Where can I get the best/cheapest DURABLE mattress springs?
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As some of you old timers here know, I have been building my own mattresses for years, from hd foam, latex and memory foam. My latest experiment (as of the last 2 years or so) has been to put hr foam and various latex and/or memory foam toppers over hr foam cores in a tri-zoned, layered manner - all this over my old Sealy springs. I have never been 100% happy with this but I think in part it's because these have not been good springs. Also because my back hurts NO MATTER WHAT I sleep on. (I've slept on tons of different mattresses, from flobeds to Tempurpedic to Spring Air to Englander to Jiron etc. and all of them leave me with a stiff back after about 5-7 hours sleep. However, some are worse than others...Actually the best of all has been the Jiron, but they are only available in Central America.) Anyway, using my own foam over Sealy springs was achieved by doing mattress surgery, tearing everything out that was sitting on top of the springs of my Sealy mattress, leaving the side coth of the mattress, and replacing everything inside with the above, then putting a cuddlebed topper over the whole thing. Anyway, the problem is that the Sealy springs, which are about 7 years old now, are clearly shot. I can feel the lack of support in the middle of the springs where my mid-section is. So what I want to do is buy the cheapest durable springs I can get. Any ideas? I am clearly open to thinking outside the box. I could buy a cheap S mattress - even used - and then perform surgery on it - as long as I know that the springs are still good. Or I could look for a sale on a new S mattress and, hey, even sleep on the new mattress and see if I like it. If not, tear the cheap crappy foam it is made with out of it and replace it with my HR foam etc. But I've also been wondering about maybe using one of those wood slatted type deals that some latex mattress sellers recommend - the ones that are adjustable for firmness of the wooden "springs" (slats). Anyone tried one of these for their latex or mem. foam? Know of one that I might consider? I am thinking it would be impossible to just go out and buy the "springs only" from a manufacturer who could sell me the mattress before they put the cheap pu (good name for it) foam on top to create an S mattress... If I go the route of buying an S mattress just for the springs, which brand has the best bang for the buck? Who would have the best springs for the money? Englander? (I once slept on an Englander that I actually liked. The main reason I didn't buy one was because they had no sleep guarantee - you buy it, you're stuck with it, period. Are Sealy and Spring Air springs the same? Anyone here maybe a mattress dealer who can steer me towards the best springs in a cheap S no-frills mattress? Note: I have not googled all this yet, I thought my first stop would be here to see if maybe someone here has some ideas off the top of their head before I do a major search elsewhere. As you may imagine, looking for and reading tons of web sites for spring specs doesn't sound real inviting... |
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Re: Where can I get the best/cheapest DURABLE mattress springs? Kait
(Jan 12, 2009 1:44 PM) -
Re: Where can I get the best/cheapest DURABLE mattress springs? jimsocal
(Jan 13, 2009 12:17 AM) -
Re: Where can I get the best/cheapest DURABLE mattress springs? imjay
(Feb 2, 2009 4:47 PM)