Mattress Forum

Your mistake is an exceptionally common one if it makes you feel any better. Here's why:

If you're replacing an old mattress because it hurts your back (especially because of it sags) your body will cry out for something firm, something hard to help your body heal. So, you'll go to the store where the beds have been broken in more than your new model and that firm will feel wonderful. You'll take it home and for your first several weeks to a month your back is in Heaven as it heals from the saggy old bed you had before. After awhile, however, your back is healed and the rest of your body begins to complain. As a side sleeper, you're extra sensitive to too hard of a mattress and you're feeling those coils pushing up into your hips and shoulders, cutting off the blood flow. Your body naturally turns away from this loss of blood flow as you sleep and you toss and turn.

For this reason if you're replacing a mattress because your current one sags and you feel like you need something firm you want to attempt to temper that feeling somewhat and get something that feels just a shade too soft in the store. Not to the point of discomfort, of course, just a shade. This is only if you're replacing because your current mattress sags.

Now, on to your question. Yes, I have a lot of experience with the Sealy Natural Origin series. It comes in two different flavors: 5 turn and 7 turn coils. The 5-turn is a "Posturpedic" coil and the 7-turn is a "Posturetech Plus" coil. Sealy Posturepedic as a whole uses an interlaced coil system where the coils are attached together via a helictical lace. In short this gives the beds a firmer feel than other designs. The two extra turns in the 7-turn, however, exist ABOVE and BELOW the lace and are therefore not connected to the coils next to them. This gives the Sealy more of a conforming feel and less of a deep firm.

The 7-turn pillowtop is VERY soft. Too soft for most. The 7-turn plush would be a good option. Ask the RSA how many turns are in the coil and what the name of it is. Not all NO beds are 7-turn. I would not recommend the 5-turn plush. The Natural Origins series is also bamboo topped (unique for this price range) which is good if you're a particularly hot sleeper.

Another good option around the same price range is the very early Stearns and Foster Estate series beds. The dual coil intellicoil design in a plush would actually be a superior solution for you if you can find it. You can get the most entry level one they have so long as it's Estate with Intellicoil.

If you and your bed partner are not particularly big people the indivividual coils of a Simmons World Class (not classic) pillowtop may also be a reasonable choice. The Simmons uses more memory foam than HD and Latex so it provides a slightly firmer feel even in a pillowtop. This should also be around the same price range.