Buyer's remorse from an "S" brand! I need a replacement! Suggestions?!?!
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I recently bought a Stearns & Foster Estate Eureka Springs luxury firm full mattress from Mattress Discounters and I think I may have made a mistake. Even though I came across this forum about a month ago, I still took a chance with an "S" brand. My back was in pain from the hammocking of the old mattress and I bought it due to desperation. For the first few days my back hurt but it gradually went away. The mattress salesman said that my back may hurt for the first week or so because my back muscles were returning back to their normal state after being stretched out due to my previous mattress. It has been 2 weeks now and my back pain has returned! In fact, it hurt so much this morning I had to get up early since I couldn't take it anymore. My girlfriend, whom I share the mattress with, says her back pain has disappeared and has no complaints. Now I am asking myself the following questions: -Should I just wait it out for a few more weeks to see if my back pain goes away? -Is the size of the bed contributing to my back pain? (Should I go for a larger size?)---> It is a full size mattress. I am 5'8", 150lbs. My girlfriend is 5'4", 100lbs. -Is the setup of the bed to blame?--->The mattress rests on a murphy bed platform. -Should I replace the foam inside? -New bed?--->Latex, maybe? -Topper? The comfort guarantee allows me to exchange the bed within 60 days. I prefer not to go that route since they will charge me for delivery and 10% of total costs and I could save that money toward other bed improvements. I am thinking about mattress surgery to replace the foam inside for more premium stuff but I'm not sure how to do that and am concerned with closing it up. I know a lot of people on this forum recommend latex beds, but that will have to be my second to last resort since it is not in my current budget due to the money already spent on the present mattress, but I may buy one down the road so I'm open to suggestions on that as well. That's all the gripes/concerns I can currently think of so please provide any suggestions you can. Thanks in advance! |
Re: Buyer's remorse from an "S" brand! I need a replacement! Suggestions?!?!
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I like what Jim says about the latex and layering. Latex is a different puppy, you like it or might not like the feel. Jim, didn't you do a layering with latex and memory foam on your springs? The feels are different and could balance each other out, I think. You might not even need 3" of latex, hard to say. I would say that the bed has too soft of foam for your back presently, which will not get better with time. If your girlfriend doesn't have a problem with her side, you could possibly just futz with yours(that's what I did). Cheaper that way. If you do need to cut foam try an electric knife. Cheap investment. Mark first and then go. Good luck! Kait |
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Kait is right, an electric carving knife is great. I got one at Target for about $10.It cuts ALL kinds of foam very easily and efficiently. I even used it on a 6" piece of Omalon and though it was slow it got through it okay! I am using a 3/4" soft latex on top over a 1" layer of Venus (I actually recommend Sensus instead because it's cheaper but I made the mistake of buying my Sensus in a 2" layer and 2" is too thick for me, so I use the Venus.) Some day I'd like to try a layer of Dunlop to replace the HR and a couple different ILD's of latex to replace the Venus maybe, but right now the above is working pretty well. |