Hi Phoenix and everyone. So update on my Costco mattress as well as my new bed.
First the bed. I may need to take and post a photo if this doesn’t make sense. I could NOT have purchased a crappier bed in the world! It was disassembled, no photo to see final look, and I couldn’t test it. First off, it’s low to the ground, so I can’t store my junk. My bedroom is way too small to not be able to store junk like before. Secondly, where you tuck in the mattress pad or cover, it’s so tight you can’t stick your fingers in there to make sure it’s a tight fit. Thirdly, the headboard is too short and lastly and most importantly, the headboard is SLANTED, making it even shorter than it already is. I can’t sit up and the bad posture makes me hurt. As a result of this slant, there is a large gap between the headboard and the mattress so my pillow falls in there. GAH!
So much wrong with the bed it’s hard to really test the mattress since the bed is affecting me so much. They said it was a firm and it is. That’s fine, I got use to the latex firm one at my folks house (from Parklane). I can’t use the topper since it’s so soft that it would probably be too soft on top of a wood board! Ugh, you sink. Speaking of sinking, here’s the interesting and disappointing thing. When I sleep on my side it feels firm but not so much it’s a big problem, I feel even and stable. But when I am sitting, and I am slouching terribly due to the crap bed, my butt sinks, A LOT. Why does my butt sink so much? It’s a small butt, not a big or medium size butt. I don’t feel this sinkage when I am on my side. Also, the sides of the bed are super soft, but the butt of course is not there.
I forget what Phoenix called it, but seems like when I sit, and get up real fast to see how quickly the butt area of the bed raises again, it’s hard for me to tell what is fast and slow. It’s more than a second but less than 2. Sometimes I feel like it’s slow other times fast. I think there seems a lot that needs raising though if that makes sense.
So anyway, I am feeling overwhelmed because I am back at square one, needing both a new bed for sure, and likely new mattress.
I am thinking about going back to Bed Co because they have so many mattresses. But I thought I read somewhere, maybe even here, that Restonic only has 50% happy customers? Is this true? Most of what they carry is Restonic.
Phoenix, I cannot, I simply cannot, tell which bed is right for me based solely on laying on it. I don’t know if it’s because I have not met the bed of my dreams or close to, or because I am a person that needs to sleep on a bed to know. But based on everything I have said and complained about, are your suggestions the same for the 1 or 2 parklane mattresses you mentioned or has it changed? I need to sleep on a mattress to know, but I am hoping based on all I have shared about likes and dislikes, that there is one you feel is right for me. That’s where I am at, I need to be told what I need. I promise if you tell me and it turns out to be wrong, I won’t say, “Phoenix you told me wrong.” I just think I have the best shot of getting it right from someone knowledgeable because on my own I strike out. Please?