recommendations for stomach sleeper with back pain?

[phoenix]

Hi chip,

I may have missed, or misunderstood, one of your links or posts. Are you saying you provided a few sellers who you believe sell good memory foam mattress for under 900 bucks? That would be good info

Yes … I provided a link in post #6 of this thread.

As mentioned, I’m in the 10706 zip. Scarsdale and White Plains have many mattress places, but many are chains. The Bronx and upper Manhattan aren’t too far away.

The memory foam link was in the same post where I also provided a link to the better options in the general Scarsdale / White Plains area but your options are limited in the immediate vicinity (and I looked at all the options I’m aware of in the general area when I researched the post) and there is much better value in either the New York direction or in the Connecticut direction that I also linked

But I would think specialists and custom bed makers online would only bother dealing in higher cost models, no? (And of course, I’d certainly fear having a custom made mattress made and then hating it).

Local manufacturers and better online manufacturers or retailers make or sell mattresses in every price range from low budget to high budget but in most cases the smaller manufacturers will have much better quality and value in every price range than mainstream mattresses made by the largest manufacturers that you will typically find in chain stores. Many online retailers and manufacturers may also be able to give you the names of local mattresses that may be similar to some of their models in terms of feel and performance so you can get a general sense of how they feel. They will also generally be able to tell you what others that have a similar body type and sleeping style would normally prefer “on average” although your local testing may indicate a preference for a mattress is not in an “average” range for your body type or sleeping style in which case you would need to take this into account in your conversations with them. Many of them also have exchange or return options of various types and with various costs involved (some with no cost and some with higher costs) in case the choice you make is not ideal.

And I think I read somwhere that you don’t think any of the internet bargain type mattresses like Sleep Innovations, Bedinabox, Lucid or bodipedic mattresses are any good, correct?

I evaluate mattresses based on their construction and what is inside them … not by brand. When you know what is inside a specific mattress then you can make meaningful comparisons in terms of quality and value with other mattresses. Without this information … there is no way to make any comparisons because you can’t know the quality or value of what you are buying. The label that is on a mattress means very little. You can see the criteria I would suggest when you are considering a memory foam mattress in post #10 here. If a mattress meets these criteria and compares well to other similar mattresses that use similar quality materials … I would consider it. If it doesn’t … I wouldn’t.

There are many good quality mattresses in your price range … and lots of junk sold by people who know little about mattresses, mattress materials, or what would be suitable for different types of people, and who will sell you or promote anything that will make them a profit.

Phoenix