring one, and if she had her way alone, would have bought the one she laid on today.
The details:
I am 6’7" and hover around the 200lb mark. I sleep on my back but occasionally lay on my side. When I sleep, I am like a corpse and barely move when comfortable and out.
My wife is under 190lbs and 5’10". She is a side sleeper and tends to roll from side to side until she gets comfortable. We are looking to start having a baby so side sleeping without moving will be more common.
We live in Manchester, NH and none of the places on the list I read here were around us.
Thanks in advance for reading my post and any help you can provide is so greatly appreciated.