Mattress Forum

Looks like "intellifoam" is a "resilient" polyurethane foam. "Theratouch" is a high density memory foam, also PU based, that is supposed to absorb motion and has a slower "memory" response. I'd guess like the Night Therapy would feel firmer, and would probably last longer, too, with its more solid PU foam base, in particular.

Hope this helps.

I'm curious from folks who have bought "memory foam" mattresses, since they are PU based, how long do they typically last? Longer than ordinary PU foam?

Thanks!

Hi Dallasgirl,

Tracking this thread with some interest and curious if you've made any decisions? 

The Aerus 12" looks like a winner to me.  They list their "open cell breathable" memory foam at 4 lbs which inspires some confidence while the Night Therapy 10" doesn't actually specify the weight suggesting 3 lbs at best.  Aerus also uses VPF technology that seems to promise better quality control and less off gassing in the final product. 

It's impossible to tell which one has the nicer bamboo cover and the Aerus is $184 more in the Eastern King with no base.  The Walmart Spa Sensations lists a velour cover.  For my money the Aerus 12" sounds like a higher quality and known quantity although all three have rave reviews (with the usual maddening negative reviews where one person says they don't like the mattress because it's too soft and the next because it's too firm.)

Good luck, looking forward to many pictures and a detailed report when you decide.

So--- since my husband isn't certain about the memory foam, we finally just ordered their super cheap firm flippable 8" mattress for like $300.

Night Therapy firm 8" firm king with 700+ 12 guage coils from Sam's + a topper! ;) http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod3710155&navAction=

I would love to buy a nice expensive firm mattress like Stearns and Foster or something,but they are about $1600-2000 for a king. While I dont mind spending the money and I could buy one from Mattress Firm here with a one year full refund, I am scared that it will be fine for a year and then in two years it will sag, the return period is up and as we know, no one intends to honor any kind of warranty. And then I'm out nearly $2,000 and furious.

So, for this round, I figured we'd go super cheap, and returnable nearly forever. At least now I'll have minimal expectations for this thing and if it lasts me two years I'll be happy :) And from what I can tell, 700 coils at 12 gauge for king is not so bad really. It's equivalent to the $800 Serta's at Sam's. Still not high quality, but maybe good enough.

Bought two toppers to try also-- 2" Aerus 3lb and 2.5" Aerus 4lb. So this way, I get some memory foam but it's not the entire bed.

Hopefully this bed will be FIRM. It should arrive on Friday and I'll keep you posted. At least if it's awful it's returnable with Sam's and it's returnable!

Well, I had a Stearns and Foster traditional line twin XL mattress in house for 4 weeks.  It had the individual coils, foam encasement, silk infused cover, .... but it also came dogged down with four 1" layers of some ordinary foam .. there's two 1" layers of 'hypersoft' in the quilt, a 1" layer of supersoft foam with 'Variable Response Technology'  and another 1" layer.

Tell you what, it didn't take more than 3 or 4 days for 'normal body impressions' to form (this is a cute way of saying the foam is permanently compressing somewhat).  Meanwhile the 'Plush' mattress was becoming firmer on me.  It was supportive, don't get me wrong, but I was not bowled over by the comfort layers. Then again I'm extra picky because I have a sorta bum right shoulder to deal with.

Now I know those four 1" layers are pretty much just 'the cheap stuff' in terms of foam, not high quality latex, or dense foam, nor memory foam.

And this twin XL set cost me $1126 with tax.  I believe the Queen set was about $1350 + tax.  Not cheap.