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Whoa! 4 months ago (Labor Day sales) I *also* bought a Prosser Hills from Costco, though mine was Plush, size Full. I am underwhelmed, because there seems to be a ridge running lengthwise, head to foot. C'mon, I weigh all of 115 pounds and have made a point of trying to sleep in the center of the bed! I shouldn't be feeling anything except fully rested. My Costco does not have display beds. Do you know what the "street" model name is for your Stearns & Foster Kirkland? So I could maybe find it to test at Mattress Firm or other showroom. Is it the Studio model? I liked that one while I was shopping around. I'd like to stay with Costco, certainly for the price & guarantee, but also because I'm a little old lady in a small city apartment and manoeuvering these behemoth mattresses is beyond me.

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.

For me it's taken a lot longer than it should have (got it in mid-August), but I'm going to put that mostly down to my reluctance in dealing with reality after thirteen months+ of pain. I just came back from a trip where I slept like a baby for a week on a "plush firm" mattress (made by a local company that is very unfortunately 2k km away). So I'm finally facing the fact I can't do this with the Saatva any longer. I don't think it's changed noticeably in feel past the first two months at the longest, to be honest. I probably could have broken it in sooner if I hadn't been tinkering with various toppers trying to deal with the discomfort. The Classic luxury firm does have its strengths for me: The support is so much better than my first, greatly mis-/ill-informed attempts (Sealy's Medium Spring and a Stearns & Foster Studio). I do love the responsiveness of the Saatva's springs, which I had been hoping for when I first set out to replace the much-beloved '90s Sertapedic Grand Master I had to give up a year ago because it began to leave me in agony all day every day for weeks. But I think the lack of contouring with the Saatva is doing me in. My hip hurts when I sleep on my side. My lower back hurts when I sleep on my back. It ranges from moderate to severe discomfort and even pain. While I'm not technically "heavyweight" the way mattress companies and sites categorize it (230+), I'm average height (5'9"), solid, and have (alas) not the narrowest hips. I'm also a bit of a furnace, my partner lovingly adds, so the breathability of the coil-on-coil design helps. But the comfort layer doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm not sure how much of that is due to the thinness/lower density of the polyfoam above the 4" microcoils, the effect of the memory foam they use in the center for zoning (see the comments on the Helix models below), or the combination. Saatva was great about sending their polyfoam topper a while back, and that does mitigate at least some of the firmness. My hip hurts less with it, and my back pain is generally better but some days just different. The topper feels like it keeps a bit more heat trapped, though, and it deadens the responsiveness of the springs, which defeats the purpose (for me) of going with the Saatva Classic over another model or brand. I also don't think I've got great alignment with the topper. The longer I use it the flatter it feels, so the less it helps. I don't recall the density of the polyfoam they use in this topper, but it doesn't feel above average - so, being solid, I probably don't benefit from it as much as someone lighter/less dense. Last week I looked into that "plush firm" mattress that seemed to work really well for me on my trip. The maker lists its specs as 2.0mm gauge 8" pocket coils under 2" medium-firm foam with a further 1" plush foam layer on top. The mix of strong support but plusher top I feel with that mattress isn't something I've found anywhere in the mainstream models on the showroom floors at big box stores, or even in much of the online segment. Unfortunately the majority of the models I've seen make support and plushness vary inversely so that I can't get the support I need to keep my hips from sinking in too much without going up to a firmness level that prevents my hips from sinking in enough. Looking for coils of a similar gauge led me to plus size mattresses, which I hadn't considered before. The comments here and on Mattress Underground suggest that some models labeled "plus size" may still be great for people not 230+. It's also very appealing that the materials used in these models are likely to be more durable. Thanks to these comments I found the Titan Plus Elite, and I drove an hour each way to test it at a small store last weekend. For me it compared favorably to the Helix Plus Elite (too firm for me for side sleeping) and the Helix Midnight Elite (hips sank while I was on my back). I had already tried the Helix Midnight Luxe elsewhere: the one without the ErgoAlign layer seemed plush enough for side sleeping but my hips sank just a bit too much, whereas the one with the ErgoAlign layer provided somewhat better alignment but did so by being too firm in the middle for comfort on my side. (It reminded me of the very artificial-feeling "anti-sag" hump in the middle of the Sealy's Spring Medium and even the memory foam zone in the Saatva.) The Titan Plus Elite gave me the support I was looking for - the gentleman in the shop said there was perfect alignment on my side, which I could really feel - and while I did feel pressure while lying on my side, it didn't seem to be translating to the discomfort I've felt quite distinctly on these firmer/zoned models. On my back I seemed to feel that comfort layer filling in the lower back in the way that feels lacking on the Saatva. I wonder if the pressure relief is due to the softer top inch of pillow top, the supportively pliant TitanFlex layer below, the microcoils helping to distribute weight, or the entire package. (Naplab's testing also shows a lighter and more even distribution of pressure on the Titan Plus Elite compared to the Saatva Classic luxury firm, which has a pronounced hotspot on the hip that I'm definitely feeling.) I also liked the cushiness of the Aurora Luxe (medium pillow top), but I was not quite as confident that it was going to keep my hips up as well as the Titan. I ordered the Titan this past weekend, so it should hopefully be on its way soon. I heard from the shop owner and see from other posters here that it should soften up quite a bit over the four month trial. It seemed worth the $99 return fee to try it out.

I really like Stearns and Foster for innerspring. They use tencel in some of their mattresses which I feel is a little cool to the touch. Sealy and Beautyrest are good too! All three use some memory foam unfortunately and most S&F uses Tempur foam which I feel is warmer than most. I wouldn’t do S&F in a pillow top cause it would be a lot of memory foam.

Stearns & Foster. I thought I wanted a cushy mattress but decided on a medium-firm. One of the best purchases I've made in years. I have arthritis and the new mattress has helped so much.

I am a side sleeper as well and I sleep with a CPAP mask on. The most comfortable mattress I’ve used is a Stearns & Foster pillow top. Very comfortable and support. Also consider an adjustable base. The sleep number mattresses and base are amazing also because you can adjust the settings. My life goal is to get one.

We got a stearns and foster and I love it so much. Cost an arm and a leg though.