Okay, I’m in a tricky situation. First off, I have fibromyalgia, so I have very real posture needs and very real sensitivity to pressure. Six years ago, I bought a Beautyrest with a pillowtop for this reason – it was the most supporting while not aggravating all the knots in my muscles. The top has now collapsed so bad that I can feel the springs digging into my ribs through a polyfill topper. I am getting extremely poor quality of sleep.
I have a sleigh style queen-size frame and a coil-based box spring that I’ve used for 6 years.
This leads me to the second part of the conundrum; being fully disabled, my budget is woefully inadequate. I need a quality mattress I can’t afford. Things like shipping, or having to return ship at my own cost are issues. Needing to buy a foundation is an issue.
My BIGGEST issue is that I absolutely cannot be ambushed with needing a bed (as badly as I do right now) and being forced to try to budget this again within the next few years.
I’m mostly worried I will get a bed that I will need to replace in 5 years or less because it has lost its comfort; specifically in regards to how sensitive I am to things like this with my chronic pain. I go through pillows every few months as they lose their firmness or become too firm or no longer the right size. If the mattress becomes drastically softer, less supporting, imprints too much, or harder (like all my memory foam pillows), that could be catastrophic. And I am going to be hair trigger sensitive to all that stuff, particularly imprints and hardness.
I was looking at the Tuft & Needle 10", the Casper, and the Denver Mattress Doctor’s Choice. $600 is about as far as I can comfortably stretch, but if it’s worth it I might be able to go very very slightly higher, like 650-700 (ouch).
I am wary to buy a mattress online without trying it but if I can get a refund and a company actually honors it’s no hassle trial claims, all the better. This is one of the reasons T&N is at my lead; I feel like I’ve heard they honor their refunds and, as I understand, I would get all $600 back if I can’t sleep on it. Being able to try stuff in real life would help a lot. I don’t, however, have a truck, and shipping fees have to figure into the budget.
Phoenix, man, I’ve been trying to read all this stuff about mattresses and it’s overwhelming considering the urgency of my situation. I could really use some help.