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So I still haven't made up my mind on what I want to do. But I am leaning towards trying to find a so-called 'good' firm coil mattress with minimal padding and purchasing separate toppers. I have gone through most all the threads, several more than once. I see some talk here and there about doing this, but there don't seem to be a lot of recommendations on what makes for a 'good' coil spring and who makes it. Can I have some advice on that topic? Second, I feel very insecure about the 2-3" topper recommendation. Even at my healthy, non-obese female weight I feel concerned about that 2-3" is not enough padding. It seems like a body would just sink through that amount and feel whatever is underneath. I'm a side sleeper and right now, more than the body depressions we've got going on in our current mattress, the hardness is what is killing me, especially in my hips. My hip bones protrude and so I really need some cush there. Maybe some assurance? Does anyone find they need to go thicker? thanks, i appreciate your putting up with my journey for comfort. |
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Hi.. seems like most of the people here are making their own mattresses with toppers.. what an industry this is.. unreal at outrageous prices and we are all at their mercy..!! I have had so many defective mattresses in the last 4 years it just boggles my brain and my body..Sealy had some awful problems with their pillow tops and thus removed them from my home more times than I can count.. then was told never to buy a pillow top.. excellent advice because that is what you are purchasing.. that topper is all, once that breaks down the mattress is shot.. and sooner than later you will get your coffin.. Got rid of that and decided there was NO coil mattress worth a my money anymore especially with the NO flip advantage to at least gain a few more years of wear.. then off to a Sealy Spring Free latex.. it was wonderful in the first year and then it started to push against my body causing much hip/back & neck pain.. didn't realize what was happening at first but it was the material of latex that I now realize was fighting me back..pushing to come up all night as your body lays on it and believe me it has a will of its own.. in year two this monster was a force to be reckoned with.. and then the worst came it bowed all across the middle and was in year two and a rep came and declared it dead....now I am thrown out to the mattress industry to be once again at their mercy to find something that feels good and will hold up for at least a few years for all the money they want from me.. I found that the coil mattresses just felt uncomfortable and just not carressing my body.. so then went to the Tempurpedics.. loved one of them but at 5,000 it was a real drain for me..I still had a credit from the bad springfree, so I knew there was no mattress that would find me even in price with nothing out of pocket..they now direct me to the poor man's memory foam.. the I Comfort from Serta.. I must say the minute I layed on it I was impressed...husband loved it.. so then shelled out another 1500 on top of my credit which now brings the value to 3,000 to get into this bed. It arrived very firm and no smell and I am approaching 2 months now.. I have had a love / hate relationship with it, husband loves it and I am starting to have some comfort with it.. but is there any one bed out there that is the bomb.. just trial and much error.. I can sympathize with all here that are searching for a good nights sleep with no pain in the morning and hope the industry will start making better beds or fewer choices for less confusion when making a purchase that is so expensive and so hard to know what you have actually bought until you get it home and sleep on it for a few weeks.. good luck out there and Happy Zzzzzzzz's to all... |