Mattress Forum

I'm going to respectfully disagree with Diane here (and probably many others :)) but IMO, because of the resiliency of latex itself, all levels of softness/firmness can provide support (spinal alignment). It is simply a matter of how far and how evenly you sink into the mattress to get it. Sometimes "firming up" a latex mattress can cause pressure issues if you need firmer latex on top but you can almost always get to a place of correct alignment (unlike an innerspring with soft or degraded poly). This is a little more difficult in your case because of the layers above and below the latex but still doable IMO since the poly above is only 1" and below is almost certainly firm.

The first step is to try to determine why your back is hurting. The most likely cause (but by no means the only one) is that your hips are sinking in too far and causing a hammock effect and putting your spine out of alignment.

If you are a side sleeper, then lay on your side and have someone check to see if they can see if your spine is straight or if it looks like part of you is sinking in too far. If you are a back sleeper then have someone look at your natural spinal curvature while you are standing up straight with good posture and then have them check to see if that curvature is similar laying on the mattress.

As Diane mentioned, it would help to know your height/weight and general weight distribution.

Phoenix

My wife and I went about as long as you did with our old one and we did not know how bad we needed a new one until we slept on our new one, a Scandinavian Anniversary queen set.

Truly, we loved the bed from the moment we laid on it, compared to dozens of other models on the floor at The Sleep Center in Panama City. I will admit though, the first few nights were quite interesting and it did take about a week to fully appreciate the new setup. With this being our first non-spring mattress, it was a new experience and something that we now love dearly.

My thoughts would be that ANY decent mattress company would provide at least a 30 day return policy to trade out for a model that fits you both correctly. The Sleep Center insited that no matter how long we laid on the floor models, once we had it home, we may not love it like in the store and for us to call them and they would come pick it up, allow us to pick a different model, and set it all back up free of charge! That made us feel quite comfortable (pun intended) about trying the new-age springless technologies. 

If you are in need of experienced sleep professionals, I would look them up. Not sure if there is a store in your area or not, but the link I provided goes to their national eStore that ships for free all over.

Lastly, if you cannot return the current one and get the right mattress, you could try to sell it while it is new for a few hundred off, or look into the mattress toppers that Tempur-Pedic and others make that can change the feel of a mattress. Then, once the mattress breaks in, you may not need the topper anymore and have the perfect feel!

Best wishes with getting to sleep together. lol

- James

Catch anything?

Phoenix

Not sure? lol

Am I missing something?

-James

Nothing except the (now removed) links that were being "sprayed" around the forum like a cat ... that all led to the same place.

At least they didn't remove your entire posts.

Phoenix

That is pretty funny.

After several hours of my time being spent here reading threads before signing up, what I found was links, by users, to sites that sell mattresses all over the world. In a rather short amount of time, I found a easy dozen from you promoting the exact products and links (often to your friend's store), yet you say that I am spraying the site like a cat.! It is pretty funny, really. 

I THOUGHT that was what we did here....talk about our personal sleep products, what they are, where we bought them, and the overall experience with the whole process of finding and purchasing them. And after reading the stickied FAQ/rules, I understood them to say that "no self promotion by store owners" and "no linking by retailers/manufacturers" WHICH I AM NEITHER, yet you seem to be.

Further, I am by no means here to "take your perch as the top cat, or any cat for that matter, I was simply trying to give back to the site by joining and following along with the heard by posting my experiences as a consumer buying sleep products for the first time in a long while. And I was rewarding the store that gave me a most excellent buying experience. 

This post is not meant to start an issue with you, but I do take note of your position with me. Why not send me a private message and help me understand where I am in error as a new member versus calling my cat in heat? You seem to be helpful in posts to some members when talking about your products?

Best wishes bud.

This forum, like most forums, is about discussion and information ... and not self promotion. It is also about sharing information and opinions that may help others. There are often people who come here and attempt to use the forum for their own purposes by linking to their store or business in as many threads as they can find a "reason" to post in. Recently we had a Chinese manufacturer do just that and there have been many more. Sometimes these are from places or people that have had "less than flattering" comments posted about their business or product. They typically follow a pattern very similar to yours which is posting the same link in multiple places and for different "reasons" and adding comments about a specific mattress with very little research or even facts to support their comments. There is also typically a certain "tone" to these posts which sound "promotional" and "pseudo knowledgeable" rather than factual as yours also did. Finally they usually come to this forum after they have "bought" a matress instead of the more usual pattern of coming here to ask questions and gather information and ideas before they have made a purchase.

One of the requirements of the forum (in the TOS) is self disclosure for those who are involved in the industry and there are and have been many here who contribute their knowledge and experience who have disclosed their involvement in the industry for many years ... without crossing the line into self promotion. Their opinions and knowledge are among the most valuable here and I only wish that more of them who have posted in the past were still posting now.

I understand that your posts may have genuinely been from an overzealous new purchaser that got a little carried away and wanted other people to like the mattress they had bought, or was an attempt to reward the store you bought it from ... which is why I didn't post any comments about the mattress itself, unlike another recent poster who joined a day before you and was "contributing" complete misinformation. I even suspect(ed) that the two of you were the same person. Often the moderators here remove these posts completely but they gave you the benefit of the doubt by only removing your links.

There are no top cats, bottom dogs, birds on a perch, or (hopefully) sheep here. Maybe a few elephants in the room though. I still find it strange that both of you seem to have read at least some of my posts and then say you believe that I am somehow trying to promote a specific product or outlet. If I was it would be a little strange for me to post links to practically every competitor I had that I could find in North America don't you think? These too are usually the words and tactics of someone in the industry who is trying to discredit the person rather than respond to the information or comment itself.

In any case, regardless of your involvement or non involvement in the industry, if you look honestly at what and where you posted you will understand how it was so easy to suspect you were simply a retailer looking for some business.

If you aren't then I apologize if I misread your intentions no matter what they looked like and hopefully we will both have learned something.

Phoenix