Hi there! I found your site when I was woken up with another night of horrific back pain. I read through the guides from about 3:15 to 6:00 a.m., so I’m more than a little bleary-eyed. I currently sleep on a Kingsdown Body System twin XL. My husband and I have totally different bed tastes, so when we decided to get rid of our old bed six years ago, we bought two twin XL mattresses for our king sized bed frame. He still loves his Temperpedic knock off (actually better than Temperpedic), but I hate my mattress so much, I have dreamt of seeking out the manufacturer and putting a pox on their house.
I’m probably being overdramatic from a lack of sleep.
Anyway, I loved this mattress when I first got it, and considering the $2000 price tag, I should have. $2K for a twin XL should have come with dinner and a movie along with the promise of a good night’s sleep. The first five years of our relationship were good, but now I want out of this relationship more than a Kardashian wants out of a marriage. This obviously angers me (again, lack of sleep) because it was so expensive. It has a ten-year-warranty, so I contacted Sleepys a couple of weeks ago. The third-party inspector came out this past Tuesday and said that while he can only make recommendations to Sleepys, he’s 95% sure they will honor the warranty because my bed had a 3" indentation. He said I really shouldn’t be sleeping on it at all.
I’m unfamiliar with how Sleepys will handle the warranty (it isn’t enough that it took a week to schedule the appointment and another week to come out, but I won’t know for 7-10 days about their decision), but I’m really not sure about whether I want to buy another mattress from them. I do feel a little bit better now that I think I have a pretty good idea of what I need. Based on what I’ve read here, I’m thinking a thicker, softer comfort layer and a firmer support layer. I’m a very curvy 5’2 with uneven weight distribution (hello, pear shape!), I’m also a little heavier than I should be. I’m a combination sleeper, side and back, but favor the side. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m thinking a pocket inner coil system for the support layer and high quality latex for the comfort layer. Does that make sense? I’d prefer to have a double sided mattress, but I’m concerned that it will be gigantic next to my husband’s viscofoam mattress in the frame.
My husband has a friend/business acquaintance that manufactures mattresses about five hours away and he has recommended a “mini coil” system. Does that sound familiar? I’m thinking it might just be another term for “micro coils”. He has offered to build a custom bed for me, but I can’t try it out before hand, so I’m a little concerned about going that route.
I live in Central NJ, so if anyone has any recommendations brick and mortar stores, I would love to hear them. I’m still reading through some of the other posts about locations in my area.
Thank you so much in advance for any advice you can offer.