Badm3at, best advice I can offer is to stay away from specific options that people recommend in this chat. Everybody is different so you can’t recommend a specific Mattress across multiple types of sleepers and bodies. A lot of these recommendations are a great value option, but with a budget that you are shopping ($3kish), you really wanna stick to a name brand so you don’t have a bad outcome. With off brands, the most common outcome is a bed that you can no longer sleep on because of comfort after only three or four years. The Sealy and Stearns and Foster options I recommended above, are built to last 15 years if you choose the right comfort. The Sealy Posturepedic option is around 2000 and the Stearns and Foster around 3000. Best of luck to you and I hope you find one that works out!
Hello. Been working for Mattress company for 10 years and have seen a lot. Top two recommendations would be Sealy Posturepedic elite tight top or Stearns & Foster estate medium or Studio medium.
I was able to try the S&F estate pillow top firm and it felt almost exactly like the lakeridge from costco, maybe a tiny bit softer because it has less memory foam and more polyfoam. The extra firm s&f estate tight top had little to no give at all
I tried 8 other mattresses before we settled on one... as in we had them in our home after thinking they were the right fit and then later realized they got too soft. The one we kept in the end was from costco.
My suggestion is to get a solid top for your bed frame or buy a bed frame with a solid top if you do not have one already. Cheap flexible slats only lead to problems in my experience. Some people use plywood but I would prefer a finished "nice" product. We went with a costco bedframe that has a solid top but some users have posted they can buy a solid top off amazon for a few hundred $ and it comes in 4 sections that you just lay on top of your existing slats.
The mattress we kept after going through 8 others is the Sterns and Foster 14" Tight Top. We have had it for 4 months now and it is still amazing without sagging, etc. Reviews on naplab or whatever the reviewer is pertains to the medium or soft euro pillow top which I do NOT recommend as it uses a lot of foam that can get soft quick where as the tight top has less but more dense material and then the springs. Look at the weight of each mattress, if it is not a all foam mattress and it is super heavy you are probably getting what you pay for.
Same here, S&F estate plush firm turned to mush after five years, when I turned it on its side to get rid of, it bulged outward like a balloon as everything inside collapsed!
Bought a Beloit Orthopedic medium firm , old school manufacturing technique, (flippable, encased coils, tufted cotton, no memory foam) reasonable cost, excellent bed and company.
I ended buying two sterns and fosters. Hubby and I can’t agree on firmness so we got two twins to make a king. His is a medium firm, mine is extra soft with a pillow top. They are in the “estate” line (mid priced).
Hey, former Mattress corporation exec here: of all the brands you mentioned, only Stearns and Foster has a reputation of true durability. But if you want a mattress that will really last 15+ years, you need to drop over $3k. The components to make a good mattress has become increasingly expensive, the quality that would have been a $700 mattress 20 years ago, is easily $3k now.
THIS! Yes, the Stearns estate line is a decorated Sealy, once you get to the luxe estate series, they start to stand out. But latex and Wool, as well as hand tufting, all good signs for a mattress
Avoid those perfectly rectangular hybrid mattresses, they start warping at the top seams. If you care about a lasting mattress NEVER buy a BIAB. A BIAB is a half made mattress, as a
Kingsdown is an excellent brand, they are the only brand that runs durability tests every mattress that leaves their plant. You can get one on sale for $3k, or haggle the price there.
No matter what you choose, expect a month of discomfort to acclimate to the increased support. If you’re coming off a really shitty lumpy bed to a nice one, your back will find discomfort as you’re using new muscles to help straighten your back.
Mattressfirm legit has the most value for the buck, but more important is they have a good return and exchange policy as long as the bed is bought new (not clearance) and it ain’t scuffed or damaged. Of all retailers, they tend to be the safe bet, and they’ll price match anyone if you have proof.
Hey, former Mattress corporation exec here: of all the brands you mentioned, only Stearns and Foster has a reputation of true durability. But if you want a mattress that will really last 15+ years, you need to drop over $3k. The components to make a good mattress has become increasingly expensive, the quality that would have been a $700 mattress 20 years ago, is easily $3k now.
Avoid those perfectly rectangular hybrid mattresses, they start warping at the top seams. If you care about a lasting mattress NEVER buy a BIAB. A BIAB is a half made mattress, as a
Kingsdown is an excellent brand, they are the only brand that runs durability tests every mattress that leaves their plant. You can get one on sale for $3k, or haggle the price there.
No matter what you choose, expect a month of discomfort to acclimate to the increased support. If you’re coming off a really shitty lumpy bed to a nice one, your back will find discomfort as you’re using new muscles to help straighten your back.
Mattressfirm legit has the most value for the buck, but more important is they have a good return and exchange policy as long as the bed is bought new (not clearance) and it ain’t scuffed or damaged. Of all retailers, they tend to be the safe bet, and they’ll price match anyone if you have proof.
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