Hi rarerules,
No I don’t know (you would need to call them and ask).
I really have no idea no. I don’t pay a lot of attention to most review sites (see post #13 here) because most mattress reviews have very little relevance to me (they are written for the most part by consumers who have little idea of the quality of the mattress they purchased and contain little meaningful information about their mattress).
No … it would be difficult for me to have direct personal experience with the hundreds (perhaps thousands) of mattresses that are mentioned on this site and this would be meaningless anyway because a mattress that “feels good” or performs well for me or anyone else may be completely unsuitable for anyone else (my own mattress for example would be too soft for most people and would probably give most people back pains). I only speak to “how to choose” and the quality and value of mattresses and the knowledge and transparency of the manufacturer or retailer. Choosing a suitable mattress in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and personal preferences) can only be done by each person themselves because each person can be very different in terms of their specific needs and preferences. You can’t “feel” the quality of the materials in a mattress and even the lowest quality materials can feel great in a showroom and for a short period of time after that … they just don’t stay that way for as long. You can read more about how I choose the members here in this article.
I can’t choose the “best” option for anyone else … I can only provide the guidelines so they can know how to decide on the best “value” for themselves based on the parts of their “personal value equation” that are most important for them. Part of this of course is the quality/durability of the materials, part is the suitability of the mattress, part is the options and services provided by the retailer or manufacturer before, during, and after a sale, and part of it is all the intangibles that may be important to each person.
There are many ways that one mattress may “match” another one and you can read a little more about this and Select Foams approach to “matching” in post #2 here.
They are also unusual because if for some reason you are an exception and you don’t feel the same way as most other people do who compare them to the tempurpedics in their showroom … then they have an unusually good return policy which pays for shipping both ways which reduces the risk of making a “mistake” with an online purchase.
Phoenix