Mattress Forum

If you are lying on your side, your shoulders and hips should sink in, but you should not hammock into the bed.  If you drew a line down your spine from between your shoulder blades down to your but, the line should be straight.  On a mattress that is too hard, there will be a curve to your spine.  If the mattress is too soft, you will hammock into it and there will be a curve to your spine.  The person who was 177lbs, would be best matched with the Hastens medium.  The gauge of the wire and the tension of the coils will keep that persons spine the straightest.

I have sold hundreds of Hastens beds and I would say that 99 out of 100 people who buy them absolutely love their beds. The biggest concerns are the price and the maintenance issues.

Hastens are made with a much higher quality of materials than other beds and they are hand made to further assure the quality. But this creates a bed that will cost much more than most beds. But if the bed is more comfortable, more supportive, cooler to sleep on and will last 50 years, it is worth it to most people.

The natural materials do settle. The typical Hastens mattress will lose about 1/2" of its thickness in the first year as it settles, so it is important to flip and rotate the mattress every 2 to 4 months for the first 12 to 18 months. After that, you can generally get away with flipping only once or twice per year.

I offer a no charge flipping service to my local customers as the beds are very heavy, but we ship these beds to all 50 states, so the flipping is something to keep in mind.

I also carry Carpe Diem Beds of Sweden and I am investigating several other brands of Swedish beds.

Carpe Diem has been extremely popular in my shops. It is the same quality as Hastens but uses natural latex instead of horse hair. This makes is slightly softer and it does not need to be flipped. The beds have modern look that my customers also love.