I just registered and I am posting this in gratitude to all of you who (unknowingly) helped us make a great mattress decision and to maybe help someone else. We were sleeping on a pillowtop mattress that we'd only had four years. Every morning I would eagerly jump out of bed to escape the aches in my back! We knew we'd made a mistake getting the pillowtop about one year into that mattress, but we had such a financial commitment to the thing that we suffered three more years. Stupid. Just purchased a Stearns & Foster Ultra Firm from the Estate Collection - they're called different things at different stores, as you all know. At Mattress Warehouse (Cincy) it's called Governor's Park, at Macy's it's Carried Away. Anyway, in both stores I laid on it a long time, and thought it perfect. At home, though, another story - too firm and bordered on uncomfortable, even though my husband and I both noticed our backs no longer hurt in the morning :). But we just yesterday added a 1" talalay latex topper (from foambymail) and it is exactly right - we both loved it last night. Mattress is still very firm, but just that 1" makes a huge difference. I waffled between ordering the 20 ild and the 32 ild (the only choices from foambymail) and ended up with the 20, figuring if the mattress was already too firm then the 32 might not help much. It was definitely the right decision. And I'm happy we got the firmer mattress in the first place - it's easy to add a topper, but can't remove softness (doing "surgery" would not have been for us!). Also, and just as an fyi, I was a little nervous ordering from foambymail after reading one or two spotty reviews on here, but my experience with them was near perfect. I had called them twice with information gathering, talking to two different people who were both very helpful. I ordered online on Monday and we received the topper on Wednesday, which was lightning fast, imo (Michigan to Ohio). Also, the foam I got looks perfect - off-white or a little cream colored, evenly colored, even holes, fit our king mattress exactly. Just our experience, but it was an A+ and their price was unbeatable. Anyway, thanks to all of you who've posted such great info here and I hope my post helps someone else.
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it mjtx2
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it mjtx2
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it jimsocal
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it hellbed
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it mjtx2
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it jimsocal
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Re: S&F with 1" talalay - love it tony
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