Ah, a forum instead of InstaFace.
A bit of history for why I’m here. Wifey and I moved around Austin for a decade and swapped the mattresses we had when we moved in together (MattressFirm Whatevers) for an early Purple Hybrid in 2020. We liked it… but right after that I learned about the fiberglass issue. Last year we moved in with family in Colorado and have spent the year sleeping on a probably old and definitely junky thing that would make everyone here’s skin crawl. Being me, I went and tried to research everything.
I had assumed (for two years at least) that we’d get an Avocado. Then I started reading more this past month and thought maybe a Saatva. Or a Nolah Evolution 15. But everything seemed to be getting shilly reviews or bad (or at least very mixed reviews). And because we’re moving to a new (to us) (rental) house, I needed it delivered on a certain day, not “in a couple of weeks, -ish”. Then… then I started finding out how they were the same company, and the local Urban Mattress was a great local store instead of a lame house brand.
The only guidance I had from wifey is that she really likes the Westin Heavenly (she also has no interest in lying on a mattress for five minutes to try to figure out of it will work, which I understand). Of course, they don’t give much detail, but foam over springs. She also hates smells and I of course also wanted natural materials, so that worked out. After going back and forth between the Maple and the Oak, I could actually tell the Maple was more supportive with the extra latex, so I went with that in firm. As a side benefit, being zippable, the extra height means more flexibility to adjust it if wifey doesn’t like it. I did get a latex topper from SOL (on now) and the microcoil from… ok Saatva arriving Tuesday to try out, and also have some tweaking options.
Then on more reading I discovered the medium Maple was probably better, so I called Urban Mattress and they just changed the order (confirming it’s more popular for side sleepers) and also repeated they’d swap the springs within 100 days if we wanted. They’ve been great throughout. I even work on a website and showed them a few breaks on theirs.
Once we get moved in I will probably get a basic Elm for guests and put the extra toppers on it.
I’ll also report what I feel about the mattress after sleeping on it, but it must be better than the thing we’re on now.
Apologies for the loooong post that isn’t as organized as I’d like.
We’re glad you like the change of scenery away from social media.