Lets talk about beds

[DC.chief]

My relationship went down the shitter and she gets to keep bed so I need one. Looks like foam/latex mattresses seem to be the way to go now. I'm looking at ordering one from an online only place so I can't test it out before hand so i'm just looking for some perspective.

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on an amerisleep colonial foam mattress

Anyone here have any input on Amerisleep or any other foam type mattress brand?

[Chief Roundup]

Anyone tried a Helix?

http://try.helixsleep.com/?utm_sourc...rospecting_All

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Frosty

My wife insisted we bought a mattress that was as firm as possible after we got married. I was skeptical at first but soon loved sleeping on it. The only problem now is that we've had it for 27 years so it isn't as firm as it once was. We have been looking for a new one but it's hard to find an extra firm mattress now. They are all foam or pillow topped. You can order them but I don't like spending that much without being able to test it out.

At this point, we are seriously considering a shikibuton (Japanese bed). It's basically a 3-4" thick cotton mat so it seems like it would really work well.

I bought an extra firm at NFM a couple years ago.

[Molitoth]

I did a lot of research and comparisons on this topic a few months ago and ended up going with the leesa.
I love it.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

I did a lot of research and comparisons on this topic a few months ago and ended up going with the leesa.
I love it.

What a cool company! Just a few things that I quickly saw on their site- which I'm sure doesn't fully cover all their philanthropic work.

Made in the USA and 98% of the company employs American workers.

Every 11th mattress they make is donated to a homeless or battered women's / children's shelter, or halfway house.

They have a designer series of mattress covers all done by formerly homeless artists which they were paid for work each was commissioned and the artist is paid royalties on each sale.


Pretty nifty outfit.

[HemiEd]

Great thread, very interesting and timely for us.

We bought a $1500 Serta (king) three years ago, right before we retired. After a year, it had developed horrible recessions where we slept. Serta sent a man out and warrantied it.

Now we have been sleeping with a 3/4 in sheet of plywood under each side of the replacement for almost a year to avoid horrible back aches.

Neither of the two mattresses were able to be flipped as the original was a pillow top and the replacement doesn't have the same surface on the bottom as the top.

Serta has no interest in making us happy. My friends say you have to spend $3000 to $4000 to get a decent mattress.

I heard about a mattress company in KC called Hawn bedding company that still makes a mattress that can be flipped. Anyone have any experience with them?

We haven't cared for the foam mattresses we have slept on in the past.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Great thread, very interesting and timely for us.

We bought a $1500 Serta (king) three years ago, right before we retired. After a year, it had developed horrible recessions where we slept. Serta sent a man out and warrantied it.

Now we have been sleeping with a 3/4 in sheet of plywood under each side of the replacement for almost a year to avoid horrible back aches.

Neither of the two mattresses were able to be flipped as the original was a pillow top and the replacement doesn't have the same surface on the bottom as the top.

Serta has no interest in making us happy. My friends say you have to spend $3000 to $4000 to get a decent mattress.

I heard about a mattress company in KC called Hawn bedding company that still makes a mattress that can be flipped. Anyone have any experience with them?

We haven't cared for the foam mattresses we have slept on in the past.

Sorry to hear, man. You absolutely don't need to spend 3 or 4k to get a good bed unless maybe it's a California King or a specialty, like an adjustable.

Might wanna see what Costco has in their Kirkland beds. Kirkland is Costco's brand, which they usually purchase from premium brands and rebranded under their label. Last I checked, Stearns and Foster made their beds for them?

For example, Kirkland vodka is made by and at the same distillary as Grey Goose. Their canned tuna is single whole cut white albacore, and best on the market outside of way way more expensive small label you might find at like Dean & Deluca or Fox & Obel.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

I did a lot of research and comparisons on this topic a few months ago and ended up going with the leesa.
I love it.

I bought one for my daughter and she has had nothing but good things to say about it.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

Sorry to hear, man. You absolutely don't need to spend 3 or 4k to get a good bed unless maybe it's a California King or a specialty, like an adjustable.

Might wanna see what Costco has in their Kirkland beds. Kirkland is Costco's brand, which they usually purchase from premium brands and rebranded under their label. Last I checked, Stearns and Foster made their beds for them?

For example, Kirkland vodka is made by and at the same distillary as Grey Goose. Their canned tuna is single whole cut white albacore, and best on the market outside of way way more expensive small label you might find at like Dean & Deluca or Fox & Obel.

Thanks for the input.

Before we moved off of the grid, the Mrs. used to love Costco and did the majority of our shopping there. I might very possibly own some Kirkland skivvies. But now, the nearest Costco might be at least 200 miles away, as I don't think Springfield has one yet.

I am thinking about Amazon or one of those that will ship it to us. Of course then there is the monumental task of getting rid of the old one. I am guessing it would bellow a significant cloud of black smoke once you got it lit