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Air Mattress used to be Comfortable, But No More.

Ruth writes:

Hi Pete,

I am looking to purchase a mattress, after having slept on air mattresses for a number of years. Those used to be very comfortable for me, but no more. 

I have been trying out name brand ones in showrooms and some feel great for the moment, but I have decided to avoid most of them after doing research and reading on your site, and I don't like memory foam. 

 

I'm a medium sized female, mostly a side sleeper,  and prefer a soft feel.  

Years ago I had an excellent night's sleep on a relative's Sealy and that mattress is still good, but I know they are not the same now.  

Wondering what you would recommend?  

Thanks, Ruth

 

Hi Ruth,

I happy to know that you found my blog and are now spared from wasting your money on a name brand mattress.

We had been a Sealy dealer prior to them being sold to Tempur-Pedic.

You’re right about them not being made as well as they had been back then. The difference in quality is enormous.

 

What you need is a mattress that uses an individually pocketed coil unit and upholstered with pure latex. Latex has been the best upholstery material for the last 100+ years…most comfortable, longest lasting.

 

The pocketed coils provide the firm, contouring support that pushes back against your spine. This maintains the natural alignment of your body and spine. THIS is what will relieve chronic back pain.

 

All of the name brands use this type of coil system. Unfortunately, the memory foam they use negates the value by allowing your body to sink, which throws off the spine’s alignment…causing back pain. Not to mention sleeping hot and the chemical off gassing.

 

By contrast, latex provides cushioning that holds you up. It doesn’t allow you to sink. It’s creates the unique feeling that you’re floating…very comfortable. What’s more, that comfort is extremely long lasting.

 

You’ll be happy with the PlushBeds Luxury Bliss Mattress.

The Latex is Pure, Organic and Hypoallergenic…along with the individually pocketed coils you need to support your back.

 

Click on this link to view that mattress. You can place your order from there.

This mattress comes with a 100 Night Trial Period.

 

Hybrid Latex Mattress - The Luxury Bliss plushbeds.com

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Thanks, Pete - TME

 

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Simmons Beautyrest Hotel Mattress.

Lauren writes:

 

Hello Pete,

I am desperately in need of a new queen size mattress. 

I currently have a sleep number bed that really doesn’t work well. 

When I traveled extensively and I fell in love with the Marriott Hotel Dream Bed.

They told me at the hotel it was a Simmons Beautyrest World Class Bouvet Island Plush.

I have held onto this information for years, because I have literally dreamed of finding a comfortable bed.  

I am a 5’7” 53 year old woman, who is fit and weighs 145 lbs.  

I have a shoulder issue that causes it to be very hard to get a good night’s rest I am hoping with surgical correction in Dec that will resolve itself.

 

That being said I need to find a new mattress.

I saw that you had responded to another inquiry from someone who loved a hotel mattress as well.

Can you provide me with the following?

 

(1)    A mattress recommendation

(2)    Do you have a store I can visit to try out the recommended mattress (I live in NJ)

(3)    If not do you have another store you can recommend who carries this mattress you are recommending?

(4)    Please supply me with the price and delivery and set up details – I would need my old mattress taken away.  

(5)    Do you offer financing or monthly payment terms?

 

Thanks a million, looking forward to hearing what you have to say!

Lauren

 

Good Morning Lauren,

You do have some old information. The mattress you slept on was an older model.

Simmons no longer makes the World Class Series of mattresses.

Since being sold to an investment group, they no longer make a mattress without memory foam upholstery.

 

My recommendation for you, based on your size and what you like, is a mattress that is very similarly made to the Simmons Beautyrest mattress you mentioned....very similar to most basic hotel mattresses.

It is the Wolf Tulah Luxury Plush Eurotop Mattress.

 

UPDATE!…This Wolf Mattress Has Been Discontinued.

 

We are pleased to offer you a higher quality mattress from Eco-Terra. 

This mattress provides the same support with an upgrade in upholstery.

The higher quality upholstery provides greater comfort and longevity.

Click on this link:

Hybrid Latex Mattress | Eco Terra Mattress ecoterrabeds.com

 

 

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Bought a Select Comfort Adjustable Air Mattress.

Alan writes:

 

Hi Pete,

My wife and I bought a Select Comfort adjustable air mattress.  

We expected that the foam layers would allow a good balance between support and cushioning.  

At one point we added a Select Comfort 3" memory foam topper, but we found it to be uncomfortable and sensed the feeling of being trapped. We removed and stored it.

 

I am 61, 5'8", and weigh about 240 lbs.  My wife is 57, 5'5", and is average weight.  

I use a setting of 45-50, and my wife uses 30-35.  

Over time, we each have noticed that we are waking up having more pain in our backs and hips.

My wife also often awakens with neck soreness.  

 

We believe we need to make some kind of a change but don't know exactly what to change. 

Is our mattress system flawed, or do we need to add more padding of a different type?

Thanks, Alan

 

Hi Alan,

I hardly know where to begin.

You bought one of the worst quality mattresses on the market.

A bag of air is what you’re relying on for the support you’re not getting.

That worthless component is upholstered with another worthless product…memory foam. 

Memory foam is the absolute worst upholstery material ever invented.

Memory foam is specifically designed to cause a mattress to need frequent replacing.

And, it off gasses the toxic chemicals from which it’s made.

Then, you added more memory foam, making your mattress more worthless than it was to begin with.

I hope I haven’t been ambiguous about all this in any way.

 

A mattress with individually pocketed coils provides contouring support that pushes back up against your spine…maintaining your spine’s natural alignment.

And, that mattress needs to be upholstered with most anything except memory foam.

Here is a link to the Natura of Canada Greenspring line of mattresses.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 

 

Click on each model to view specifications and prices:

 

Due to the high quality of each of the components, high coil count and strength of the double tempered steel, all 4 models are firmer than their firmness designation make them sound.

The Ultra Plush model is the most comfortable and the one my wife and I sleep on at home….still in like new condition after more than 9 years under two people weighing more than 200 lbs. each.

 

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A Talalay Latex Topper for a too firm Sleep Number Bed.

Diane writes:

Hi Pete,

I recently purchased a new Twin XL Sleep Number Mattress (very small bedroom).  

The surface is too hard due to the sewn on padding.  

If I want to exchange it for one of their beds with softer padding, I must order a larger bed that won’t fit in my bedroom.  

I’m thinking about ordering a Latex mattress topper.  Possibly a 3 inch Talalay Latex. I weigh 175.  

I sleep on my back and both sides, and am still having pain on both sides from the Sleep Number Bed.

But my back is supported due to the Sleep number settings.  

Do you think the Suite Sleep Talalay Latex would be a good choice?  

I cannot remove the sewn in padding on the Sleep Number bed, so the Latex mattress pad would need to lay on top of it.

Thanks for any advice you can give!

Diane

 

Good Morning Diane,

My wife and I use a Suite Sleep 3" Soft Talalay Latex Mattress Topper on our mattress?

The surface comfort it provides is superbly comfy.

 

The Suite Sleep Soft Talalay Latex Mattress Toppers are made of the highest quality latex available.

 

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Sleep Comfort Mattress has become extremely uncomfortable.

Will writes:

 

Hi Pete,

We have a split king Sleep Comfort Mattress that's only a few years old.

It has become extremely uncomfortable.

Upon further inspection, after reading your blog posts about this, the memory foam pad under the cover has deteriorated, just as you have noted. They are 3" thick. What would you recommend to replace them?

Thanks, Will

 

Hi Will,

Your problem has an easy fix.

Order 2 - Twin-XL 3" Suite Sleep Soft Vita Talalay or Organic Latex Toppers

When they arrive, replace the memory foam pads with them.

It'll be like a brand new bed that will remain like new a whole lot longer than was provided by the memory foam pads.

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Sleep Number Mattress causing back pain.

Hi Pete,

We have a Sleep Number Mattress with their standard foundation and metal frame. 

My husband has a lot of back pain. He had surgery in 2016 at L4/5.

He thinks the bed is causing his pain and I don’t doubt it.  

I have some hip and shoulder pain, and periodic arm numbness but I generally can sleep on anything.

I am 5’2” and weigh 160 and he is 6’ tall and weighs about 250. 

 

We really don’t know where to start with getting an expensive mattress that we won’t be replacing in 2-3 years, but I’ve read your website and I’m convinced that we need something innerspring with a latex topper if that would seem to fit our profile.  It would be nice if it was able to be flipped, and it would also be nice if we could just keep the base system and frame that we have for our sleep number bed.  

Thanks for your advice! 

Kathy & Dan

Hi Kathy and Dan,

The foundation and frame that you have, has no give.

So, it shouldn’t need to be replaced. 

Just check it to make sure that it’s still nice and solid.

 

Our two sided mattresses will work for Kathy, but not recommended for someone Dan’s size.

Let me recommend to you the mattress that my wife and I have.

We are, each, over 200 lbs., and our mattress is now 9 years old and still in excellent condition. I have had a very bad back for 20 years. 

Yet, I sleep and wake without back pain, since having this mattress.

Here is a link to the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress.

 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 

It has pocketed coil support and 3” of Talalay Latex upholstery.

Due to the high quality and resiliency of the components, it’s not as soft as it sounds.

In fact, about 10% of the people who have purchased this mattress have gone on to add a soft mattress topper. It is not too soft, by anyone’s standards.

We added a soft topper to ours to further cushion my wife’s sensitive hip.

 

I don’t recommend getting a topper right away.

I suggest waiting until you’ve had this mattress for a week before deciding if further softening of the sleep surface is even necessary.

It takes about a week for two things to happen…for a new mattress to loosen up, as a new mattress is a little stiff in the beginning…and for your bodies to get used to their new home. The second part of that can even be a little painful for the first couple of nights…as your bodies are forced back into their proper alignment.

 

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We LOVED our 25 year old Stearns and Foster Mattress

Valerie writes:

 

Hi Pete,

After spending thousands of dollars on mattresses, Sleep Number and Tempurpedic, all end up with an indentation where we sleep, and we're not big people.

We LOVED our 25 year old Stearns and Foster Mattress.

I've read your advice. Nothing is the same these days.

It looks like your Natura Greenspring Mattress is what we want. 

Is that your recommendation? Firm, Luxury Firm, Plush or Ultra Plush?

Thanks so much!

Valerie

 

Hi Valerie,

Most of today's mattresses are upholstered with memory foam.

S&F is now owned by Tempurpedic. 

What had been "The Cadillac of the Industry" is now nothing more than expensive junk.

Memory foam is highly deceptive by its nature.

That is to say, how a memory foam upholstered mattress feels when new, is quite different from how it will feel only a few months later.

 

One of The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses, is my recommendation.

My wife and I have been sleeping on the Ultra Plush model for the last 9 years.

Despite each of us weighing more than 200 lbs., our mattress is still in like new condition.

What's more, I sleep and wake without back pain, despite having a very bad back.

 

Here is a link to that line of mattresses:

 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 

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Thanks, Pete 

 

You Should Know 

 

Using an old box spring to support any new mattress will cause premature wear and void the manufacturer’s warranty.

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A waterproof mattress protector will extend the life of a mattress by keeping the upholstery materials clean and dry.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/sleep_and_beyond_protectors_and_encasements.html#/

 

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Sleep Number Mattress not working for a 450 pound woman.

Ginger writes:

 

Hi Pete,

I am currently sleeping on a Sleep Number Mattress.  

To me, it feels like I am just dealing with it, like when I go camping.

It is NOT comfortable, as the salesman promised it would be.  

I'm a very large woman, weighing close to 450 pounds.

I have a frozen shoulder, fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis and severe osteoarthritis. 

I sleep alone but I also have positional vertigo, so I sleep catty-corner so I never feel like I am falling.

This sleep number bed is certainly not working!  

I would love to hear from you.

Thanks, Ginger

 

Hi Ginger,

Not only is a Sleep Number the wrong mattress for someone your size, it’s the wrong mattress for most people. 

An air mattress is like a waterbed, relying on displacement rather than providing real support.

 

You're going to need a mattress strong enough to support your weight and provide proper spinal support, which you're not getting with an air bag. And you'll also need surface comfort for your other issues that the memory foam that's on top of that air bag is also not providing.

It's a tall order and not something you'll get with any mattress alone.

This will require a combination of products.

 

First, a mattress firm enough and strong enough to hold you and provide the support your spine requires.

That mattress is the Natura of Canada Greenspring in Firm...a very firm mattress with heavy gauge coils.

Click on this link.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 

Add to that, a Suite Sleep 3" Soft Organic Latex Mattress Topper.

Pure Latex is and has been the most durable, most resilient upholstery material for the past 100 years.

Latex Foam is hypoallergenic.

Shown here:

https://www.themattressexpert.com/latex_toppers.html#/

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You Should Know 

 

Using an old box spring to support any new mattress will cause premature wear and void the manufacturer’s warranty.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/foundations_and_bases.html#/

 

A waterproof mattress protector will extend the life of a mattress by keeping the upholstery materials clean and dry.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/sleep_and_beyond_protectors_and_encasements.html#/

 

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I'm on my 3rd memory foam mattress in 5 years!

Darlene writes:

Hi Pete,

I'm on my 3rd memory foam mattress in 5 years!  

Actually, my husband is still on the memory foam. 

I'm currently sleeping on an air mattress on the floor.

That's how bad my back hurts.  I've tried everything.

I've turned the "no flip" on the hard side and added a memory foam topper .

I've added another memory foam topper on top of the "good" side of the mattress.

After having read and reread your website, I am currently wondering whether a firm latex mattress topper over the memory foam mattress will help - or am I just wasting more money?

I am 66 - my husband is 75. I weigh 165 lbs and sleep on my side. 

My husband weighs 200 lbs and sleeps on his back.  

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

Darlene

 

Hi Darlene,

Since you’ve been reading my blog posts, you must have figured out that your problem has been the memory foam all along. Adding more memory foam was your waste of money.

Adding a firm latex topper to the top of a memory foam mattress will not produce the results you want.

 

Your memory foam mattress isn’t all memory foam.

The memory foam is only on the top.

The memory foam is supported by firm, high density poly foam.

 

Your solution is to add a Soft Suite Sleep Pure Latex Topper to the flip side of your mattress.

This provides the firm support and soft sleeping surface that a body needs.

You don't sink into soft latex. It's extremely resilient and will hold you up.

The best way to describe the feel, is that you're floating.

Those latex toppers, shown here:

https://www.themattressexpert.com/latex_toppers.html#/

 

When it arrives, flip your mattress over and add the latex topper.

Get rid of all your memory foam toppers. They’re worthless.

 

When the time comes to buy a new mattress, get a firm individually pocketed coil innerspring.

You can use that same topper on top of it.

 

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Almost bought a Stearns and Foster Mattress. Glad we didn't. I hate memory foam.

Ruth writes:

 

Hi Pete,

I have been reading your info for over an hour and have a couple questions. 

I healed our back pain by removing our mattresses and getting 2 twin airbeds with king 2" foam topper.  

Now my husband wants a real mattress again. 

We almost bought a Stearns and Foster Mattress, this week, and so glad we didn't. I hate memory foam. 

My husband is 6'1" 240 lbs., with dense muscle mass. He works hard. I am 5'6" 180 lbs., and very active. 

We are nearly 50 and hurt by the end of the day. We need good sleep. 

We are side sleepers and sometimes both stomach sleepers.

 

I am considering 2 twin xl instead of the king to reduce sag. 

Maybe that doesn't matter with better built mattresses. 

I see a couple of your recommendations like the Natura Blossom Latex Mattresses and the Wolf brand. 

Which is better for both healing bodies and longevity? And are there more to consider? 

I am eager for your advice and ready to order!

 

Lastly, our new home does not have very high ceilings, so I plan to put our mattress on strong plywood, skip the box springs, and ultimately not hit our heads on the ceiling fan. 

Plus, I like sleeping cooler and closer to the ground than the ceiling.

 

Look forward to your input. Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Sincerely, Ruth

 

Good Morning Ruth,

Latex foam is and has been the best upholstery material for the last 100 years.

It’s the most resilient, longest last and ideal for relaxing over worked muscles and pressure point relief.

Given that your situation improved with an air mattress, a latex mattress is your best choice.

 

The Natura of Canada Blossom in Plush is also very comfortable.

Since there is a sizable difference in weight between you, it’ll be important to rotate your mattress on a regular basis…once a month for the first year, once every three months thereafter.

A solid base platform is the perfect support for that mattress.

The choice of 2 Twin-XL mattresses has its pros and cons.

The biggest drawback is the center, which can be overcome with a cinch strap, which is available online.

 

The other drawback is the price.

The advantage is that you can rotate each mattress separately.

His side is more likely to need replacing before your side, which makes it less expensive to replace.

But latex lasts a very long time. And if you rotate it regularly, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Also, if one of you wants firm and the other wants plush is another advantage of getting 2 Twin-XL.

 

My vote would be for a one piece king.

Here’s a link to the Natura Blossom Latex Mattress in Plush, which provides firm support, with a cool and comfortable sleeping surface.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 

 

 

The choice of firm isn’t suitable for the curves of a female body.

The thicker, higher end Twilight models are less suitable for a big man.

The more upholstery there is the faster a mattress will wear under 240 lbs.

 

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