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| does anyone have any info on the following mattresses. Serta Perf. sleeper Northstar Stellaris-Sealy Post. Savior plush---- Sealy post, Influence----Sealy Post Inspiration------ Stearns and Foster Hoffman------ Corsicana------ I am a big guy but came across these mattresses and box springs for 500.any help would be greatly appreciated... |
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The cute names of the mattresses (Northstar, Inspiration, Influence etc) don't give us anything to go on. Every store or online seller makes up their own name for each model of mattress in order to (among other things) prevent you from comparison shopping. The exact same mattress down the street will have a different name so you have to look at the line (eg: Simmon's World Class vs. Classic) and the type or firmness (firm, plush firm, pillowtop etc). However, if you read some of the threads on this forum, you will find the consensus is that almost all mattresses are made with cheap compressible foam, which will break down in months, if not weeks. The safest thing to do with your money, is to buy a firm mattress with beefy springs and very little (crappy) padding, then add a topper or two of either high quality foam, memory foam, or latex. This is essentially building your own pillowtop which can be replaced if it breaks down -- as opposed to going out and buying a whole new mattress. |
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| Any of those would be perfect for you. Just select something that looks nice in your price range . . instead of wasting your time researching the previous contributions to this forum. |
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sager66 wrote: Any of those would be perfect for you. Just select something that looks nice in your price range . . instead of wasting your time researching the previous contributions to this forum. sager66, if you think this forum is so worthless, why are you still wasting YOUR time hanging out here? |
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A very informative site that will also help educate you is http://blog.pennlive.com/mattress/ The writer is partial to Sealy latex mattreses as well as Sealy and S & F box springs and sells them at his store. Therefore he does have that bias. But...he will answer any question about any mattress and help you match names. He is also a big heavy guy with his own back issues and does not recommend the same thing for everyone. He seems to help people understand what they need without being a salesman. I have spent hours reading the site and it added to the education I received from this one. It takes about a week for a submitted question to get answered. The best thing you can do is spend the time it takes to educate yourself. I have spend 80+ hours in my spare time reading these two forums as well as epinions and cross referencing mattress names on google to see what equaled what. Once you think you know what you need after reading what others like you have tried and missed or tried and succeeded, make a list and go try out the mattresses that work for your body type and needs. Then decide if you want to buy a ready made one, a box spring with a do it yourself topper assortment, or something entirely from scratch.This site has wonderful help for the second and third option. I wish you success--Sabra |
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| I wouldn't trust that blog site. I posted about it before, and it is a biased front for a mattress salesman.. |
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| Novahelp--I did mention that in my paragraph! He is certainly partial to what he sells as well as what he likes to sleep on. At the same time, he provides information no one else does on the internet to help the consumer sort through every kind of mattress question if you don't intend to build your mattress. His blog provided a much needed part of my education, as does this one. |
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That guy, Peter is irritating to me at times. He definitely is biased. So if it's a Sealy or Stearns and Foster you want, he's your man. Just like there's another mattress guy out there who pushes Simmons. Sure, they'll answer your questions, but I can tell you for sure that Peter Cancelli doesn't always have the right information. I've had to correct him (in a private post) and he's not always agreeable or one to admit when he's wrong. Sabra wrote: A very informative site that will also help educate you is http://blog.pennlive.com/mattress/ The writer is partial to Sealy latex mattreses as well as Sealy and S & F box springs and sells them at his store. Therefore he does have that bias. But...he will answer any question about any mattress and help you match names. He is also a big heavy guy with his own back issues and does not recommend the same thing for everyone. He seems to help people understand what they need without being a salesman. I have spent hours reading the site and it added to the education I received from this one. It takes about a week for a submitted question to get answered. </p><p>The best thing you can do is spend the time it takes to educate yourself. I have spend 80+ hours in my spare time reading these two forums as well as epinions and cross referencing mattress names on google to see what equaled what. Once you think you know what you need after reading what others like you have tried and missed or tried and succeeded, make a list and go try out the mattresses that work for your body type and needs. Then decide if you want to buy a ready made one, a box spring with a do it yourself topper assortment, or something entirely from scratch.This site has wonderful help for the second and third option.</p><p>I wish you success--Sabra |
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He's a salesman alright. :-) But I'm pretty sure he doesn't hide that fact. He has a store in New Jersey (I think) and will be quick to sell you a mattress whereEVER you live. novahelp wrote: I wouldn't trust that blog site. I posted about it before, and it is a biased front for a mattress salesman.. |
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sager66 wrote: Any of those would be perfect for you. Just select something that looks nice in your price range . . instead of wasting your time researching the previous contributions to this forum. Sager66-- 328 posts... Do you ever have anything worthwhile to contribute? Just asking, cause you know, I wouldn't want to waste my time researching any of your previous contributions to this forum. This message was modified Feb 27, 2008 by cloud9
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cloud9 wrote: Sager66-- 328 posts... Do you ever have anything worthwhile to contribute? Just asking, cause you know, I wouldn't want to waste my time researching any of your previous contributions to this forum. Then that would be a big mistake on your part. Sager66 has been here 3+ years and the posts are informative, succinct and chock full of excellent information. The position is correct. Posters should not just show up and without doing any preliminary research/reading here whatsoever, toss out a question whether any of half a dozen piece of $hit mattresses are any good. Those questions are a disservice to everyone here. They lower the discourse. And the funny thing is--that approach generally is disadvantageous even to the poster since has so little time and energy invested in the process that little necessary information will sink in. |