Mattress Forum

Hi Jim, I read your thread on how you dissected your Sealy mattress (very interesting)...I left you a reply on your thread. I'm not too surprised at the cheap foams found in your mattress...I've read so many complaints about cheap PU foams forming deep body impressions and lumps and even a hill in the center of a mattress where a couple sleeps. I bought my Sealy from Costco out of desperation, since my Aerobed was forming new leaks every other day (the Aerobed was to be a temporary solution while looking for a mattress). Well, since Costco has a great return policy, and the bed was very reasonably priced and seemed like it would be comfortable, I bought it hoping it would end up working out...still praying it works out for me.

Last night I had the best night's sleep...I didn't wake up with any lower back pain and there was no tossing and turning. I am worried about the durability of this mattress, though, because I am well aware that it has PU foam, and I understand the problems associated with it. If there is an issue, Costco will take the mattress back, but I'd rather have the mattress work out for me!

I want to mention that I've slept on this full-sized mattress for 6 nights so far, and I've slept in the middle of the bed for all 6 nights. So last night I attempted to sleep in a different area of the bed--along the right side of the mattress--to even out any compression that may be happening with the foams. When I lay down on the right side on my back, my body tilted a bit towards the middle of the bed where I had been sleeping for 6 nights. I couldn't fall asleep with part of my body tilting towards the center, so I moved to the center of the mattress and fell asleep on my back right away. Obviously there is now some compression of the foam running down the center of the mattress. But tonight I will try to sleep on my stomach (instead of on my back) on the right side of the bed. With my mattress that lasted 19 years, I never went through this.

Is it normal for some foam compression to occur in only 6 nights?

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this mattress doesn't loose support for my lower back/butt or I won't be able to comfortably sleep on it.

I wrote that but I do have to agree with you. It really takes a night or two on latex before your back starts to feel it, but no one is going to let you spend the night in the store. Thinking back to testing out latex beds in local bedding stores, I remember that after lying on my side for ten minutes or so I was already feeling a bit of pulling on my lower back muscles as my hip sank down into the foam. I just didn't think this was going to morph into a major backache after a few hours. And actually, the first night on my latex bed was fine. It was the second night, and every night thereafter that became torturous.

Lying on the tripled up Brylane topper for about a half hour today I was reminded how wonderful that Talalay latex bed always felt when I first got into it at night, and how awful it felt a few hours later. I really think it has something to do with the way Talalay jiggles. My back muscles tense up trying to get a secure hold on the thing, which translates to major back fatigue a few hours later. I guess that's why I really like memory foam as a topper. It feels very stable and cradles the body where Talalay just seems to push against it and wiggle under it.