Mattress Base

When I was in my University residences, I slept on the mattresses that the campus residences provided me. After about 3 years of sleeping, basically on the same mattress. I started to feel lower back pain. As I gained weight every year since I first came to America for university, my old mattress in the residences became less and less comfortable for me. By the time I had lower back pain, I started to consider investing physiotherapy, but I find it rather too expensive and unpractical due to my busy academic schedule. When I first saw the TV infomercial about the Aerobed, I decided to order the air mattress by telephone. I have considered certain other choices such as having a buckwheat pillow for my lower back and legs, but it doesn”t really help, because the mattress that I happened to sleep on in my university residence was just too limp. I chose to stay with this mattress, was that within a few nights of using the Aerobed, I felt the immediate effect of sleeping on a firm mattress and I no longer face homesickness due to the limp mattress.

Since this mattress came to us incomplete and without the proper supportive foam mattress over the air chambers, and also without the foam topper, this may very well be the reasons for my husband’s discomfort. Also, the pump is not working properly. So take stock in all of this when reading this review.

I spoke with Richard D from Nationwide mattress, who was very supportive and gave me instructions and suggestions for finding out why one side would go down within 32 hours. He also was helpful in suggesting what we could do to have the pump replaced, which, I had understood, to be within the twenty year warranty. I found Richard to be personable and caring, even though we didn’t buy our mattress directly from the company.

After a relationship ended in which I had to leave behind a man and a beloved Tempur-pedic I scoured the internet for a mattress that would compare not only in quality but in the materials used at a more reasonable price.- I must have spent hours studying details on density of foam, inches of foam, claims of superiority and similarity. I perused all the customer reviews and testimonials that seemed trustworthy. The only site I found that used the same density of memory foam that Tempur-pedic does was Bragada Beds. And the price was reasonable, considering that Bragada sells directly. Plus, the warrantee reassured me, as it’s better than Tempur’s

We have tried many mattresses over the years but ultimately I have had problems with them all due to a bad back and hip. We tested out the Tempur-Pedic at a local furniture store and fell in love with it immediately. We purchased the 10″ king with box springs since we didn’t have any on our previous bed.

We have had the mattress 10 months with no physical problems with it thus far with the mattress, time will tell if the claims of lasting only 3 years will hold true. We purchased it at a local furniture store and did buy the box springs since our previous bed did not have them.

I have always loved Platform beds for their simple elegance and lack of foundation. At the same time, I hate traditional spring mattresses that you have to flip frequently and STILL gets uneven after just a couple of years…even the expensive ones! Air mattresses seemed perfect for me! When researching air beds, Select Comfort and Comfortaire appear to be the leaders. Then there are no names which appear to be Far East copies, although the leaders often market their mattresses under private labels.

After back surgery 10 years ago I invested in a water bed at the advise of my orthopedic surgeon. Our experiences with that bed were great, except the three times we moved and had to dismantle the beast. Recently my wife and I (mid-fifties and average build) began to wake up with deep muscle and bone aching. We were informed that the warmth of the water bed combined with its minimal support might be the cause.

I suppose I’ll give some back up about myself and my choices before I go into what happened. I know some people hate this, but I do think it’s important to know what my tastes are and how they might differ and effect the way *you* might feel about a mattress.

Reviews

Select Comfort 7000 - comfy

Positive very comfortable, very pretty.
Cons: HOT,HOT,HOT…very expensive

We purchased this very beautiful bed. The comfort is wonderful, BUT the heat from the bed is just unbearable. I tried everything to cool off. I put an imperial (top of the line) mattress pad with 300ct. pima cotton sheets, used no blanket and took a cool shower before bed and dressed lightly. Any part of me that touched the mattress was very hot, unbearably hot. I had to sleep on the sofa for a few nights when i just couldn’t handle it. I tried to put a quilt under me to act as a barrier. It didn’t help. We finally had to return it. As comfortable as it is, I couldn’t sleep due to the heat. The delivery people told me they get a lot of returns on this model. Doesn’t that sound funny that a company knows that they have a problem and just ignores it? I would only recommend this bed if you are moving to Siberia.

After shopping for a mattress for about a couple weeks we decided to go with the Stearns & Foster mattress, the “Cadillac” of the mattress world. We wanted a high quality and very firm mattress. I thought it was too firm, but with my wife’s back trouble, I decided I would get used to it as it was recommended that we get a very firm mattress.

I have had worse back pain since buying. The salesperson said it may take a couple months to get used to it. They use two small box springs rather than one king size box spring. The problem is that the rigid sides meet in the middle. This gives a feeling of rolling away from the middle. Needless to say my sleep hasn’t been the best. I regret buying it now. The store no longer carries it. So I am out 1,200 dollars or so (I am not sure what I paid for it 8 months agao) and my back is worse. By the way we flipped the thing every 2 weeks! Talk about strain, very hard to flip because they say to not carry it by the straps!