The Alexander Hybrid Signature Select Mattress Has Arrived!

[phoenix]

Hi Bmoney,

Thanks for taking the time to share your comments and experience.

Not sure if my issues are entirely due to the change in factory and specs.

When you change the specs of a mattress then it could be better for some people and worse for others although a redesign of a mattress would usually be intended to increase the percentage of people that would sleep well on the mattress. The only way to know for certain whether one mattress is a better “match” for you in terms of “comfort”, firmness, and PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your own Personal preferences) than another one would be based on your own actual experience on both of them.

The bed did alleviate my sore hips from the pressure points created in our old traditional mattress. I don’t feel it is as soft as other reviews, but that could be because they obviously decreased the amount of foam support in the new version. They also decreased the copper foam which may be leading to the extra hot sleeping situation.

I would keep in mind that softness (like taste) is very subjective and different people can have very different perceptions of firmness and softness compared to others as well and a mattress that feels firm for one person can feel like “medium” for someone else or even “soft” for someone else (or vice versa) depending on their body type, sleeping style, physiology, their frame of reference based on what they are used to, and their individual sensitivity and perceptions. There are also different types of firmness and softness that different people may be sensitive to that can affect how they “rate” a mattress as well (see post #15 here) so different people can also have very different opinions on how two mattresses compare in terms of firmness and some people may rate one mattress as being firmer than another and someone else may rate them the other way around. This is all relative and very subjective and is as much an art as a science.

While it’s also not possible to quantify the sleeping temperature of a mattress for any particular person with any real accuracy because there are so many variables involved including the type of mattress protector and the sheets and bedding that you use (which in many cases can have just as significant an effect on sleeping temperature as the type of foam in a mattress) and on where you are in the “oven to iceberg” range and because there is no standardized testing for temperature regulation with different combinations of materials … there is more about the many variables that can affect the sleeping temperature of a mattress or sleeping system in post #2 here that can help you choose the types of materials and components that are most likely to keep you in a comfortable temperature range.

While only a minority of people will have temperature regulation issues with memory foam to the degree that they would be uncomfortable … there is a higher percentage of people that sleep hot with memory foam than other types of foam materials and if you tend to sleep hot then the odds are also higher that you may be one of them.

Anyone else having these issues?

You will generally find that no matter what issues a specific person may have on any mattress in the industry here will be almost always be some other people that share the same or similar issues … and of course many others that don’t.

Phoenix