Post your experience with the 12 in 1 Dreamfoam bed if owned > 6 months

[phoenix]

Hi tarpon,

Keep in mind we are looking for a bed that offers great back and side sleeping, but not too plush or hard like a table as my wife says.

There are only two ways to know how a mattress is likely to work or feel for you. One is your own personal testing and experience on a mattress (or a very similar design) and the other is more detailed conversations with a knowledgeable and experienced online retailer or manufacturer. They are the “experts” about their own mattresses and are always the best source of guidance (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here).

We like the Restava Ivory and its quality components/reviews. But we are confused a bit comparing reviews of the bed here and comparisons of the mattress on the Restava website. The reviews here seem to compare the mattress to the Tempur Pedic Cloud Luxe which is a pretty soft feel. However, the Restava website compares the Ivory to Rhapsody Luxe which is firmer. So I was wondering which comparisons are more accurate. Keep in mind these are general comparisons, but big differences.

They will tell you when you talk with them which one is more accurate for the majority of people (keeping in mind that a group of people will always have a range of experiences on the same mattress) but I would suggest that the description on their site (comparing it to the Contour Rhapsody) would probably be more accurate for most people. Most manufacturers wouldn’t put a free return policy at risk with a description that they didn’t believe was accurate and that most people wouldn’t agree was at least close (in spite of the subjectivity involved).

We also like the Novosbed Aria and website states it’s a medium firminess which is good for side and back sleeping, something I need. However, the website compares the mattress feel to a tempur pedic, the cloud supreme. I hae tried the cloud supreme before and it is way too plush for my liking. Plus, it is only 11" thick compared to the Restava’s 13".

Again I would make sure you talked with them but I would tend to put more weight on a manufacturer’s description of which mattress it approximates for the same reasons.

I would be very cautious about using mattress reviews or other people’s experiences as an indicator about how a mattress will feel for you (see post #13 here).

Thickness doesn’t mean much at all. It’s the materials inside the mattress and the comfort layers especially that will make the biggest difference in how a mattress “feels” and the thickness is just a side effect of the design.

Lastly, we kind of like what we see with the Sleep Warehouse. It’s only $900, but has quality components and interchangeable layers. Still, it’s only 10" thick and seems like the less quality of the two mentioned above.

The memory foam in the mattress is good quality (4 or 5 lbs) but the polyfoam support layers are a little lower density than the other two you are considering. They can be customized but they don’t have a free return policy but once again talking with them is the most reliable way to decide on any mattress that you can’t test in person.

So that’s where we are today Phoenix. I know you strongly dislike Mattress Firm, but we are going back there to lay in their tempur pedic beds on the floor so we can compare the feel of them again with these others.

I think that one of the few reasons I would walk through their front door is to test Tempurpedic mattresses if I was using them for a reference point.

You are looking at some good options but with online purchases that are comparisons between “good and good” your confidence in the suitability of a mattress based on conversations with each manufacturer and local testing on mattresses that approximate the ones you are considering along with the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price and return policies) will play the biggest role in your final choice.

Phoenix