Mattress Forum

Select Sleep Cal-King 13,000 100% Natural Talalay Latex Mattress
my side:Soft/Medium/Firm/Firm
husbands side:Medium/Firm/XFirm/Xfirm 

 

Some days we woke up fine, other days my lower back was throbbing in pain and husband felt "achy all over" (he said he never felt like this on any other mattress and he travels alot). I tried his side and it seemed way too firm for me. We also tried different layer combos from the above. I was confused on keeping it or not because some days we felt fine, but the 90days was running out and I got nervous, so we returned it.

 

I keep thinking maybe we should have kept it and tried other layer combos, but I honestly don't have a lot of time/patience for that and I get confused thinking about all the different possible combos. I'm so dissapointed, I love the idea of Latex because its natural, durable and less prone to dust mites (husband is allergic), but now what? 

 

I'm thinking a firm/med firm basic high quality spring mattress and adding latex toppers if needed to soften it. but which innerspring and where to purchase? The more reviews I read, the more confused I get. I know all the "s" brands are poor quality and I hate the idea of buying from Sit N Sleep or some other sleezy mattress store. all the recommendations say "buy from somewhere w/a good return policy", but I havent found this w/regard to mattresses except Costco and some online latex mattress sellers.

so my questions are:

 

I feel stuck and don't know what to do! For various reasons, we don't have an old mattress we can use and are sleeping on an Aero bed. I have no "plan of action" and no idea what to try next which is really stressing me out.

Thanks for any advice.

Deborah