I’d like to begin by thanking Phoenix for putting this awesome community together. I’d be sleeping on a pacbed from Bedinabox tonight if I hadn’t found this site and decided to do more research before purchasing.
The TL;DR question I’d like to pose is: Which Dreamfoam Ultimate Dreams mattress, the 12" Supreme or 13" Gel, would be a closer match to the Beautyrest Renewed Energy mattress?
The long version:
My wife and I went on our honeymoon this month and slept pretty well on a firm innerspring that had a fairly thin comfort layer. We returned home to our worn out innerspring, and I’m back to tossing/turning and my back is KILLING me. Time for a replacement.
I wanted a queen memory mattress and foundation for under $1000, but wouldn’t mind paying up to $1000 for just the mattress. I read sleeplikethedead and was sold on the pacbed original until I found the underground. I looked briefly at SelectFoam Cirrus Prima ($1099), but I really like the price of the Dreamfoam 12" ($599) and 13" ($699) - right in line with the pacbed.
The wife and I visited a retailer in town (Findlay OH) so we could lay on some name brands. In general, the wife liked the “medium” mattresses over the “soft” or “firm”. We decided the Comforpedic Renewed Energy was our favorite (store called it a plush firm). It’s what I was looking for going in: a comfort layer thick enough that I could sink into, but not a “soft” mattress that left us out of alignment. I also liked that it was quicker responding than the Tempurpedics, but I could live with the slower response.
Thankfully, I found out some details of the renewed energy right here on the forum:
So it looks more like 3" of memory foam with a 1.5" polyfoam over the base foam. I’m left wondering if the 1.5"+2.5" of 4lb, or 3" of 4lb + 2" of 5lb from the Ultimate Dreams mattresses would be closer.
I submitted a message to Dreamfoam this morning, but haven’t heard back. I plan on calling them shortly.
Thanks,
Ryan
Edit: Stats - 6’ 190lb and 5’-11" ~160lb for the wife. More side/stomach than back, but on our current mattress I’m waking up every few hours and trying everything.