Wonderful, thank you as always. I had read the article before, but I suppose that I didn’t know enough about the market to pay attention to those details. :silly:
After going to STLBeds, I can honestly say that at least for latex, they are the best place to go to in St. Louis. Doug (if memory serves and it rarely does for names) and Zach are both great people and were very helpful. Doug, I believe, is the owner and is very knowledgeable as well as easy to talk to. Zach assists and although he doesn’t know quite as much, he is much younger and easily admits when he needs to ask something.
Doug also seems to be familiar with this site and said that he tends to agree with most everything that he has read so far in your articles. I explained a little further about the corporate memberships and how your lists of retailers on top of those help the community.
We spent about an hour and a half trying out different layering configurations as well as talking with the gentlemen about our experiences with other retailers in the area (neither of us mentioned names) and consumer reports on mattress satisfaction. We also spoke about the regulations on fire retardant covers and that since they are not very actively enforced in this area (even with a possible hefty fine of $6000-$8000 (need source) per set), there are some stores in St. Louis that are willingly disregarding the law to save on costs. Again though, he didn’t want to share names for obvious reasons.
Here’s what we were able to try and found for us (each layer is 3"):
Config 1 (4 layers)
Soft_ Talalay
Soft|Med Dunlop
Med Dunlop
Firm_ Dunlop
Config 2 (3 layers)
_Soft|Med Talalay
Soft|Med Dunlop
Firm Dunlop
Config 2 (3 layers)
Soft Talalay
Med Dunlop
Firm Dunlop
Our tell for which configuration worked the best for us was when the rush of comfort and relief washed over us when we tried them. In all of the mattresses and retailers that we’ve been to and tried, we’ve each only felt that with one configuration and only at today’s visit.
Her’s, Config 2 (right): M Tal, M Dun, F Dun
Mine, Config 3: S Tal, M Dun, F Dun
Cost: $3564 for the set
I was really hoping that there might have been something that he could have done with the price, but unfortunately, he wasn’t able to sway from the listed price. Though I suppose that such is the case with Savvy Rest. Perhaps they can find a more cost effective supplier in the future such as direct from the manufacturer rather than through a brand, but for now, we will have to go with an online retailer. Though we are big fans of Furniture Traditions and will very likely be back to STLBeds for a few pieces in the future…
Now onto SleepEZ
I’ve taken a look at Mattresses.net as well and have decided to stick with SleepEZ for reasons that I can’t seem to recall (helpful, right?)
It looks like their 10000 line with Blended Talalay would be a good fit since that’s the same size that we tried today. Though I will have to look into the chances of swapping out the base layer for Dunlop and keeping the middle as Talalay as well. I’m not sure if this will effect the feel or support from today’s trials much or not. I will have to speak with Scott to get his thoughts as well.
Cost: $1923.75 (1640.25 savings)
I was ready with a list of errors that I found on SleepEZ’s site to try to bring them to Shaun’s attention only to find that I was somehow on an older version. They must have left the old product pages up for historical links and simply added the new ones. Here’s an example for any other fools that folly as I have:
Old
New
ADMIN NOTE:Removed 404 page link | Archived Footprint: sleepez.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/51{10}25{6}97{8}21{7}81{12}134{22}136/osCsid/jfin0f7esmc0rcjbt97hb2kfs3
Needless to say, almost all of the errors were gone on the new site. WHOIS checks out as well (GoDaddy domain hosted on Rack Space with all owner info correct and owned until 2017, A+)
The only discrepancy that I’ve found really is that the warranty page states 20 years, but on the subject in the FAQ, it states 15. Something easily cleared up on the phone.
EDIT: It looks like you are directed to the old pages once you click on “Add to Cart and Configure”. So make sure to go back to Home before doing anything else.