Dina - Sealy mattress, puttin' on the Ritz

Hello- We just got married and are in need of a new mattress, as the one we have now has to be well over 10 years old..yikes! I've read through your reviews and am impressed with both your knowledge and advice. I thought we wanted pillow top until I read your reviews. Not so much? Huh?? We recently stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel and loved the mattress and the nights sleep we had. Can you please help me find/recommend a comparable mattress. it is a "Sleep-Experience Sealy". I understand that these are made "exclusively", for them. But is it really? or do they just slap a new label on an existing mattress/model?? The mattress and box spring is $2000. I can see from some of your feedback that you are not a fan of purchasing from the hotel, as they are overpriced....I agree, but seriously need your assistance. We need a good mattress, that we love and are willing to pay a decent price. I am not a fan of overpaying for less quaility, which is what I am afraid of in purchasing from a hotel or even a retail "store". Please advise.. Sleepless in California

  
Hi Dina,
All the mattress manufacturers have a "contract division". This is where the hospitality industry gets their mattresses.
I don't know if you noticed, but the mattress you slept on had a topper. The comfort comes mostly from that. 
The standard for hotels is to use a low end Sealy Posturepedic and add a topper. You can buy the same mattress at retail for less than $1000 in king. You'll pay twice as much if you buy it from the hotel, but they don't mention anything about including the topper.
A mid level Posturepedic is more appropriate for every night use. The Reserve Series level 9 runs $1099 in king and has a much higher coil count and better edge support than what is in the hotel grade. Add a 2" soft latex topper to that for $399 in king...which is a much better topper than they use in hotels, and you'll have a superior product...superior in support, comfort and longevity, to what you might have spent $500 more for.
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Comments

[Taylor in Calgary]

Hello, Can you please tell me where I can purchase the 2" soft latex topper in Calgary, AB?

Thank you,
Taylor

[Carla Hass]

Dina- hello, we recently comfort exchanged a Sealy Largent(Regency) pillow top which was way to soft, (mattress only since we are using our CA King waterbed frame) from Furniture store near us and got a Simmons Beautyrest Anniversary Mirella Plush Firm, needless to say we are thinking this is way to firm, it's almost like sleeping on the floor,

I get very bad backache and can only sleep a few hours at a time. mornings are terrible. When I lay on my back I can nearly put my arm underneath my lower back, and feel as if I have to round out my back with pillows under the lower portion of my rear. When I sleep on my side (preferred) I get sore hips and a sore back. My husband has had L4-5 back surgery and is now sleeping on the couch again, we are getting closer to the cut off date to be able to exchange it(2 weeks I think)

My question is this would a topper work to fix this?(not sure if we can afford another 3-400$ since we paid 1500$ already, or should we exchange it again and what would be good to exchange it to?
we were thinking on a Latex bed, something completely different than what we have had.
Our old bed lasted 15yrs, it was a $500 Sealy medium firm. but alas, they do not make them that nice anymore I fear. please we need advise! I just ran across your blog, have been reading it all day and have learned a lot, like never get a pillowtop(which I learned from the last one we exchanged)or memory foam.
please help
Carla

[Hector]

Nice post, I saw that you are in the market for a Sealy Mattress similar to the one you slept on in the Ritz, so I thought I would stop in and tell you about wwwthemattressexpert.com. The website has a huge selection of mattresses and I definitely think you should check it out. I'm pretty sure my parents bought their mattress from there and they love it. I hope this information finds you well, good luck!