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I bought a Queen sized Zinus green tea hybrid off Amazon for about $300 I love love love it. I never want to get out of bed. Bought after reading reviews on here. Not disappointed. Make sure Amazon is the seller not third party so you don’t get a fake one.
I think I sat in it for 4 hours before bedtime when I first got it and refused to move. I put it on a platform sturdy metal frame - so I’ve got 14 inches below the bed space - got the frame on FB for $30 - and it was bliss. My old bed was low to the ground futon horrible horrible - I love that this mattress is firm with just enough give.
I have the same one and really love it.
I'm a skinny 150 lbs guy with scoliosis. For more than a decade, I slept on a mattress made by a small local manufacturer, a simple medium firm innerspring mattress with an Eurotop and it was fine. Also, when I go to hotels and Airbnb's, I sleep usually well and pain-free. I'm just back from France where I spent one week on a child mattress in my friend's guest bedroom and it was perfectly fine. The nightmare at home began in 2021 when I had to change my old locally made Eurotop mattress. -Cheap Zinus foam mattress bought on Amazon. It was okish once a memory foam topper was added to it, but still would give me frequent back pain that would wake me up. -Plush Wayfair mattress: way too soft, horrible violent back pain, couldn't return it, resold it, went back to the Sinus -Tuft n Needle horrible mattress: way too painfully rigid. They refunded me, made me keep it, it's now in the guest bedroom. Guests love it. Go figure. -Zinus hybrid mattress that was allegedly medium firm. It was a brick. Even with a memory topper on top of it, it was a brick. Amazon refunded me, didn't take it back, I resold it. At this point, I did all the mattress stores in my city, bought a big brand mattress that was way too soft. I couldn't return it, only exchange it. Ended up almost forcefully (nothing else was working in the store) with a Kingsdown mattress that was the softest Kingsdown mattress of the collection, but still too rigid for me. Sleeping on the side, I would wake up in horrendous pain after two hours. I have added a topper and if I sleep on my side, I'm ok until 5-6 am, where the back pain starts, but if I turn on my back during the night, I will wake up with violent pain. During Black Friday, I ordered a medium firm Silk n Snow. A brick. A mixture of granite and brick. Completely unusable. After some hassle and delays, they took it back. I once again did all the mattress stores in a radius of 150 km radius and tried everything. At my local Sleep Country, there was a heavy discount on a Casper Snow, $1000 CAD. Big mistake. That thing is waaaay too soft! Violent back pain that lasted for hours during the whole morning. I'm going to exchange it but I'm locked in to what they offer at Sleep Country. Any suggestions around that price or lower? What to look for? The firmness scale seems to mean nothing, it varies widely from one brand to the other. The softest Kinsgdown mattress is too rigid for me while a Casper that is allegedly medium first is way too soft. How to properly test the mattress in store? Which mattress could reproduce the usual hotel or Airbnb experience? In Airbnbs, it often seems to be older mattresses on older box springs. It works well for me. Why would a mattress made for children work so well for me while so many popular brand mattresses don't work at all?
Had a Zinus hybrid for a longtime and was very happy with it for the price.
Enjoyed my hybrid zinus for a long time.
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 have a Zinus hybrid spring mattress and I find it very comfortable. They are also not super expensive and you can buy online. I had a foam one prior to this and it was also ok but changed in texture in the spot I slept more often.
I bought a 12” Zinus Green Tea queen mattress in May of 2017 and it’s still like brand new! I love it today as much as when it arrived! No deformities or weakening over the years and in 2020 I bought 2 more for my granddaughters. They love theirs as well have experienced no problems. Best mattresses we’ve ever owned!
Zinnus green tea cooling gel mattress from Amazon. Had a high end tempur-pedic cloud luxe for a lot of years. Loved it. Tried my son’s Zinnus when it was time to replace and bought one for a mere fraction of the price. I’m a side sleeper and have no issues. I replaced it once after 4-ish years but when I weigh the cost against the tempur-pedic I’m still legions ahead. Costco sheets. No blanket. It’s not hot. Have one in my RV now, too. FWIW.
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