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.

Chief Pote · 01-12-2010, 11:14 AM

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

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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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?

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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**Dave Lane** · 01-12-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

sleep number bed.
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They are the worst. old girlfriend had one and I thought I was going to end up a cripple. Had to buy a memory foam topper just so I could survive.

seclark · 01-12-2010, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Lane

They are the worst. old girlfriend had one and I thought I was going to end up a cripple. Had to buy a memory foam topper just so I could survive.

see, i know another person that made the same "cripple" comment. does it bother your back, or what?
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'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.

ClevelandBronco · 01-12-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pkane

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

Good point. How comfortable do you really want your guests to feel? Three nights of being able to bear the mattress should be plenty.

blaise · 01-12-2010, 01:19 PM

I sold mattresses for three years. Unless things have changed a lot, what you get as you pay more is more and better padding. Each major manufacturer has their premium line: Serta Perfect Sleeper, Simmons Beautyrest, and Sealy Posturepedic. There's also King Koil and Restonic. Once you're in the line of the Sealy Posturepedic, for instance, what you're paying for as you go up is the padding, so the support is the same as you go, but they'll get softer, and the material used to pad it will be better (denser) and last longer. If you're using it for a guest room I wouldn't really worry about wear on the padding. The Perfect Sleepers and Beautyrests are more or less the same in that respect. Serta used to put a higher number of springs in the higher end models (they still might), but the guage of the metal is thinner and the Serta reps would tell me that they did it because so many people are focused on number of coils.
I have a Tempurpedic bed now and I like it a lot. Mostly because if you roll over or move it barely moves the other side of the bed.
To summarize, this is what I'd do. Go look at the entry level Serta Perfect Sleeper or Sealy Posturepedic at a store and then go up one or two levels.
Also, if you have a truck or can get one, ask them if they'll give you a discount if you take it with you. They normally say "free delivery", but there's a cost for them, and they might knock $30 off the price.
And one other thing- you won't have much luck shopping one retailer to another. The manufacturers change the covers and names on the beds for each retailer in a market. They don't want every store selling the same models because then one store will just undercut the other.

**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.

01-12-2010, 11:08 AM	Topic Starter
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
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, 11:14 AM	#4
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, 11:20 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	#11
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7129572	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	#12
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, 01:19 PM	#14
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9989900	I sold mattresses for three years. Unless things have changed a lot, what you get as you pay more is more and better padding. Each major manufacturer has their premium line: Serta Perfect Sleeper, Simmons Beautyrest, and Sealy Posturepedic. There's also King Koil and Restonic. Once you're in the line of the Sealy Posturepedic, for instance, what you're paying for as you go up is the padding, so the support is the same as you go, but they'll get softer, and the material used to pad it will be better (denser) and last longer. If you're using it for a guest room I wouldn't really worry about wear on the padding. The Perfect Sleepers and Beautyrests are more or less the same in that respect. Serta used to put a higher number of springs in the higher end models (they still might), but the guage of the metal is thinner and the Serta reps would tell me that they did it because so many people are focused on number of coils. I have a Tempurpedic bed now and I like it a lot. Mostly because if you roll over or move it barely moves the other side of the bed. To summarize, this is what I'd do. Go look at the entry level Serta Perfect Sleeper or Sealy Posturepedic at a store and then go up one or two levels. Also, if you have a truck or can get one, ask them if they'll give you a discount if you take it with you. They normally say "free delivery", but there's a cost for them, and they might knock $30 off the price. And one other thing- you won't have much luck shopping one retailer to another. The manufacturers change the covers and names on the beds for each retailer in a market. They don't want every store selling the same models because then one store will just undercut the other.
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