Memory Foam Mattress?

Krayzie

I wonder if anyone around these parts has experience purchasing memory foam mattresses?

i've been looking around the interwebs for a couple weeks now but there's so many different brands and options out there I'm starting to get really confused. I'm going budget here (no $1400 temur-pedic for me) and looking to spend $400- $600 bucks. I'd like to get a queen size, but I'll go down to a full if the price gets too steep. Obviously I'm not looking for the best of the best, but I don't want a mattress that will crap out on me in a year either.

Here's some i've been looking at:

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Comfort-Dreams-Select-A-Firmness-11-inch-Queen-size-Memory-Foam-Mattress/3158654/product.html?rcmndsrc=4

http://www.sumolounge.com/memory-foam-bed-queen.php

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Comfort-Dreams-Select-A-Firmness-14-inch-Queen-size-Memory-Foam-Mattress/3437534/product.html?rsort=3#custreviews


Ive been itching to get that 11 inch comfort dream, but I'm scared by some of the bad reviews. I've tried a few in stores and I think a firmer mattress is right for me, but it seems like such a subjective thing who knows if one companies "firm" is anothers "soft" ya know? Has anyone else tried to get a cheap-ish memory foam mattress, and if so what are your experiences?

BradicusMaximus

A few months ago I got a full size 10" memory foam from woot.com for about 250 or so. I don't remember the name of the brand off the top of my head. I don't care how cheap the brand may be, its still a step up from my previous shitty mattress. However, I have only owned it for about 3 months now but so far I have no complaints. The only thing I can recommend is to try some out before you make the plunge. It makes a difference knowing what type of mattress is good for your back. If you don't mind me asking, what were some of the bad reviews? I'm at work so my interent viewing is limited.

Six

I just bought the mattress in your first link a few weeks ago. It's amazing.

My only advice is to get the softest option - it was equivalent to the "medium" options almost everywhere else.

I shopped for mattresses for some time, and in the end threw caution to the wind and bought the (much cheaper) Overstock option and couldn't be happier. Installation was a breeze, by the way. They make it sound like some ordeal, but you just move it into your bed, cut the wrapping, let it unfurl, and then pull the plastic off and you're done. It's not THAT heavy, either, so you can easily move it if needed.

Do it.

BradicusMaximus

Also, get a good mattress foundation. I compeletely forgot about that when I ordered my mattress, so for about a month I had it on top of a box spring. My bed basically turned into a coffin. It was not fun.

Dhalphir

I have no personal experience with memory foam itself. However, I do have experience with buying beds, and do not, whatever you do, ever, ever ever order anything relating to your bed online without trying it out. Your bed is the single most important item of furniture you can own, and you do NOT want a bad bed.

spool32

I also bought a bed from overstock.com, and we're thrilled with it. One thing to be aware of is that an 11 inch memory foam bed is not 11 inches of memory foam. It'll probably only have two or three inches of actual memory stuff. You need to check and see how much of the bed is actual memory foam, and how much is "core" normal foam. The more memory foam, the better (and more expensive) it will be.

I paid around $800 for ours a year ago and have slept great on it. It's a king, and it's I think 10in regular foam, 4in memory.

Thundyrkatz

I own a tempurpedic mattress. I was able to get it for a good price, as i agree that they are very expensive. However, the viscoelastic foam that is used in the tempurpedic is not the same as lower quality brands. Mostly in its ability to retain its supportive nature over time and the level to which it will give. Lower quality is more foamy and less supportive.

A couple things to note. The mattress should sit on a foundation not a box spring. This is a good thing as the foundation should be much cheaper then a box spring as it is essentially an upholstered wooden box.

The mattress will take some getting used to, i was disappointed in mine for a while, but stuck it out due to the amount we invested. Over all it took a good month to a month and a half to get used to it. Now its great and I have no complaints.

The major difference i had to get use to was the sensation of rolling out of a well every time i changed positions at night. This is the nature of the beast, the mattress conforms to your shape based on heat and weight. when you move to a new place on the mattress, it takes a bit for your body heat to react with the material and you "sink in" again.

Ours is really thick, so sheets don't go all the way to the corners all the time. This is actually OK, the material on the side is like a suede, so it actually grips better. Again, this is a Tempurpedic your may vary. But something to keep an eye out for.

Also, it sits very high. If this is an issue for you, you can get Low Profile Foundations, and they make a huge difference.

Good luck, hope it works out.

TankJitsu

My wife and I purchased a king size memory foam mattress from http://www.bedinabox.com/ and we've had it for close to 3 years now. It ships to your house all rolled up in a big burrito shape. You open it up and let it expand for 24 hours, and viola! You have a bed! It has not shown any deterioration or "denting" in the sleeping surface. Personally I love it. It does take some time to get used to, but after that, I was sleeping much better than before. The one drawback for me is that these types of mattresses are WARM. Because you essentially sink into it, you are almost in this little pocket of warmth. I personally like it cold when I sleep, so I often found myself sleeping with no covers or a fan on me. But it is still worth it in the morning when you wake up feeling great!

I also second what everyone else has said about a bed platform. DON'T put this on a boxspring or any other soft surface. Put it on the floor if you can't find a platform to put it on.

Jobastion

If ya want, you can also build yer own.
I put together an 8 inch queen bed by combining a five inch conventional foam "mattress" from a foam factory, and a 3 inch memory foam pad from Isoform. Plus a zippered mattress cover. Just dropped the memory foam on top of the conventional, zipped em, and took a nap. All made in America™
Ran about 250 3 years ago. Looks like inflation's popped that route up to about $320.

You can adhesive the two surfaces together with some simple spray adhesive from walmart, but I didn't find it necessary.

To make larger beds, just buy multiple conventionals for the bottom, then add more memory foam on top. Maybe a 5 and a 3 for the bottom and a 4 inch for the top. That'd get a 12 incher.

twotimesadingo

Six wrote: »

I just bought the mattress in your first link a few weeks ago. It's amazing.

My only advice is to get the softest option - it was equivalent to the "medium" options almost everywhere else.

I shopped for mattresses for some time, and in the end threw caution to the wind and bought the (much cheaper) Overstock option and couldn't be happier. Installation was a breeze, by the way. They make it sound like some ordeal, but you just move it into your bed, cut the wrapping, let it unfurl, and then pull the plastic off and you're done. It's not THAT heavy, either, so you can easily move it if needed.

Do it.

Yep, same here: have the bed in the first link. As Six[/b} says - and was confirmed during our own meticulous research into the area - in this particular model, most everyone is satisfied with the "soft" option, as it is still decently firm. For me and my girlfriend, it was a compromise on this: I like sleeping on the mattress equivalent of a sheet of 3/4" plywood, and she's most comfortable nestled in a 5' pile of goose down-alternative. This mattress works reasonably well for both of us.

If you end up going with this model, the only thing I'd add is this: if you're a hot sleeper, seriously consider picking up an iso-cool topper. I have one on there, and I still am miserable in August.


Also, as a comparison: say the average Tempurpedic is $2,000. We paid $460 total, after discounts, for our mattress and iso-cool topper. Given those prices, we could swap out our mattress every five years and still be looking at saving money over the twenty-year warranty period of the Tempurpedic. Economically, this made the most sense for us, especially given the compromise over the feel and density of the mattress. Of course, you can still make the argument that the Tempurpedic is more comfortable (and for me, given that I like firmer mattresses, it is), but that's definitely a subjective issue.

Six

twotimesadingo wrote: »

Six wrote: »

I just bought the mattress in your first link a few weeks ago. It's amazing.

My only advice is to get the softest option - it was equivalent to the "medium" options almost everywhere else.

I shopped for mattresses for some time, and in the end threw caution to the wind and bought the (much cheaper) Overstock option and couldn't be happier. Installation was a breeze, by the way. They make it sound like some ordeal, but you just move it into your bed, cut the wrapping, let it unfurl, and then pull the plastic off and you're done. It's not THAT heavy, either, so you can easily move it if needed.

Do it.

Yep, same here: have the bed in the first link. As Six[/b} says - and was confirmed during our own meticulous research into the area - in this particular model, most everyone is satisfied with the "soft" option, as it is still decently firm. For me and my girlfriend, it was a compromise on this: I like sleeping on the mattress equivalent of a sheet of 3/4" plywood, and she's most comfortable nestled in a 5' pile of goose down-alternative. This mattress works reasonably well for both of us.

If you end up going with this model, the only thing I'd add is this: if you're a hot sleeper, seriously consider picking up an iso-cool topper. I have one on there, and I still am miserable in August.


Also, as a comparison: say the average Tempurpedic is $2,000. We paid $460 total, after discounts, for our mattress and iso-cool topper. Given those prices, we could swap out our mattress every five years and still be looking at saving money over the twenty-year warranty period of the Tempurpedic. Economically, this made the most sense for us, especially given the compromise over the feel and density of the mattress. Of course, you can still make the argument that the Tempurpedic is more comfortable (and for me, given that I like firmer mattresses, it is), but that's definitely a subjective issue.

This was a big factor for me as well. At $400 for the mattress, I can replace it every few years and still come out ahead. Right now I'm in love with it, but if we decide we want something different in a few years, there will be no heartbreak in tossing it for something else. I realized there was some danger in buying a mattress sight-unseen (or unslept) I guess, but it was worth the risk to me and turned out great.

Djeet

I got the Woot 10" queen foam mattress for around $300 a year and a half ago. It may be badged as memory foam, but I don't think it is. It doesn't really react to body heat the way a tempurpedic does, nor is it quite as plush. It needs deep sheets, elsewise the fitted sheet comes off over time, and it may be an inch too long/short in one or both dimensions. That said it's still a step up (comfort-wise) to the traditional coil spring mattress it replaced. It was a good value buy for us as the old mattress was going.

My MIL has a nice $2K+ tempurpedic, and that's a different realm of comfort, like laying down in a deep bank of warm snow. It's actually kinda difficult to get up from it cause there's so much initial give. I like it a lot, but I like $2K more right now. Maybe when my current one goes in a couple years.

Think I might get a memory foam 2-3" topper when it gets colder.