Bedding for humans

[TekWarren]

Just looking for a little insight here. My wife and I are in desperate need of a new *quality* mattress. I don't know what happened with the current one its only 2 ish years old and is a brand name (sealy i think) but it plain sucks!

My wife and I sleep very close to each other and neither one of us weighs that much, I'm around 150lbs I think and she is barely over 100lbs (she's a shorty LOL). Anyway currently the mattress seems to sink in the middle but I can't believe after little more than 2yrs it would be shot already!

Currently we have a full size bed and we have flipped and rotated the dang thing just about every degree we can think of. I even reinforced the frame this summer to no avail. part of the reinforcing was the addition of two cross members for added support but like I said still no good.

We asked for and got cash for christmas and are now on the hunt. We are ready to put some money down for GOOD set. We have about a grand cash we can put down otherwise financing is an option. Anyone have anything they would recommend? I don't quite get all the differences between tempurpedic/posturepedic etc but we are looking into those. Memory foam would rock but those really push the budget.

With my wife managing an equestrian school and me hunched over at user's desks or other contorted tight places, we need something that will actually relieve pressure at night. It's become normal to wake up with a back ache...some days are just worse than others.

[JimiSnakes]

I have had my sealy posturpedic set for almost 6 years now and I love it. I spent close to 1000 on the set. I don't even flip it regularly either, but whenever I think of it. I work at FedEx as a ramp agent/supervisor and bust my butt on a daily basis. My girl drives almost four hours a day and then sits over a computer for almost eight hours. So we too need a good mattress to de-stress my body. I would buy another one without a second thought. Maybe you got a bad one? They usually come with a ten year warranty, I'd check that out. Did you keep the reciept? I've filed mine away for years now. Most people don't take them up on that warranty because you need the full paperwork to get a new one. Check it out!

[TekWarren]

Thanks for the info Jimi, our current bed is just a standard mattress. Not one of the postur/tempor pedic ones we are looking into. I'm not completely positive on the brand name either at the moment.

I need to do some more searching I guess and learn what the terms mean and what will best fit our needs. There are a couple places in town where I live we checked at a while back but didn't have the money. There is also a "guy" I know who sells mattresses as a side business who owes me some cash but I am wondering about the brands he sells and on top of that he isn't usually available when we are...and skipped out on one confirmed appointment.

If I don't have spend a mint I won't but we are ready to "invest" in some healthy sleep.

[Kristy]

My husband and I had the same problem with a mattress 3 years ago that wasn't more than 2 or 3 years old. Sinking in the middle. He weighs about the same as you and I am just over 110. When we went to the mattress outlet they told us that full beds and queens don't offer a lot of support in the middle. King size beds have two twin size boxsprings so the support in the middle of the bed is great from the two boxsprings meeting together. We were already looking for a king anyway so we got one.

We got the Serta perfect sleeper though. ITs awesome, we have had it 3 years now and there's no sinking in the middle. I love it. So if you can I would look into getting a king size. And a little hint, Tax return season is just around the corner, if you wait about a month the mattress places all have huge sales cause everyone getting their returns thats how we got such an awesome deal on ours.

[SIRS]

well i own tempurpedic adjustable bed ,the one on the infomercial
And been sleeping on it for almost 2 years now .It cost alot specially at that time .i think it was alittle over $5,000 which i think you can buy for less now .i bought the king size and you might not care to have the adjustable part which was as more then the bed it self .
at the time i bought it everyone i know thought i was nuts to spend so much on that ,But once they had a chance to sleep in it for a night everyone said they would buy one.
I have had 3 back surgeries,and this bed is the only one that real seems to help
Plus you never have to flip it
and it comes with a 20 year warranty.
And if you take the cost of a descent priced normal bed cost $1000 and even if it last 10 years which most will not .by the time you purchase the second or third bed in the 20 year time frame .you will most likely have spent more then the tempurpedic cost .

[JimiSnakes]

My husband and I had the same problem with a mattress 3 years ago that wasn't more than 2 or 3 years old. Sinking in the middle. He weighs about the same as you and I am just over 110. When we went to the mattress outlet they told us that full beds and queens don't offer a lot of support in the middle. King size beds have two twin size boxsprings so the support in the middle of the bed is great from the two boxsprings meeting together. We were already looking for a king anyway so we got one.

My queen does this and you are right, it does help with the support. I weight about 170 and the little woman weighs about 115 and we have never felt any "giving" in the middle at all and we sleep pretty close too. I agree, go with the split box springs if you can...it is well worth the 20 bucks more to have it, plus if you have to go up any stairs or through any tight spots with them...they are lots easier. Mattresses bend, box springs don't.

[recycling goddess]

i suggest you go to a few different mattress shops and talk to the staff. they are qualified to advise you on this topic. just like... you wouldn't go there and ask them what you should use for you snake!

just my

[JimiSnakes]

i suggest you go to a few different mattress shops and talk to the staff. they are qualified to advise you on this topic. just like... you wouldn't go there and ask them what you should use for you snake!

just my

Ouch!! A salesman would push their mattresses, everyday people will give their experience better than someone who gets paid to sell their mattresses. I don't see this as too far fetched, but that just my sorry.

[TekWarren]

All these comments are really making "cents" to me. Unfortunately our (house) bedroom is pretty small so we can't go to big. I am indefinitely going to re-measure the room and see if we go a step higher in size. It makes alot of sense what you guys are saying about the split box springs I will definitely talk to the wife about that. We where told something similar previously which is why I bought the cross member supports for the bed frame, but it may have already been to late and the reason we didn't notice a difference. I don't know how to tell if a box spring is still "good" or not. Another thing we considered is dropping the bed to the floor to prevent sag. It probably wouldn't look to pretty (not a priority for me) but I don't know if it cause other issues or not.

Anyone use a "pillow top"? One of things my wife says is that it feels like her bones (hip primarily) are going to poke out through her skin...that sounds lovely... So she wants something soft yet supportive overall.

Thanks again everyone keep the info and experiences coming! I may sneak out of work early today and try stop into one of the bedroom shops tonight for a look.

[JimiSnakes]

When my girlfriend moved in she had a pillow top, but she like the one I had better and hers was newer. I think that's all preference bud. Good luck!