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Greeting mattress experts and lurkers, I am a once-a-decade mattress buyer in need of assistance. Can anyone provide input for the Serta Icomfort foam mattress line? Specifically, I'm interested in the Revolution model king size. My initial search led me towards the Tempurpdic Rhapsody. However, many reviews suggest Tempurpedic's sleep "hotter" than spring or other foam mattresses. My wife is furnace so I dare not bring a mattress home which amplifies that issue. So, my next focus was the Simmons ComforPedic. My wife laid on every model and said they were "too springy" compared to the Tempurpedic and the iComfort. So we are down to one option right now, the iComfort. What I'm asking for help with is advice and comparison. The iComfort line of Serta is very, very new and this is possibly why there is no data or opinions on the internet. My heart is not set on the Revolution for $2,000 and I am genuinely interested in hearing advice and comments even if that information leads away from iComfort completely. Thoughts? Much appreciated, |
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My husband and searched for a mattress for several weeks..... ours was......YIKES.........twenty years old. I really hadn't thought about buying a new mattress, ours still looked like brand new, however, we weren't sleeping well and my husband wanted to upgrade from a queen to a king. After doing as much research as I could on the internet we were ready to purchase the Revolution. I thought I'd call around, just to see if I could find a better price anywhere. One of the chain stores in our area, was selling out to Sleep Country and did have one Revolution/king left in the warehouse..... FORTY percent off. Dandy, except there would be no 120 day sleep guarantee, no warranty, no returns..... scary stuff. Since we hadn't purchased a mattress for twenty years, it was a bit of a leap of faith, but it saved us $1,000. Hard to pass up. We reasoned that we had been satisfied with our other bed and didn't have a warranty issue, and we could probably sell it for what we had paid if we hated it.
We love it. If we had the choice to do over though, we'd have gotten a queen again. I freeze at night and I really miss the body heat from my husband. He was even cold. So much for the bed sleeping "hot". There were complaints about the smell from other posters. Ours was made about a week before it arrived (had the date made clearly posted on the outer wrapper) and it had no smell whatsoever. We both have problems with out backs and feel like the pain has been reduced and my husband said I no longer snore. WOW.
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My wife and I purchased the iComfort Revolution and have slept on it for about two months now. And, we both loved the comfort and soft/firmness! I have a small back problem and often don't sleep throughout the night. Now, we both sleep soundly throughout the night. We also heard that the fixed frame was somewhat flimsy, so we went ahead and bought the adjustable base too. Wow, this base also has massager built in! Now, we can prop up our heads and feet in comfort while watching TV or reading a magazine. The base is pricey, but we felt it was worth the investment. Overall, we're very happy with this sleep system. KT in Arizona |
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Every response on here (just about) is similarot my experience selling the iComfort beds. I am a huge proponent of lettingyour back be the decision maker since it is the partof your body that screams theloudest when you are not happy. For most of the top brand/manufacturers you will find that if you sleep warm in one bed, you will probably sleep warm in another and no one bed could change that much. For the person who used to sell Tempur, I discovered that Tempur has changed out every cover of the earlier mattress to be more breathable and couple with their air flow system, it makes it difficult to allow heat build up which in turn radiates the heat back towards the sleeper. For the person asking about the air flow channels, the gel in the iComfort (at least in what I have been able to determine through testing them myself in a store) seems to keep heat from building up (much like the gel inserts you canputin your shoes). For "firehawk343" I think the price is relative to the comfort. If you are between two particular beds, spend at least 15 minutes in eachof them withyour partner. Discuss what you are feeling and experiencing. Take note of the way your muscles are reacting and the stress orpain in your lower back or extremities. If one feels better than the other go for it! (Warranties and exchange options are there if you chose incorrectly) If you cannot feel the difference in your back and only feel the difference whn yu see the price tag, buy the one that is easier on your wallet. If it doesn;t work, you can move up from there. I understand that Serta spent 7 years of "real world" testing befoe everplacing the 25 year warranty and the 120 day exchange option. Other major manufacturers (most names start with an "S") did not have huge success with many of their memory foam options... I have not seen ANY claims on the iComforts since they hit our floors and I am still selling about a 50/50 mix of Tempur to iComfort even with the price differences... comfort is king when finding a mattress. Sleep Well "firehawk343"! |
| Well it seems that I have read complaints about the poor quality if the icomfort foundation and outgassing issues. Can anyone advise me about the Simmons Comforpedic "Phenom" made for Sleepy's? The 12 inch thick mattress is supposed to is supposed to be the same as theSimmons Harmony with the Sleepy's label on it. I am trying to compare this to the icomfort Revolution, but I cannot find a store that displays both beds. Any good info would be appreciated, thanks. |
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I was in the market for a mattress and after what I felt was a pretty nice amount of online research, I narrowed my sights down to Tempurpedic, Comforpedic, and I think maybe two others....but I was pretty certain I didn't want a spring mattress. That ended up being a little funny because just in browsing and not trying to put to limits on my search, we found some pretty damn nice spring mattresses out there that actually almost got me to pull the trigger on. But I forced myself to really hone my attention to my body's alignment and any small "tugs" or "pulls" I was getting from the mattresses I was testing. I'm a fairly big dude, so I know I couldn't go with anything that wasn't supportive...I.E. too soft. HOWEVER, I travel a lot and I see a lot of hotel beds, some outstanding and some terrible...and in my experience, even as a big dude, I know I like the plushy feel of a great softer mattress while still acknowledging that in order for my bodyframe to NOT be bowing while laying sideways, I need a supportive bed. But I hate the FEEL of a "supportive" bed. I dont like feeling like when I'm rolling over, I'm rolling on the kitchen floor. So for a mattress to really grab my attention, it had to have the support that would relieve my side, back, and hips of those little pulls that you get when you are on a mattress that's allowing your body to bow, while at the same time, it had to be cushy enough so I dont feel like I'm rolling on a stiff mattress of styrofoam, allowing me to basically feel the pressure of my entire weight be focused on a few pressure points we all have when laying on a mattress. Well the Tempurpedic Cloud was extremely nice in the plushy area and supportive...really a great mattress (for sleeping ONLY). But after all the hub-bub about the sleeping hot thing, I definitely had to keep that in mind because I absolutely hate that and the other thing, which ended up being a deciding factor for me was...the slow bounceback when moving from one spot to the next. Beds are not only used for JUST sleeping and when if I've been laying/sitting in a spot for a nice minute, I dont want to feel like I have to climb out of a hole, nor do I want to roll out the hole onto a stiff area of the bed that has to take time to "accept" me. Reaction time became more important to me the more I tested...which brings me to the iComfort beds. Next to the Tempurpedic area was the iComfort mattresses and when I first layed on them, they were very nice. Eventually I made my way to their top model, the Renewal Refined series and IMMEDIATELY I knew this was IT!!! It had a fast bounceback response, it had wonderful support, and it felt like I was laying on the palms of God. Super plushy. Of all the beds I'd tryed out, this had all the things that were important to me, except price. It was very expensive...but the hell with it. I had to have the bed because it wasn't like you go out and buy a mattress every year. I'm currently waiting to get it home tomorrow and I will report back my immediate feeling of it after one night of sleep on it and then after a month or so. But I can't WAIT!!! |
| I think you will be tickled pink with your purchase... remember your bed will be much firmer than in the store, my advice is to walk on the mattress every change you get, sounds dumb, but it works... I kept telling myself, in time it will get softer and be perfect as opposed to changing for the softer one and in time it is too soft... I laid down on the tempurpedic and I thought someone had a heating pad on it, it was that hot for me within 2 minutes time. Again, we bought the adjustable bed and my ONLY regret is we didnt buy it YEARS ago.... |
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Sunny wrote: I think you will be tickled pink with your purchase... remember your bed will be much firmer than in the store, my advice is to walk on the mattress every change you get, sounds dumb, but it works... I kept telling myself, in time it will get softer and be perfect as opposed to changing for the softer one and in time it is too soft... I laid down on the tempurpedic and I thought someone had a heating pad on it, it was that hot for me within 2 minutes time. Again, we bought the adjustable bed and my ONLY regret is we didnt buy it YEARS ago.... Also, consider your lightweight icomfort box spring foundations versus the brick house all wood Tempurpedic fixed foundations which btw, weigh quite a bit. |
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SleepyMan wrote: My husband and I have been looking at the Tempur-pedic beds and went in to possibly buy one yesterday. The salesman showed us the iComfort Revolution and now we’re torn! We love the idea of the Cool Gel technology, as my husband is a warm sleeper. The bed in the store felt amazing and we loved the adjustable base to adjust to relieve frequent acid reflux symptoms and snoring (all my husband). The reviews on this site make it sound as amazing and we felt it was after leaving the store. However, after reading some other reviews on other sites, lots of people are saying they’ve had their WORST night’s sleep on the iComfot and aren’t even willing to give it time for the “break-in period”. This makes me nervous. I don’t want to spend so much money on a mattress, only to be miserable. I don’t see any reviews on Consumer Reports since it seems this mattress is still very new, and I’m looking for some unbiased reviews (not the ones that Serta chooses simply because a person says they love their product). We are considering the iComfort Revolution, but we are nervous because of the wide spectrum of reviews we are reading - both positive and negative. We are looking to buy a new mattress in the next week or two…help! |
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I just spent my first night on my new serta icomfort insight queen with adjustable base.
First, let me say that one of my worries from reading the reviews on this forum was the smell from the bed. I get bad headaches and planned on letting it air out for a couple of nights in case it smelled. It did not smell and I was able to sleep on it the very first night. Second, as others have stated when I first got the bed it was hard as a rock. When the delivery guy showed off the adjustable part the matress did not bend, was actually kind of funny..:) The delivery guy told me that it was in the truck for an entire night before they delivered it and it was near freezing that night. He said to give it a few hours and lay on it for a while. I did that and it did in fact softened up to about what I expected from the store. I have only spent one night on the bed and can tell you that it was good....not great, but good. I am now wondering if I should of bought the revolution. I get 120 days to try this bed so if I don't think I got my moneys worth I will send it back. The store had a trade in policy but I told them I would not buy it unless they offered a full refund after the trail period. I also insisted that they include the adjustable bed in the return if I did not like it. I agreed to pay an $80 return delivery fee and nothing else. They agreed. Many people don't realize but most stores only mean that you can return the matress not the adjustable bed. I suggest anyone insist on the same as you can always threaten to buy from another store. I am posting this so that others who want an unbiased opinion don't have to wonder about things like the smell. I can't say there is no new bed smell...there is a little, but not much at all. When I was in the store the Tempurpedic smelled so bad it was the reason that I went with iComfort. Once I decided on iComfort the sales guy told me the new Tempurpedic's smelled up the store the first few days they were there. Also the bed did sleep cool, but it is November so that is not saying much for now...:) Let me know if anyone has any other questions regarding my experience with the serta insight. This message was modified Nov 30, 2011 by trautpa
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trautpa wrote:
I just spent my first night on my new serta icomfort insight queen with adjustable base.
First, let me say that one of my worries from reading the reviews on this forum was the smell from the bed. I get bad headaches and planned on letting it air out for a couple of nights in case it smelled. It did not smell and I was able to sleep on it the very first night. Second, as others have stated when I first got the bed it was hard as a rock. When the delivery guy showed off the adjustable part the matress did not bend, was actually kind of funny..:) The delivery guy told me that it was in the truck for an entire night before they delivered it and it was near freezing that night. He said to give it a few hours and lay on it for a while. I did that and it did in fact softened up to about what I expected from the store. I have only spent one night on the bed and can tell you that it was good....not great, but good. I am now wondering if I should of bought the revolution. I get 120 days to try this bed so if I don't think I got my moneys worth I will send it back. The store had a trade in policy but I told them I would not buy it unless they offered a full refund after the trail period. I also insisted that they include the adjustable bed in the return if I did not like it. I agreed to pay an $80 return delivery fee and nothing else. They agreed. Many people don't realize but most stores only mean that you can return the matress not the adjustable bed. I suggest anyone insist on the same as you can always threaten to buy from another store. I am posting this so that others who want an unbiased opinion don't have to wonder about things like the smell. I can't say there is no new bed smell...there is a little, but not much at all. When I was in the store the Tempurpedic smelled so bad it was the reason that I went with iComfort. Once I decided on iComfort the sales guy told me the new Tempurpedic's smelled up the store the first few days they were there. Also the bed did sleep cool, but it is November so that is not saying much for now...:) Let me know if anyone has any other questions regarding my experience with the serta insight. Careful with a Revolution if you're thinking Insight is too firm. Give it at least 3 or 4 weeks. I had Revolution for 4 weeks. Insight has 2.75" gel mem foam. Revolution has 3" Koolcomfort, 2.75" gel mem foam both over the 6" core. Nevermind the board says 2" Koolcomfort, get out you tape measure. Bottom line, Revolution is MUCH more plush and has quite a bit of sink which *may* lead to neck or back misalignment. It did for me. So, be careful. Good you're on the adjustable base, 'cause the Stabl base foundation are cheesy, they bend in middle. This message was modified Dec 1, 2011 by slpngoc
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