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... |
sager66, if you think this forum is so worthless, why are you still wasting YOUR time hanging out here? |
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 |
I wouldn't trust that blog site. I posted about it before, and it is a biased front for a mattress salesman.. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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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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. |
Ahhhh... you were being sarcastic. That went over my head. That's the danger of virtual communication I guess. The subtle (and not so subtle) nuances of sarcasm are easily misinterpreted without the benefit of voice tone or facial expression. I'm relieved to know that you weren't dissing all previous contributers to this forum... just the poor guy asking a question. |
For those of us who are convinced that the Big S companies and others sell mattresses made of pure crap materials, it is difficult to answer these questions without sounding like curmudgeons who hate all mattress manufacturers (which, okay, I basically am! ;-D ) I mean, the facts are the facts: Sealy loads most (if not all) of their mattresses with crappy unsupportive material. I defy anyone to prove me wrong. I will venture to guess that Serta, Spring Air, Sterns and Foster, Simmons, etc. - all the "big" manufacturers - also load their mattresses with super soft non-supportive foam and other junky materials that provide no support and wear out very quickly. So it's my inclination to tell people this when they ask about a Big S mattress... I don't know who runs this forum and why they started it, but I am thankful that it exists and that they allow people to call them as they see them. |