Please help choose between Serta Perfect Sleeper Elite or Sealy Posturepedic for my mom

[Sensei]

Hi suspent,

Thanks for dropping in and for your question .

My mom is looking to buy an S brand spring mattress, as she wanted to have a mattress with a familiar brand name. I know that the S brands are not recommended on this forum, but she is set to get one…

My apologies for the delayed response, suspent .Yes; I do see from your earlier post that your Mom has a preference for the familiar S brands (and to your point, they are a much debated topic on the forum).

Back in earlier days when the S brands “ruled the mattress school”, Serta, Sealy, and Simmons primarily differentiated their brands using their support core systems. Serta incorporated continuous wire coils; Sealy used an offset coil; and Simmons used a pocketed coil; you can learn more about the types of innersprings from Phoenix’s article, “Mattress Support Cores- Innersprings”. Today, the mattress world has changed dramatically in that the discussion now isn’t “how long will the bed last”, because if you get a mattress with the wrong comfort and support, it will seem to last forever!

[quote]She has narrowed down the choice to two mattresses: one is a Sealy, available at Costco.ca website and one is a Serta, which is sold at a popular mattress retailer here in Canada. Both mattresses are on sale now, but the Serta mattress from the retail store would be $150 more expensive. However, it has 150 more coils than the Sealy from Coscto
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What I don’t find in your first post is some basic background about your Mom’s sleep history: what mattress is she currently using and how old is it? Can you share some personal details such as her height, weight, body profile, and preferred sleep position(s)? Her personal stats will help determine which mattress constructions may be better suited for her overall needs. What size mattress is she planning to buy?

[quote]The salesman at the mattress store said that the Sealy mattresses sold at Costco have low markup, but the quality is subpar. Obviously he is not going to give praise to the competitors.
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Good assessment on the sales talk, suspent. With your research and comparisons, stay focused on determining the quality of the materials used, the mattress’s construction, the budget, and post-sale remedies that cover any contingencies of concern.

Can someone please possibly advise just by looking at the description, which mattress seems to be a better quality mattress? I know that the choice is subjective, but maybe someone can nonetheless recommend one over the other?

Thanks for including the product links in your post. Let’s take a look together at what details the sites reveal:

Serta Perfect Sleeper Elite Mariyah Mattress:
SleepCountry’s site doesn’t provide any meaningful component specs but only a brief listing of the proprietary materials used. The mattress is available in one firmness but there isn’t a mention of what that is. It does have a 5-zoned pocket coil system which could indicate a firmer feeling mattress overall.

Sealy Posturepedic Island Cays Firm Double Mattress:
CostCo’s site was not particularly transparent either, offering a list of proprietary materials and no densities or other details for assessing mattress durability. This appears to also be a firmer zoned mattress having 3 zones rather than Serta’s 5 zones.

I was unable to find any other specs on either of these models online and without knowing what materials are inside, what thicknesses they are, how they are layered, what are the densities of the foams, what are the wire gauges, etc., there is no measurable way to understand the quality of the mattresses. Have you visited either store again or have you gone in a different direction?

Thanks,
Sensei