Oh absolutely! Iām looking forward to being able to look forward to going to bed, and actually feel good when I wake up in the morning!
Tonight we hit up Healthy Back in Annapolis, MD, as one of your recommended places on your list. Iām glad that we didnāt just blindly buy a latex mattress. Reading up on spring vs. latex vs. foam, I was pretty sure we were going to be buying a latex bed. After laying on them all, I found I wasnāt very fond of the latex beds. On the firmer beds, it felt like I was almost rolling around on the surface, like it just wanted to continue pushing me any time I moved. I felt like I was tensing up just to keep my body from falling over when I was on my side. Only the softest of the four did I find I liked, but I surely didnāt ~$4K like it.
The other thing that I found surprising is that I donāt like as firm of a bed as I thought I would. When it feels like youāre sleeping on a hammock, I guess you think that you want/need/like a firm bed, but in reality, I just want a supportive bed. I found the beds on the firmer end of the scale did not allow my broad shoulders to adequately sink down enough on my side to be comfortable, an that I would need a rather tall pillow to get proper neck alignment. I noticed sleeping on the hotel mattress though that I sleep fine on my back, which I hear is preferred to side sleeping.
So we tried the Tempur-Pedics (Rhapsody Breeze - nice, but not $4000 nice), the latex models (wasnāt a fan of the ārollingā feeling on them, and the Technogel (Armonia & Estasi+) Neither one of the Technogels really āwowādā us either. I think my wife liked them more than I did, but I felt rather āmehā towards them. Maybe if I spent more time on them.
This leads us to the following: Healthy Back Embrace Comfort
http://www.healthyback.com/products/Healthyback/Healthy-back-embrace-comfort-mattress/1299
āSpecsā from the website:
- 1.5" layer of ventilated memory foam
- 2" layer of standard memory foam
- 2" layer of comfort foam
- 5.5" layer of support foam
- Removable and washable cover made of dimpled strech knit & microsuede fabric.
- No flip, rotate, or turn mattress
The both of us actually found this to suit us the best. Well, suit me. My wife preferred the Embrace Relaxation, which is 13" tall, and just a bit softer. I canāt find that one on their website though. The pricing on this Embrace Comfort is just right too - $2050 - 24% āsaleā = $1537 + a pair of foundations for $300 total. They also offer a 5% military discount which will also help a little bit (hey, pillows!).
Their return policy is great (I think?): They want you to keep the bed for at least 30 days to get accustomed to it. If after 30 days you still do not like it, then you can return it up to 90 days later. From I believe 91-180 days after, then you can return it for store credit.
I believe he stated that āClassicā made their mattresses for them, Iāll see what I can dig up on them, as well as Embrace.
As of a year ago, you had heard of Embrace, but did not know a whole lot about it the line. Have you had the chance to learn anything since? Either the Comfort or Relaxation line (leaning towards the firmer Comfort).
I see by June '13 that you had found out some more information on this: āThe Embrace Comfort is a fairly basic mattress with 3.5ā of 4 lb memory foam over 7.5" of reasonable quality polyfoam (the 1.8 lb polyfoam is on top which is where it should be and the 1.5 lb polyfoam is on the bottom where it will be more durable even though itās lower density) and would be reasonable (but not the best) value as long as your body type was suitable for 4 lb memory foam. I would tend towards 5 lb memory foam or at least thinner layers of 4 lb memory foam if you were in the 200 lb range or higher but I would have a particularly hard time justifying the Estasi unless there was a particularly compelling reason that justified the cost based on your specific personal criteria."