Hi Begsel,
Did you happen to find the information about the Optimum memory foam that you were going to try to find? I thought you had purchased one but it seems that you have only tried them in a showroom and that you sleep on a Stearns & Foster?
I have a couple of questions or comments about a few of your posts ā¦
As you probably know ā¦ warranties donāt cover the loss of comfort and support that comes from the softening of the foams in the mattress which is the main reason a mattress needs to be replaced. Warranties are used more as a sales technique and do more in most cases to protect the manufacturer than the consumer.
While S&F does have good coils ā¦ the small amount of titanium they use or double tempering is not likely to make a difference in the real life performance or durability of the mattress as a whole because the weak link is almost always in the foams and other materials above the coils.
Since a mattress is only as good as the materials and construction that are inside it ā¦ how can you tell the quality of their mattresses if you donāt know the specific details of the materials that are inside them? What is the basis for your belief that they sell āqualityā? So many people use āqualityā as a marketing term or as a meaningless descriptive word that is attached to whatever they want people to buy but if the manufacturers donāt provide āqualityā information ā¦ you are only buying a brand label.
Did you ask any of the specifics of the materials in your mattress? Iām not so sure I would call a mattress that has āheld upā since Christmass as holding up well. Thatās less than a year.
Which folks did you mean that promote independent companies?
Something that is comfortable in a showroom (which is a highly managed and subjective environment in most cases and where itās pretty easy to use various techniques to make people feel whatever you want them to feel) may not be so comfortable in a year or more. Itās always a good idea to know enough about the materials in a mattress to be able to buy it with an eye to how it will feel and perform in a few months and years from the time you purchase it.
I also should ask you why you are promoting some of the major brands you are recommending. Do you work in the industry or are you just a consumer that believes that the major brands really are good quality and/or value regardless of what is in them?
Phoenix