Opinions or guidance on mattress choices

[phoenix]

Hi GraceJean,

I spoke to someone at squaredeal mattress and asked about their ability to build memory foam beds. She assured me that they do build them to customer specifications and suggested I go to their showroom to take a look. I was happy to do this as there aren’t many options near me besides a few big brands. I drove 1.5 hours to the showroom only to be told by the representative there that they do not have foam beds but only coil beds (which I do not prefer). Very frustrating!

That’s unfortunate and it sounds like they didn’t realize that you were only considering memory foam mattresses with a polyfoam base layer (although memory foam/innerspring hybrids can also be a great choice for some people as well).

Any thoughts?

As I mentioned in my earlier replies … I can’t speak to which mattress or combination of materials or components would be the best “match” for both of you or which one you would prefer because the only way to know for certain whether any mattress would be a good "match for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP will be based on your own personal experience.

Assuming that the Cool Bliss memory foam in the Plushbeds Purebliss mattress is 4 lb density or higher (which I believe it is) … all of the mattresses you are considering use good quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links that would compromise the durability or useful life of any of the mattresses you are considering relative to your SO’s weight range.

As with any online mattress purchase … I would also make sure you are comfortable with the exchange/return options that come with each of them and any costs involved just in case … and in spite of the “best efforts” of everyone involved … the mattress you choose doesn’t turn out as well as you hoped for.

Once you have narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between “good and good” and you have confirmed that none of them have any lower quality materials or “weak links” in their design and if at this point there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some good research) then you are in the fortunate position that any of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 here can help you make a final choice based on your more detailed conversations with each of them, your personal preferences, your confidence about PPP and the suitability of each one, their prices, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers and any costs involved, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on “informed best judgement” based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.

Phoenix