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".
I suggest staying AWAY from firm and depending on your weight, possibly even staying away from medium firm.
Depending on your weight, you might try the 12" Zinus Green Tea Cooling Memory Foam medium mattress. *If you order it direct from Zinus, they offer a 100 night guarantee
We recently slept on this mattress for 60+days while in temporary housing and neither of us had back/hip issues and we slept amazing and solid through the nights.
We are both lightweight (126 & 175lb) side sleepers.
Also, our backs / hips never bother us when sleeping on Marriott brand hotel mattresses.
Firm and medium firm traditional and memory foam mattresses have ALWAYS caused us problems.
We have tried:
-Traditional individually coiled firm Sealy Posturepedic
-14" Medium Firm Novaform
-12" Comfort Tech Serene (husband accidentally ordered firm instead of medium and we kept it instead of returning it)
All those mattresses have caused us issues.
I did further research and narrowed it down to needing either a medium Memory Foam or Medium Plush Hybrid. The medium plush hybrid would closer match what the hotels use so we're in the decision process of which to purchase.
I just got a sealy posturepedic which has memory foam on top and springs underneath. I previously shared with husband a temper cloud and honestly that was too soft. I was clenching all night.
Huh? Mine is a Sealy - and it’s a pocket coil mattress (posture pedic range iirc). I like it personally. My last mattress is also from Sealy but I didn’t have any problem with it🤷🏻♀️
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