I tried to be thorough when I went shopping. I went to the mattress store in the middle of the weekday so I was the only customer and had the salesman all to myself. I was there well over an hour, test driving the mattress line I was interested in. Not just lay down for a minute or two, but lie there a good 10 minutes on each, while the salesman sat on the next bed, answering my questions and telling me more. I asked everything I could think of at the time. Once I decided on which mattress I liked I asked the price. I tried so hard not to show I had sticker shock. It has been well over 20 years since I last bought a mattress. Prices change.
I went home and got online looking for more options and pricing on memory foam mattresses. There was even more information out there that I didn’t know and wasn’t told. But, there were better prices. I read comparisons in quality, warranties and pricing. Believe me, everyone compares their memory foam mattresses to ************.
So now what? Keep shopping and find the absolute best deal I can. And read reviews; lots and lots of reviews.
The Slumber Solutions mattress I bought could be used with my box springs (there was nothing wrong with them) or I could buy a platform. Not all memory foam mattresses suggest using your undamaged box springs. But just so you know, it’s the box springs that allow you to feel your partner move. A platform keeps the bed solid, allowing no transfer of movement.
My mattress came with a 20-year limited warranty; ************. comes with a 10-year limited warranty. And you have to buy a waterproof cover for the ************.or the warranty is void. (Sweat on the mattress without the waterproof cover voids the warranty!) I bought the cover for my mattress too, but it was not suggested.
The Slumber Solutions mattress came vacuumed-sealed in plastic, folded in half, then rolled and vacuumed-sealed again in plastic. Weighs 115 pounds. Came in 5 days with FREE SHIPPING! Hubby and I stripped our bed and removed the old mattress, then got the bottom part of the encasement on the box springs. We rolled the rolled-up mattress onto the box springs and got a pair of scissors. We tried to determine which way the folded and rolled mattress was supposed to go, but of course, we were wrong. I cut the outer layer of plastic off and we unrolled the mattress. Measuring it failed to show us which way it was supposed to go, so Hubby said to cut the plastic that had the mattress vacuumed in. The first cut into the plastic (I was trying to be extra careful because I didn’t want to cut the cover) and the mattress was sucking all the air out of the room! I couldn’t cut the plastic fast enough!! It made this loud sucking noise, getting louder as more plastic came off. We looked like Laurel and Hardy, in a Volkswagen Beetle, with an inflatable raft opening up! We laughed and hurried to get the plastic off. Honestly, I was ready to leave the plastic underneath it and cut the rest away. It was fully inflated within 5 minutes. Some of the reviews of this mattress complained about the smell, but Hubby couldn’t smell anything and I could smell a tiny bit, but I had my nostrils right on the mattress. We turned the ceiling fan on and let it run a couple hours before we made the bed. We slept on it that night instead of waiting the “up to 48 hours to inflate” suggestion. This is THE BEST online purchase I have ever made!! I love my new mattress!! I no longer have pressure points when I sleep on my side!! YAY!! I bought the 14-inch mattress, which may have been a little over-kill as it’s about hip high on the box springs.
The ************.***** **** in a king is 13-1/2 inches high and priced at $$$$ at the mattress store. Whaaaaaaat? It’s only $$$$$ online! Their waterproof cover is $$ online. He didn’t tell me the price at the store. I bought the Pellon Slumber Cool Mattress Encasement; /Bedding-Bath/Pellon-Slumber-Cool-Mattress-Encasement/9419103/product.html
My Slumber Solutions Gel Memory Foam mattress in a king, medium firmness is 14-inches high. Overstock’s prices do fluctuate depending on stock. I paid $$$ for it and $$ for the mattress protector.
We have slept on this mattress almost 2 weeks. I liked it the first night and fell in love with it the second. I am sooooo happy with this purchase!