Felicity Pillow Top

I just went through the mattress gauntlet when my back gave up on our old one. A mattress topper bought us a few years but then it was time. We ended up with a dreamcloud hybrid (base model). We’ve had a foam for over 20 years and I wanted the springier feel of our guest bed which has springs, is an old Serta beautyrest or something. Knee between the legs. Supportive neck pillow. I have gotten a few of those weirdly shaped pillows off the internet. They work but don’t last very long (6 months?). I have been milking them for every last drop and then get a new one. Btw, I am a huge believer in PT and mobility. I think anyone can benefit at any time. However, I slept on the guest bed, my back/hips were fine. If I slept on the old bed my back was horrible. PT/stretching, etc was not going to fix that. Sometimes it’s just literally the mattress. I have a WILD story that I was in denial and my back pain was so bad one night it triggered my vaso-vagal response (that’s when someone passes out in response to pain or injury or blood) and I ended up with a concussion. I cannot make this crap up! So we ended up getting a new mattress… 🙈 my back is now up to its normal antics and not make you pass out in the middle of the night spasms antics

I tried both the black, hotel and trilliant mattresses at the store. For me I liked trilliant, followed by hotel, then black. Anything notable about those? I’ve read the customer service on the beauty test can be less than great.

Most mattresses have non-prorated warranties. Some are 7 - 10 years. Typically you’ll pay tax and delivery and get a credit for what you paid for that mattress. They call the process re-select at RTG. . It’s sad that these mattresses don’t last longer and it’s just a pain to make a warranty claim but so far we’ve gotten 4 mattresses in 10 years (upgraded along the way). Thanks for the reminder our king size BeautyRest sags about two inches even though the sales girl claimed there was extra support “for when you come together in the middle”. That’s our code phrase now.

Try a traditional innerspring mattress. It took me a while. I tried the beauty rest black.... it was okay. I HATE memory foam. I HATE sinking Into the bed. I want some give in my hips and shoulders but i do NOT want to sink in. I like being "on top" of the mattress and not IN the mattress. I grew up on a traditional innerspring mattress. A sealy from like 1995. It was great. Lasted me 15 years. From age 5 to 20. But.... alas.. sealy dont make them like thy used to. I ended up most recently going with "Gardner Mattress" based out of Salem, MA. They sell and make one thing: mattresses. They are not a middle man. They make them. And they sell them. And they carry ONLY their brand of mattress. But they make innerspring, they make innerspring with wool, innerspring with cotton/wool, and innerspring with natural latex and horsehair. Very traditional mattress construction. Out of the 30 mattresses on the floor, i liked 5 of them. Which is way more than could be said about anywhere else i went. So......maybe going to a place where what they sell is what they personally manufacture would be helpful??? Maybe there is no garnder mattress near you. But going to a place where they can be knowledgeable about the construction of their mattresses, the differences, and you can give feedback on what you like and dont like would be best. You can say "i like this firmess. I like that i can spring iut of bed. I like that when i sit down its not hard as a rock- nor do i sink strsight down. I like that i stay on top of the mattress".