Hello!
I’m currently shopping for a new mattress, and I’m getting overwhelmed by the situation.
First of all, I’m 6’2" and around 155lbs (BMI 19.5), my partner is in the same proportions, in our early 30s. I’m a side sleeper (mostly out of habit because of GERD/acid reflux) and she is a “combo”, as in really strange positions and quite some movement, although that’s not a problem for me (maybe our current mattress is good at preventing movement transfer). I have scoliosis and regular back pain, and have a lot of trouble falling and staying asleep, which leads to bad quality of life overall (tired, headaches, lacking energy, etc.). This started about the same time as when I started sleeping on our current mattress and grew over time, but only realized recently.
We are in need of a new mattress, and we started searching for info and trying out some products at a local store. The first thing we realized is that our current mattress is way too firm.
In the good news section, we were aligned on what our favorite products were, and which we didn’t like. Among the good ones were the Mat-Tech Excellencce Extase 3.0 (pre-compressed pocket coils + memory foam) from Matelas René and the Moonlight Capella 2.0 (all foam) from Zedbed. They are two local companies from QC, Canada. They are both priced 2500+ CAD (not even including tax or anything). We were also presented a 6000$ excellent product. My feeling is that we were shown that one first to make us feel like the others are “good deals”. At least they have 20y warranty on them. The sales guy was also very pushy with the “you’re in luck, they’re always backordered but by some miracle we have everything you like available right now”, but we weren’t having any of that.
What we liked: these were medium-soft, and provided good support while feeling “cuddled”. Nice pressure relief for joints too (hips and shoulders). Other products we eliminated had various issues like poor edge support (mostly American brands on display), too firm (e.g. Tempur-Pedic), memory foam that wouldn’t “reset” fast enough, and all-latex 3-layer mattresses that were overall making us feel like on a rocking boat.
Now, my instinct is telling me that this shouldn’t be costing as much, and that these stores are bumping their margins like crazy. Even with some negotiation (if that’s still possible), we won’t fall into something that makes sense, but we might have to give in due to a lack of options. Most stores carry different models for same manufacturers, making it purposefully extremely difficult to compare products and getting “price match” options, diminishing bargaining power.
I’m not a big fan of boxed mattresses you can order online (Casper, Endy, S&S, etc.) because you can’t try them and they all look like they’re too firm, and the rare models who aren’t are overcomplicated (funky technology names and such) and quite pricey, which would make us go back to the brick-and-mortar shop. It feels like we’d be settling for “ok” when we’re looking for good or great.
So the first set of questions would be more general advice: what other criteria should we be focusing on? Considering my specific situation, would you have any recommendations as to materials?
Then, I started looking at the MFC Presto Classic customizable mattress. I really like the idea, but I’m not sure about a few things: how’s the edge support on it? What would the best configuration be for our situation? Would the layers cause an issue with rocking/bounciness/stability? The no-return part is also a concern. An advantage is there are good chances it can get here in time for our needs (thanks Mario for the quick reply on that!). This would come at about half the price of the models we tried out and liked.
Another question: I’m guessing a platform bed (flat bottom) is ok for most things on the market these days, would that be a wrong assumption?
So yeah, maybe overthinking some of this and did spend quite some time researching and going through this forum. I don’t want to spend a fortune on a mattress (don’t want to skimp on it either), but do want a good fit and need it quite soon.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
