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Post by constanz22 on Jun 8, 2013 13:21:21 GMT -5
I know we have had several mattress threads. But, I think I need to start looking for a new one. AGAIN! I have had horrible luck with mattresses. I bought three different sets in about 4 weeks last year and returned two. The one I kept was ok, but, now a little over a year later, I am waking up with horrible joint and back pain....sigh...I'd rather stab my eyes out with a plastic fork than mattress shop again. It was a horrible experience. So, I am looking for recommendations, especially from other people who have back/joint issues. I really think I am going to have to drop 2k for a Temperpedic or Sleep Number. And if I knew either would be great, I would do it in a second. I'm just terrified to spend that much money and be stuck with it Suggestions?
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 8, 2013 15:13:51 GMT -5
We have a sleep to live mattress and we love it! You go and they have you lay on a test bed and they measure how you sleep and you can have to different sides
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 8, 2013 15:38:48 GMT -5
We have a sleep to live mattress and we love it! You go and they have you lay on a test bed and they measure how you sleep and you can have to different sides What brand is this? I've never heard of "sleep to live" but Sleep Number sounds similar.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 8, 2013 17:03:10 GMT -5
Is your current mattress one with a 'pillow top' or some other smushy topping? I was really really really pissed when I started waking up with back pain from my 2 yo mattress. It was because the 'smushy' top, started to stay smushed and was no longer providing much support. In desperation I put an folded up blanket into the "dented' area... to help level it out with the rest of the mattress and it helped tredendously. I had to add another layer but I've managed have 3 ain free years so far (the mattress set is 5 yo at that this point).
I know that's not what you asked... but maybe it will be helpful (or atleast let you get a better night sleep) until you replace the mattress.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 8, 2013 17:13:55 GMT -5
Have you thought about trying a bed board under the mattress to add support for back problems?
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 8, 2013 17:35:18 GMT -5
My current mattress is not a pillow top. It is a plush. Last year when I started mattress shopping, the first one I bought was a plush pillow top and was too soft. The second was a firm pillow top and too hard. So, after discussing with several salespeople and hours and hours looking and laying on mattresses, I went with plain plush. It was not very comfortable in the beginning and I tried it with a couple different memory foam toppers, a 1 1/2 inch that I used at my camper and even bought a 2 or 3 inch that someone here recommended. Neither were comfortable, at all. I have a mattress pad that has some filling/lift to it and for about a year has been "ok". It's just frustrating....with all I've spent on mattresses, return fees, toppers etc I could've bought the 2k mattress set. But, like I said, who knows if THAT would be comfortable! I have a great business idea for someone and said it the whole time I was mattress shopping last year. There should be a way you can spend the night to try out a mattress cuz even laying on it for 15-30 minutes isn't enough
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 8, 2013 17:46:24 GMT -5
Have you stayed in a hotel recently where you've gotten a decent night's sleep?
i think one hotel I stayed at even had their own mattresses that they sold. The bed was tremendously comfortable and I would have considered it, if I was on the hunt for a new one.
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Post by justme on Jun 8, 2013 18:33:26 GMT -5
Since this is YM I'll tell you a secret. I got my Sleep Number for $600, though I didn't buy the box"spring" since I have a platform bed. How'd I do that? They have an option to buy refurbished or discontinued beds. The refurbished have completely new outside, it's only the air chambers and pump that are reused from beds that are returned. You may have to be a prior customer or know one. My entire family now has a Sleep Number so I'm not sure. If you need the name of a customer you can PM me for mine if you decide you want one. It came with the full 20 year warranty - I had a problem with my airchambers and they replaced them no problem no charge.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 8, 2013 18:36:49 GMT -5
Kingsdown Sleep to Live is what the mattress is. Had to look it up I thought it was just sleep to live. Hope you end up finding the perfect mattress!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 8, 2013 20:24:44 GMT -5
I know exactly what you mean about the difficulty shopping for mattresses. My mom bought me one when I got my first apartment. It was really comfortable at the store, but felt way too hard when I actually had to sleep on it at night. Our current set, we bought about a year ago from qvc. I think it's a serta, Euro, memory foam top. We could have returned it to qvc within 30 days but didn't. (I was kind of so-so on keeping the mattress, but my husband really liked it.) It's pretty nice but I would skip the memory foam top in the future. Qvc also sells the sleep number beds, and I think those also have the 30 day return option.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 4:03:21 GMT -5
Love love love my sleep number bed.......totally worth it!
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Post by Pants on Jun 11, 2013 8:19:45 GMT -5
We sprung for the Sleep Number bed too - best decision I've made in ever, i think. Like justme we just did the mattress - but I didn't know about that awesome awesome refurbished thing. I totally would have gone that way. We also set it up ourselves instead of having it installed, which cut a couple hundred bucks off the cost. It wasn't hard and I did it myself - but the boxes are heavy and DH and I barely got them up the stairs between the two of us.
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 11, 2013 8:25:19 GMT -5
Love love love my sleep number bed.......totally worth it! Which model do you have?
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 11, 2013 8:26:08 GMT -5
We sprung for the Sleep Number bed too - best decision I've made in ever, i think. Like justme we just did the mattress - but I didn't know about that awesome awesome refurbished thing. I totally would have gone that way. We also set it up ourselves instead of having it installed, which cut a couple hundred bucks off the cost. It wasn't hard and I did it myself - but the boxes are heavy and DH and I barely got them up the stairs between the two of us. Which model do you have?
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Post by Pants on Jun 11, 2013 8:32:14 GMT -5
Whatever the second level is - I think P?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 8:44:24 GMT -5
I'll be honest, mattresses scare me. Ours is firm (as in hard) & I wake up every morning with aches & pains (sleeping with dachshunds doesn't help). My wife has "hinted" that we should check out a new mattress. I know that we will end up getting something new but I also know that my wife will never be happy & it will end up costing us an arm & a leg because we will change & change & change. Sadly with her back she needs a hard surface but that's not what she likes so I can see a no win in the future. I'm just going to try to put it off as long as possible.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 9:16:23 GMT -5
I don't know which models we have (we have two...hubby had a queen sized one and I have a king). It wasn't bottom of the line, but nor is it top. I want to say I paid 2 or 3k for it back in 2004? I did buy the "foundation" though.
We did have one of the air bladders on my king leak though. Right now it is in storage until we get a bit more room in our bedroom, but we will have to get that fixed/replaced before we use it. That probably happened when it was 6 years old or so....
Still....I sleep best on that bed....and it's great because hubby likes it firmer and I like a soft bed...
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Post by The Captain on Jun 11, 2013 9:27:08 GMT -5
I can only second the positive reviews on the sleep number. DH and I have had ours for about 6 years now.
His number is 70. Mine is 45. You can only guess at how crappy our sleep was before we got a mattress we could agree on.
The model is the level just below their ultra premium (don't need a pillowtop). We also got the heated mattress cover and love, love, love it in the winter!
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