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A mattress? So I assume the pillow covers and sheets are tomorrow’s woot?
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Because everyone buys a whole bed all at once?
Ack. I need a mattress, but no foam. I’m the kind of person that abuses a/c at night in addition to fans. I’d probably melt with the heat these things can reflect in the summer…
The purpose of the pillow top is to give the mattress a softer initial feel when you lay on it until the memory foam adjusts to the contours of your body. My ex-girlfriend bought a smiliar mattress with pillow top and I really didn’t like it since it wasn’t firm enough. I’m sticking to traditional spring. With any mattress you really need to lay on it to see if you like it.
Bought a nearly identical model on Overstock back in January for $340 (their prices fluctuate, btw, and went up to $400 right after I bought it). By far, it’s the most comfortable bed we’ve ever had. Hard to explain, but it’s a “quieter” sleep than on a spring mattress.
If you can’t afford $$$ for a name-brand foam mattress, this is a great alternative.
Yep, they sure do, but for me, the extra warmth is worth the comfort
I have a Sealy TrueForm, one of the more expensive knock-offs of a Tempurpedic. I love it. I sleep on my side or on my stomach. I think the memory foam reduces the urge to toss and turn.
If you have back pain, these are wonderful. I had lower back pain my entire life and just thought I had to live with it. Then I got this mattress and now it is completely gone – unless I sleep on a different mattress!
As for the heat question, I do feel warm and cozy in the bed but I have never noticed any major heat retention. I don’t wake up in pools of sweat or anything. And I live in Florida.
My brother just bought a cheap knock-off memory foam mattress (probably similar to this one) and he loves it too. My only concern would be the warranty. My Sealy has a 20 year warranty to guarantee that the memory foam will not sag or droop even 1/4". I would be concerned about the cheaper mattresses with no warranty starting to sag and save your body impressions.
If you’re content with replacing your mattress every couple of years, this actually looks like a really good deal. I wish mine had been this cheap! If you want one for 10-20 years, however, I would worry about this one’s durability.
Also, an entire mattress of memory foam is NOT the same as a mattress topper. The mattress topper makes your bed all cushy and soft and comfy. An entire memory foam mattress isn’t like a super soft mattress. It’s actually quite firm if made well (mine is very dense and very heavy), but becomes more comfortable as you lie down and it adjusts to your body. It definitely takes some getting used to so I would recommend trying one out in a store before committing to it. My mom loves her foam mattress topper but HATES my bed as she finds it too firm.
In all seriousness, memory foam mattresses are supposedly not good for your love life (no springs=no bounce).
My wife and I bought a new mattress last year and briefly considered a memory foam. It just seemed the cons outweighed the pros at the time of our purchase. However, a mattress is a very personal choice and what works for one may not work for the other.
Hey Woot…now I need a platform bed…wink wink…Wooo Hooo!
What height does the pillow top add? Is it 7.5" for the base foam, 2.5" for the memory foam, then another X.X" amount for the pillow top (for the 10" ver.)? I might have missing something but I don’t see this specified anywhere.
Hmmmm … a $300.00 memory foam mattress, I’d be a little concern what material was used to make this. Assume its from China. I don’t know if I’d want to spent 8 hrs a day enhaling fumes from unknown chemicals … Sorry W00T
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If you have allergies, be careful and do your research. These are known to gather and collect dust mites, allergens and (occasionally) mold…
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ummmm…No. Regular mattresses are far worse for allergy sufferers. The material used for memory foam and it’s density reduce allergens (dust and dust mites). As far as mold is concerned, the risk is the safe as a regular mattres.
A TRUE allergy sufferer should encase ANY mattresses in an a specially designed cover.
Here’s one report regarding the mites…
http://www.tempurpedic.com/about/our_science/allergen_resistant/
Nope
If you can afford it buy a latex rubber mattress. They are extremely comfortable, last almost forever and do not get mites or create allergies. Even though they are made of a “closed cell” structure, they do not get hot because they manually construct them with holes to breath. But they are somewhat heavy and very expensive.
But for the money, this appears to be a great deal to me. Foam is also fairly comfortable and with a topper of memory foam should be pretty nice. But there are many degrees of foam quality (the “base” in these mattresses), some last a long time, and some cheap ones break down in a year.
DO NOT BUY THIS…Bought one about 2 years ago and now am on my third one. The center of the mattress stopped expanding so you would always roll in the middle. Place I bought it was good about it and replaced it, but now I bought a new spring mattress and this one is in the spare bedroom. If you’re going to buy foam…buy temperpedic
We were once given a cheap off-brand memory foam mattress from a big box retail store, and it was HORRIBLE! Felt like you were sleeping on a rock. We gave it 3 nights and couldn’t stand it anymore. Obviously all “memory foam” is not created equal. Don’t be fooled by the terminology. Just make sure you do the appropriate research on this Sarah Peyton brand before getting woot-crazy.
So buy it for your RV where you are and dump the other one under the bridge somewhere for the non-wooter’s to use. I have one in my RV and love it.
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If you have allergies, be careful and do your research. These are known to gather and collect dust mites, allergens and (occasionally) mold…
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WHAT! That is exactly the OPPOSITE of what the memory foam mattresses are supposed to do. A normal “spring” mattress can actually gain a significant amount of weight over years from the dead mite carcasses. The memory foam is a closed cell design, which means that it is not porous beyond the initial layer and mites and allergens can not penetrate it. The only place you could get mites is in the pillow top if the pillow top is a traditional cotton batting or something of that nature.
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In all seriousness, memory foam mattresses are supposedly not good for your love life (no springs=no bounce).
My wife and I bought a new mattress last year and briefly considered a memory foam. It just seemed the cons outweighed the pros at the time of our purchase. However, a mattress is a very personal choice and what works for one may not work for the other.[/quote
you are right that they don’t “bounce” but they are great mattresses (at least ours is) and the lack of bounce is not an issue. And the sleep we get is far better than our old mattress.
I purchased a “no name brand” about two years ago for our motor home. It’s too soft so my 200 lb butt sinks to the platform. I would love to buy this one to replace it but it may have the same problem. We have a TempurPedic for the home and have for years. We love our TempurPedic but I’m not willing to spend over 2K for a motor home mattress that’s slept on a few times a year.
You are right that not all of them are equal, but… Even if you buy a high end one like tempurpedic they will tell you that you need to sleep on it for at least 2 weeks to adjust to the different sleeping style and feel (thats why they give 60-90 trials). I was very disappointed in ours for the first couple of weeks (although my back quit hurting by the second night) but by the one month mark I was hooked and getting better sleep than I had on a spring mattress in years and my back almost never bothers me any more.