Mattresses

[Moderator1]

It's time for a new mattress. I got the last one on the cheap, about $600, and it lasted a couple of years longer than I expected. So I'm shopping for a new one and someone sends me an Amazon link to one of those memory foam mattresses - $250 for a queen? NO WAY. Yet people rave about them. Anyone have any experience with them? Every time I'm ready to pull the trigger, I think NO WAY.

Amazon product ASIN B006LAK9A4

 

[jr/shotglass]

You might find this interesting. It's quite the racket.

The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare

 

[Michael_ Gee]

It's time for a new mattress. I got the last one on the cheap, about $600, and it lasted a couple of years longer than I expected. So I'm shopping for a new one and someone sends me an Amazon link to one of those memory foam mattresses - $250 for a queen? NO WAY. Yet people rave about them. Anyone have any experience with them? Every time I'm ready to pull the trigger, I think NO WAY.

Amazon product ASIN B006LAK9A4

It depends. If you have back issues as many do, and many more will as they age, they are absolutely worth the money.

 

[Vombatus]

I thought an SJ Mob war was breaking out.

Moddy, GF bought an expensive sleep number bed.

I've got two problems with it. She went with the cheaper version, so the back does NOT rise up like a hospital bed. Second, it has dual controls, and she set her side and I set mine, and then she promptly adjusted mine to her comfort level claiming there is no way I could find my number comfortable.

This led to a bit of an argument triggered by a certain someone's comment of "What part of 'dual controls' do you not understand?" coupled with the realization that the premise of dual controls could have more than one interpretation.

Now, someone please invent a gf control knob.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Having to prevent air leaks with my CPAP mask, I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't raise the head of my mattress. In fact, I usually sleep like a "V" now: Head up, feet up, arms propped up on a heavy pillow on each side. I'm sure I look strange(r than usual).

 

[John]

You might find this interesting. It's quite the racket.

The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare

Was about to post this same story. One of many, many economies out there that I knew nothing about.

I was thinking it might be time for a new mattress earlier this year and instead I bought a nice (I guess) mattress pad to go on top, for maybe $125. It's been great, like getting a whole new mattress. Now, how long that lasts, no idea. You just need to make sure your fitted sheet will fit over the whole thing.

 

[Amy]

I bought a semi-expensive foam mattress after trying a bunch of foam and box spring mattresses at a local store. I got sucked in by the whole “and you don’t have to flip it” pitch, not that I know anyone who has actually flipped their box sprint mattress (I used to hope that every time I moved my mattress would be inadvertently flipped). I like my mattress. I probably would be just as happy with an inexpensive box spring mattress with a good topper pad.

 

[bigpern23]

I don't know anything about them, but I know at least three people who have recently bought and raved about Purple mattresses.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

You might find this interesting. It's quite the racket.

The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare

That was a fascinating read. Thanks for posting.

 

[MisterCreosote]

If there’s a Bob’s Discount Furniture near you, I highly recommend the Bob-O-Pedic memory foam mattress. They run about $400 (before delivery) for a queen-size. They also come with the cooling gel, which is a must-have for me.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Now, if you had said that in a blog, you'd be a richer man today.

 

[BTExpress]

What's the deal with MattressFirm? They are on every freaking corner of every freaking street.

A few months ago there was some new development in my area. MattressFirm went up on one side of the street, Sleepy's on the other side. A couple of weeks after Sleepy's Grand Opening it changed . . . into a MattressFirm. Two of them not one-fifth of a mile from one another.

 

[Moderator1]

Around the time my granddaughter was born, they had a special where you got a Yeti cooler if you bought a mattress. Well, not just any mattress as it turned out. I wasn't going 1300 for a mattress, don't really need a Yeti anyway.

I read the article jr/shotglass posted, went to one of the review sites and it had good things to say about the one I was considering. So I bought it. Now I have to find someone to come haul the old one away.

 

[kleeda]

We bought a Purple mattress for my special needs son and he seems to love it. He was having a rough night one night and I slept in it with him and I loved it.

 

[CD Boogie]

My gf bought me a Caspar two months after I commented on how much I loved hers. I am not remotely exaggerating when I say my life has become immeasurably better because I enjoy a deep, long sleep on these mattresses. My bed is so comfortable that it feels like tentacles holding me down.

 

[Moderator1]

I'd love to get one, just too rich for my blood right now. In the past year I've bought two very expensive housewarming grills and a ton of stuff for my granddaughter. And now my daughter is getting married in May. I'm actually lucky I was able to afford more than a Walmart sleeping bag. I'll try this for a while and then maybe move it into my guest room and get a Casper.

And if your girlfriend is buying you nice mattresses like that, you'd best make damn sure you don't F that one up. If you do, aren't you fairly close to me? Send her my way. I need a Sugar Momma.

 

[Vombatus]

How much is a Caspar, anyway?

After posting today, I just happened to see my gf's sleep number credit account statement, and she's make $100+ month payments for I forget how long (seems like a year) and she STILL has a $1900 balance to go.

I saw that, and thought once again, ****, if you are in for over $2500 for this system, why not go all in and get the kind that raises up? What is that? $3500?

Moddy, if we ever meet, hands off MY Sugar Momma.

 

[Dyno]

I'm so intimidated by the mattress buying process. I probably need a new one and I just haven't had the energy to figure out what to do. I'm a stomach sleeper, for which memory foam is supposedly a bad idea. I read that the best option for stomach sleepers is a regular old innerspring mattress. I'm always cold and can't fall asleep unless I'm warm, so I'm guessing the cooling gel thing would also be a mistake for me.

 

[Moderator1]

Dyno, same. Just too confusing. I tried to get the kids to pick but they didn't bite so I just went with it.
And it is Casper. Casper. Like the ghost. One I wanted was 950 or so.

The Best Bed for Better Sleep | Casper®

 

[SpeedTchr]

Now I have to find someone to come haul the old one away.

You're close enough to West Virginia to just burn it in the street.