Mattress Forum

My boyfriend and I have been mattress shopping for a good week and a half.. The whole proccess has been daunting and at first very confusing! We decided we better do some research before just jumping right into it.(although we did actually buy a bed right there and then that first day, but had second thoughts the next day so we went to cancel it, and I'm glad we did!!) We almost bought a simmons beautyrest world class, but through research its led me to believe that the coils in these beds now a days aren't as durable as they once were.(?) Through further research, we've learned that the pillowtops are also, and mainly, the cause for mattress sagging due to cheapo materials.. Reading through these forms I've learned that the "S" brand names are notorious for using terrible quality foams. My biggest question I have is regarding the mattresses made by Kingsdown. I've come across good and bad reviews, however the only information of collected about these mattresses has been from the salemen and a not so informative specs sheet attached to the mattress. These are the mattresses we are looking at:

http://www.sears.ca/product/kingsdown8482-hemingway-box-top-sleep-set-queen-king/601-000366179-37764

http://www.sears.ca/product/kingsdown8482-christie-euro-top-sleep-set-queen-king/601-000366179-37671 (the one we are most leaning towards)

The only thing Im not fussy on about these mattresses is that it they are both foam incased, and thats not of real interest to me. I am also wondering if it would just be smarter to do with this one: 

http://www.sears.ca/product/kingsdown8482-astoria-euro-top-firm-sleep-set-queen-king/601-37506-37506

and just buy a high quality latex topper? If so, what should I look for, how much would it cost me, and where can I buy this in edmonton alberta canada? Also, would the pillowtop on this mattress wear better with this latex top? Would it been even better to just get no, or little pillow top and design my own topper?

We have a hearts set on having a pocket coil system... I guess because we are under the impression it helps with pressure points (is that true?) We asked the sales man a lot of questions regarding the coils, such as the coil count, coil gauge, coil turns, if its twice tempered.. Also, is this stuff about coils actually important? Reading on various sites, its lead me to believe it is. Anyway, the sales man did tell me the diffrences between simmons and kingsdown.. simmons coil gauge, I think he said was about 16.. the kingsdown is 12.5 in the middle, and 14 at the top and bottom... kingsdown is twice tempered coil (not sure about simmons),.. simmons coil turn was 4 or 6, and kingsdown 6 or 8, I cant remember.. but kingsdown does have more turns. I also tried to get as much information about the mattress pillow top matterials.. he said that the 'christie' bed has memory foam at the bottom, 4.5 lbs latex in the middle and memory foam at the top... however on the spec sheet (and you'll see it on the website) it doesnt talk about having memory foam in it at all. I am wondering if he was just telling us that it had memory foam in it to get us to buy the higher end model that 'just contains latex in it' as he said.. but it clearly lists (again you can see on the site) as having memory foam. We are kind of shying away from having memory foam because we've heard memory foam can wear down quicker than latex, and that it sleeps hotter. He didn't give any indication of other foams being inside these mattresses... But how can I find out for sure? How does one get this kind of information from the salesmen? If anyone knows anything, it would be greatly appricated! Also does anyone have any recommendations as to what we should do and what mattresses are good? We really are mostly just interested in having a high quality laxtex as the top! And a bed on the firmer side. Thanks again for the help!! Mattress shopping is suprisingly exhausting!! Like someone else put it, I just want to get this over with! hehe.

Thanks again so much!

PS. What mattresses are you people using, and are you happy with what you have?