So, we have lain on every available mattress at stores in our area of Hawaii and researched as much as possible (which tends to leave one more confused and side note; the tropical climate affects everything differently than mainland climate, in terms of longevity) We finally took a chance on the highest priced Stearns and Foster Reserve Pillow top at $5600 -king size- on sale recently. (We’ve noticed that some Kings are vastly different from their queen counterparts and every rolled up ‘bed in a box’ brand we’ve tried has immediately show vast faults as it collapses in one area or another I suppose from being rolled up and the bigger surface space) All the reviews and independent info I found online reference a 20 year warranty and even our the salesperson hyped the 20 year warranty…which has been reduced to 10 years apparently since 2022. Our sales rep was likewise surprised. We aren’t 100% sure it’s going ‘break in’ to the level the floor model was, to our comfort and are on the 90 day sleep trial and I’m having huge buyers remorse over the price , change in warranty and what I’m now reading about S&F being difficult to deal with on warranty issues.
Meanwhile, I hadn’t even considered checking a Costco closest to us -actually when my dr asked how we were sleeping and I expounded on the search for a decent mattress and costs, she said, “Why haven’t you just used Costco?” It never occured to us since you can’t test them). We see now they have a Kirkland S&F model for $1199 for a King. I realize materials and quality are different. I see the same varied reviews as I can find for the Reserve BUT…the fact Costco takes returns at anytime for any reason has me thinking it’s a ‘no brainer’ and to order the Kirkland and set it up in our XL living room while we can still ‘compare’ it to the Reserve, etc. Well, this seems like a NO BRAINER to me and that since we have an extra large room, we could literally order compare for the remainder of our sleep trial on the reserve until we decide. ( I realize the ‘break in period’ isn’t the same if you aren’t sleeping on it every night) I can’t quite get over the cost vs the warranty difference and if having the Costco version doesnt’ pan out, we could always repurchase the Reserve down the line) We aren’t ’comfortable on the Reserve yet, my spouse seems hesitant for some reason to two beds set up at the same time to compare…but in these economic times and with warranty timeline change and some reviews on the warranty issues within the 10 years…I guess I’m just looking for validation that it makes sense to scale back.
