Series Four Plush Pillow Top

Hi there- I've been struggling for over a year - bought a Spring Air back supporter mattress -14.5G zoned coils and eurotop - my hips sink down in foam and then have hip pain and although it feels soft, I also get shoulder pain. I've tried so many different toppers and nothing has worked- Currently making my own zoned topper (softer foam 10ILD for shoulders and HR 28ILD firmer foam for hips to keep hips from sinking) but would much prefer a mattress that did not need a topper. I'm a petite (5') lightweight side sleeper with shoulder bursitis flares so shoulders need soft but hips need a medium-soft. I wish I could find a plush mattress with a zipper that would allow me to put a shim in the hip section. Seems so hard to find a medium-soft 4/10 mattress- all the soft ones are way too soft for my hips and every medium mattress 5 or 6/10 is too firm for me. Latex does not work. Trying to avoid zoned coils as it did not work well with the Spring Air. I see that some companies are now zoning the foam or using a shim piece. Would prefer a hybrid as I have never had an all foam mattress and I do sleep hot so not interested in all memory foam. Tempurpedic did not work- I tried the lux adapt medium hybrid- great for back, but terrible on my side. And their soft versions, I sank and then hit hard surface. I tried the BR world class 4 plush and it was way too soft. The level 3 plush felt too firm in the store so I thought the 4 would work but nope. I previously had a Stearns and Foster from 2016 that was a luxury plush pillowtop - always was a bit too firm for my shoulders but hips never sank and I was ok until 2 years ago when I was sleeping slanted as the edge support is too good. I tried the Stearns lux estate medium hybrid and it arrived defective - big hump in the center and I hated the deep divets. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Not sure how you saw the quality of the BR Series 4 doesn’t hold up? Those mattresses came out 1 year ago in 2024 and are pretty much an entirely new design and materials.

I returned mine for comfort reasons. But just saying you can’t really claim longevity issues on a 1 year old mattress

I purchased a Beautyrest Black series 4 less than 6 months ago and it is horrible. It already has sagging and imprints from where I sleep. I have seen numerous other complaints about this since I started having problems.

I’ll try to keep this brief and not lay out a novel. Currently my partner and I have a king Simmons Beautyrest Hybrid Pillow Top Plush which is about 5 years old. I’m 175lbs and 90% stomach, 10% side sleeper. She is 135lbs and about 50/50 side/back sleeper. The Simmons has been a great bed and even though it’s a plush, it seems equally as firm as some mediums we have tried out recently. We are both pretty active, no predisposed aches/pains, but haven’t been diligent in rotating our mattress so there’s some impressions in the mattress that have developed. That’s on us. Current frame and box springs are solid, so we will be looking at just a mattress purchase. So far we have made one trip to a furniture store and tried out: \- Sealy Ellie Lane EPT Medium - front runner so far (worried about durability due to price point, TBH) \- Sterns & Foster Estate Medium TT - runner up \- Sterns & Foster Lux Estate Firm EPT - initial comfort isn’t much better/different than above two options, although I wonder if durability will be better due to price/debsity \- Purple - not a huge fan \- Termpur Pedic - not a huge fan \- Dream Cloud - not a huge fan Full memory foams aren’t our preference, and we plan to go check out some nicer Beautyrest options as well as other options today. Any suggestions on what to check out? Update: post shopping today - we really liked the Beautyrest Black series one medium tight top. Update 2: the Sealy Elite medium tight top was also a top contender. We also became adjustable base fans. Update 3: [made a purchase](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mattress/s/U0PbNPDAD1)

I have been sleeping on a firm (originally) foam mattress for 17 years and have just bought a CA$1300 (King) Beautyrest spring mattress. Black Friday price, >50% off but always 40% otherwise… Seemed very good in store. What’s your feeling on inner spring vs foam?

I had a firm memory foam mattress for YEARS and I just recently upgraded to a plush pillow top beautyrest mattress and it has changed my life. For me personally, firm was not the answer. I do have a firm memory foam side sleeper pillow though! (Eli and Elm)

I've just learned I can't go wrong with a Beauty Rest Plush Pillow Top.