[Crashby]

I have come to the conclusion that it is time for a major mattress upgrade. I have been sleeping on an expensive Swedish compressed foam mattress, but its about 12 years old now, and it's shot.

So, I wonder into the bedding center of my LFS (local furniture store) and get schooled on the latest rage: memory foam.

I liked the 11" Sealy Posturpedic True Form Memory/Visco Foam Mattress quite a bit, but about $1900:eviltongu for just the king mattress (my box springs are fine).

Anyone sleep on this "developed by NASA" memory foam?

 

[jacksonpt]

Not sure if this helps you much, so take it for what it's worth.

We have an add-on memory foam thing, i.e. typical mattress with a layer of "aftermarket" memory foam.

I can see the appeal to the stuff for sure. But our mattress alone borders on too soft for me, and the memory foam makes it worse. I think a nice firm mattress wiht memory foam would be great.

BTW - our memory foam came from overstock.com.

 

[MMcG]

Get a Bob-O-Pedic!

Oh yeah you don't have Bob's Furniture Stores in Rochester. And be glad you don't!

 

[The Toninator]

i live close to nasa.

 

[TreeSaw]

We were in the same boat and are still hunting for our new mattress. We thought the memory foam looked great (except for the price) and were told that it might be warmer than a regular mattress.

 

[The Toninator]

i bought a restonic recently. it's nice but the middle section could be stiffer.

 

[SkaredShtles]

There was a thread about this recently.

My advice:

Go cheap and comfy because a mattress ought to get nasty enough that you'll want to change it every 5 years.

For reference: we have a queen Denver Mattress pillowtop that's comfy for us. I think it was ~$350.

 

[urbaindk]

There was a thread about this recently.

My advice:

Go cheap and comfy because a mattress ought to get nasty enough that you'll want to change it every 5 years.

Dirty, kinky, hippy.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Dirty, kinky, .

As it should be!

If you're not knockin' boots with regularity you may want to look into one of those expensive ones that'll last 20 years.

 

[urbaindk]

As it should be!

If you're not knockin' boots with regularity you may want to look into one of those expensive ones that'll last 20 years.

Or get a mattress cover like my wife and I have

 

[SkaredShtles]

Or get a mattress cover like my wife and I have

One of those plastic ones? No way. Those suck.

 

[urbaindk]

One of those plastic ones? No way. Those suck.

Hey, no. I'm not that nasty.

No, it's one of those fluffy quilted thingys. It gets pretty funky but can be washed before the funk corrupts your expensive mattress.

 

[Crashby]

I tried one of those 4" memory foam pads... used it for 10 minutes and sold it on eBay... suxored.

I really need something that will support nicely, not move when selected guest has rikki-legs and will be good on lumbar spine... Seems to be a huge gapper between the $500 and the $2,000 matresses...

 

[SkaredShtles]

Hey, no. I'm not that nasty.

No, it's one of those fluffy quilted thingys. It gets pretty funky but can be washed before the funk corrupts your expensive mattress.

Sorry - if things are really going well those things don't work.

 

[llkoolkeg]

I just have a regular extra-firm Sealy mattress with box spring because I discovered long ago what my sleep numbers are- 40 and 420.