Misc Mattress Advice

**gblowfish** · 01-12-2010, 11:08 AM

I'm looking at getting a new Queen Size mattress/foundation for our guest room. Has anybody here on the CP bought anything new lately? I bought a very nice set from Hawn Bedding out in Lee's Summit about 10 years ago. I kind of like the new latex or memory foam mattresses. Money isn't a big object here, although I don't want to pay an obscene amount over traditional mattresses. Any advice on something that will last a long time, be comfy, and best place to buy in KC area? Thanks in advance!

wild1 · 01-12-2010, 11:11 AM

I have a middle/upper tier Serta, don't remember the name, but it's a taller pillowtop. Best money ever spent. They have built some brand loyalty with me.

seclark · 01-12-2010, 11:14 AM

just bought select comfort king size. had a select comfort queen size for 19 years before that. moved it to the guest bedroom. no problems w/the old one...the wife just got tired of me groping her all night long.
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Chief Pote · 01-12-2010, 11:14 AM

I wouldn't buy anything but Stearns and Foster...they are the best.

Mr. Laz · 01-12-2010, 11:20 AM

last time i checked memory foam mattresses were obscenely high priced.

**bevischief** · 01-12-2010, 11:22 AM

sleep number bed.
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Mr. Laz · 01-12-2010, 11:27 AM

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sleep number bed.
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aren't they also expensive as hell?

like 2,500 for a queen in their basic model?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-12-2010, 11:29 AM

Watch the Penn and Teller Bullshit episode "Sleep Inc" available on Netflix streaming.

The hysteria around high end mattresses is really bullshit. Just find a decent on that is reasonably comfortable and save yourself a thousand bucks.

pkane · 01-12-2010, 11:32 AM

Who gives a crap about quality, its for the guest room.

seclark · 01-12-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

aren't they also expensive as hell?

like 2,500 for a queen in their basic model?

high priced is right, but if i get 20 years out of one i think it's worth it. i don't mind paying more for a good nights sleep.

i've also laid several miles of pipe on that old mattress.

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**Baby Lee** · 01-12-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Watch the Penn and Teller Bullshit episode "Sleep Inc" available on Netflix streaming.

The hysteria around high end mattresses is really bullshit. Just find a decent on that is reasonably comfortable and save yourself a thousand bucks.

Also, with the 'pillow top' or 'flip free' mattresses, they have woefully under-engineered the bottom half of the mattress. Basically, they tossed a nickel's worth of goodies to one side, then ignored the other.

Useful life of a flip free is like 1/3 of the old flip mattress.

Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan · 01-12-2010, 11:45 AM

I just bought a Select Comfort queen. Best sleep I've had in a while.

Now, that could be because it's replacing a 12 year old mattress, but I do like being able to adjust the mattress depening on how my back's feeling.

Inspector · 01-12-2010, 11:50 AM

I have a select comfort and a tempurpedic (memory foam). Like them both ok, but wish the select comfort would hold air. Has to be pumped back up about every other day.

seclark · 01-12-2010, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector

I have a select comfort and a tempurpedic (memory foam). Like them both ok, but wish the select comfort would hold air. Has to be pumped back up about every other day.

might be the compressor? you should be able to call their 800# and they'll send you a new one.

or, i guess you can spray a can of fix-a-flat in the mattress and shake the $hit out of it.
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Fat Elvis · 01-12-2010, 01:02 PM

Get a waterbed, baby.

01-12-2010, 11:08 AM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Mattress Advice I'm looking at getting a new Queen Size mattress/foundation for our guest room. Has anybody here on the CP bought anything new lately? I bought a very nice set from Hawn Bedding out in Lee's Summit about 10 years ago. I kind of like the new latex or memory foam mattresses. Money isn't a big object here, although I don't want to pay an obscene amount over traditional mattresses. Any advice on something that will last a long time, be comfy, and best place to buy in KC area? Thanks in advance!
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01-12-2010, 11:11 AM	#2
wild1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 31040 Casino cash: $10004900	I have a middle/upper tier Serta, don't remember the name, but it's a taller pillowtop. Best money ever spent. They have built some brand loyalty with me.
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01-12-2010, 11:14 AM	#3
seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $-410100	just bought select comfort king size. had a select comfort queen size for 19 years before that. moved it to the guest bedroom. no problems w/the old one...the wife just got tired of me groping her all night long. sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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01-12-2010, 11:14 AM	#4
Chief Pote Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Undercover..... Casino cash: $6872638	I wouldn't buy anything but Stearns and Foster...they are the best. Last edited by Chief Pote; 01-14-2010 at 05:11 AM..
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01-12-2010, 11:20 AM	#5
Mr. Laz Don't Tease Me Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: KS Casino cash: $11047037	last time i checked memory foam mattresses were obscenely high priced. __________________
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01-12-2010, 11:22 AM	#6
bevischief .... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere Kansas Casino cash: $7729352 VARSITY	sleep number bed. Posted via Mobile Device
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01-12-2010, 11:29 AM	#8
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7139572	Watch the Penn and Teller Bullshit episode "Sleep Inc" available on Netflix streaming. The hysteria around high end mattresses is really bullshit. Just find a decent on that is reasonably comfortable and save yourself a thousand bucks. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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01-12-2010, 11:32 AM	#9
pkane Starter Join Date: Apr 2008 Casino cash: $9959970	Who gives a crap about quality, its for the guest room.
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01-12-2010, 11:45 AM	#12
Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan I am Number Six Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Columbia, MD, USA Casino cash: $-1480000	I just bought a Select Comfort queen. Best sleep I've had in a while. Now, that could be because it's replacing a 12 year old mattress, but I do like being able to adjust the mattress depening on how my back's feeling. __________________ One of the lowest PPD of any of the original members of the Planet . . . and proud of it. My web site My writer's page
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01-12-2010, 11:50 AM	#13
Inspector MVP Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: K.C. Casino cash: $9914975	I have a select comfort and a tempurpedic (memory foam). Like them both ok, but wish the select comfort would hold air. Has to be pumped back up about every other day. __________________ As always, this is IMO.
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01-12-2010, 01:02 PM	#15
Fat Elvis Sexiest Athlete Join Date: Apr 2001 Casino cash: $-2038075	Get a waterbed, baby.
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