Queen split box spring vs. one piece?

[TC2334]

Queen split box spring vs. one piece -- Is a split box something you'd only want to do if you had to, to get it into the room? With king mattress sets, I read a log of complaints that the mattress develops a hump in the center with a depression on either side, becasue of the frames of the adjacent box springs underneath it. Truth, or urban legend? Might the same thing happen with a queen set? If there's a chance that the frame ridge in the center will have adverse effects on the matterss, I'd be better off to get a one-piece spring. But, to insure that it will fit easily into any house, the split box would offer a nice option. But I am leaning toward a one-piece now and only replace it with a 2-piece later, if I really need a 2 piece. Somebody please talk me out of it if that's a bad plan. I don't know anyone who has opthe for a split box on a queen set.
Don't say foam mattress. I dislike them all. :-D

 

[Angel]

I've had a queen with a split box spring since 2001. Its my daughter's bed now (my hubby & I have been through a few since then) but it has developed no ridge or depressions or body impressions. Its an Ethan Allen, and it has a pillow top with what they were then calling (I think) "nasa foam". Its been a great mattress. It is worth noting that the center edges of the split boxes are NOT hard framed, they are rather flexible. I absolutely love these when its moving time, when I'm rearranging the room, and when I'm spring cleaning.

We needed a king or else we never would have stopped sleeping on it. We got a king Stearns & Foster in 2003 or 2004 with a split box. It developed body impressions in less than one month. Giant ones, it was like sleeping in a bed with two bowl-like pods carved into it. This was the beginning of our mattress journey, which is still ongoing. I attributed the depressions in that mattress to a distinct lack of quality by Stearns & Foster, and to the type of foam that it was constructed of.

So from my experience its the type of foam/lack of proper construction that is the cause, but I am interested to hear others' experiences on this. If I were to get a split box today, I would definitely have the same concern as you if each box was hard-framed on the center edge.

 

[TC2334]

Thanks. I'll make a note to check the construction before I buy. I am leaning toward buying a set from Original Mattress Factory. It's in the $700 range. But I'll still looking at other options. Or trying to. It's hard to do from a small town in a rural region. We have furniture stores but they all carry the same "S" brands that everyone here is swearing at, lol. I have to go to Pittsburgh or Cleveland or MIchigan to find anything else.

 

[budgy]

The ridge effect seems to happen in kings just because most modern mattresses develop pretty noticeable body indentations, one on each side of the middle of a king bed is super common. Not likely to get this in a queen due to split bases.