Please help in mattess decision
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I'm so glad I found this forum and have been learning a great deal. Here's my situation and I can really need some help: currently I and my husband are sleeping a futon mattress that's pretty much seen the end of its life and I have back pain. I'm a side sleeper at 140 lb, he's a stomach sleeper and weighs 280 lb. We have a firm inner spring mattress in the guest bedroom and have been sleeping on it. I like it but since he comes to bed late I wake up every night around 1am when he craws into bed from all the motion ( which I don't get with the futon mattress). The mattress is a Simmons Beautyrest ultra firm with pocketed coils. I've been to 4-5 stores and tried Sealy Posturepedic, Tempurpedic, SpringFree latex, Stearns and Foster, Beauty Rest. I'm getting confused with all the options. If I sleep on too soft or too rigid a surface I really get back pain. This weekend I'm hoping to get to IKEA to try out some of their foam mattresses. We have a queen platform bed. Here are a few that I like: Stearns & Foster Grenoble Firm from Sears Sealy Posturepedic Candle Glow Cushion firm, a reserve line from Sears My husband likes the Tempurpedic Advantage, but I have a lot of allergies and I'm worried I'll be allergic to the memory foam, and he usually feels hot while sleeping I like Sealy Springfree but worried it will not be supportive for my back I'm at wits end. I need something that gives a lot of support, toward the firm side, accomodating to a side sleeper and a stomach sleeper. Also it has to be strong enough to support a heavy guy. Thanks in advance. |
Re: Please help in mattess decision
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Hi, good luck in your search. The forums are a wealth of information. Go through and read as much as possible. Many people here recommend that if you go the spring route, then get something without a lot of foam and then buy foam to put on top of the mattress. I think that your concerns are valid regarding the tempurpedic. |
Re: Please help in mattess decision
| I just saw the part regarding the motion transfer. Pocketed coils do a good job dampening the motion transfer. Unfortunately they tend to wear quicker (especially the Beautyrest). While I am concerned with the beautyrest because your full is not keeping you from waking, a queen would do a better job. Check out the latex mattresses, especially the online companies where you can easily trade out different firmness of foam and customize the bed for each of you. |