The Mattress Expert

No Neck Pain, No Hip Pain on an Old Simmons Beautyrest Mattress.

Jeanne writes:

 

Hi Pete,

I just stayed at my brother’s house and the mattress in their guest room was amazing. 

I experienced No neck pain, No hip pain, fell asleep instantly, and slept all through the night.  

His mattress is about 13-14 years old and had been slept on by their teen daughter for the first few years.

 

It's a Simmons Beautyrest Dressler Pillow Top.

 

What would be equivalent to this today? – if there is one.

My daughter & son-in-law had a Simmons Beautyrest Black, and got rid of it after 3 years.  

It was a bad investment for them!  

The company that picked it up said he picked up lots of them – lots of unhappy customers!

 

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Jeanne

 

Hello Jeanne,

An investment group bought Simmons several years ago.

In fact, that same investment group also bought Serta.

Both brands are now junk, thanks to the memory foam upholstery.

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

Today, it’s all about profits and not at all about quality.

Nothing Simmons makes today is even remotely close in quality to the mattress in your brother's guest bedroom.

 

The mattress I’m recommending for you is the Wolf Tulah Luxury Plush Eurotop.

It has the same coil system and support that’s in your brother’s Beautyrest.

It also uses the same type of upholstery materials, containing no memory foam on top.

Several of my family members sleep on this 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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Thanks, Pete - TME

 

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Which Simmons Beautyrest Mattress do you recommend?

Mary writes:

 

Hi Pete,

In an older post you recommended a Simmons Beautyrest Platinum mattress, that is now discontinued.

Which of the "Harmony" Beautyrest mattresses you would suggest now? 

We like the idea of the mattress without the pillow top and adding the latex topper. 

We currently have a Kluft mattress which feels and sleeps like a brick. 

I can hardly lift it to put the sheet on, so we are anxious to find a good substitute.

My husband is 5'10" 125 lbs and I am 5' 128 lbs.

Thanks for your help, Mary

 

Hi Mary,

Since Simmons was sold to an investment group, they’ve changed the upholstery to the same cheap memory foam all of the other name brands are using. If fact, that same investment group that bought Simmons also bought Serta.

Sealy and Stearns & Foster are now owned by Tempurpedic.

 

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

That’s less of a problem for people who weight a little as the two of you.

But, the highly toxic chemical off gassing of the memory foam is something that will affect you negatively.

 We no longer recommend any name brand mattress to anyone for those reasons.

 

What I’m recommending for you is the same mattress my wife and I have been sleeping on for many years.

Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush (comfy, but not as soft as it sounds)

Click on this link to view specifications and prices.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/

This mattress uses the same coil system as the Simmons Beautyrest.

Stronger coils than what Simmons uses.

The upholstery is latex and poly foams…which had been used in older Beautyrest mattresses.

 

This mattress comes with White Glove Delivery

 

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Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

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A Mattress Like the Old Westin Heavenly Bed.

Janet writes:

 

Hi Pete,

What mattress is most like Westin heavenly bed, please?

One that Is less expensive.

Thanks very much, Janet

 

Hi Janet,

The Westin Heavenly Bed is a Simmons Beautyrest.

 

The Wolf Tulah Luxury Plush Eurotop Mattress is what I’d recommend.

The individually pocketed coil system is the same as in the Simmons Beautyrest, but the coils are stronger.

The upholstery is better, using Certi-Pur Certified safe polyurethane foams...no chemical off gassing.

Simmons Beautyrest mattresses off gas the toxic chemical from which their memory foam is made.

Several of my family members sleep on this 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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Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

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Simmons Beautyrest, Saatva Mattresses Gave Me Severe Back Pain.

Robert writes:

 

Hi Pete,

I recently purchased a couple of different mattresses.

One was a Simmons Beautyrest extra firm, and a Saatva innerspring firm mattress.

Both mattresses gave me severe back pain.

The Simmons Beautyrest mattress was too hard on my back and gave me severe back pain after 30 days.

The Saatva mattress kind of sunk in the middle after 40-45 days of use.

I am on the heavier side, around 235 pounds with 6 ft in height.

 

I read on your blog about the latex mattresses and its benefits.  

What are some of your recommendations in this category?  

I am really looking for a mattress that can alleviate the back pain.

 

I saw from your website, that latex mattress can be full latex or can be hybrid (innerspring and latex). 

How do I choose between these two categories?

For folks on the heavier side, such as me, what is your best recommendation?

Thanks for your advice!

Best, Robert

 

Hi Robert,

There is much more to choosing a mattress than simply the degree of firmness and softness.

To listen to all the advertising and sales pitches, you'd think that today's mattresses are all high quality. 

They aren't.

In fact, none of the name brands are made well enough to hold a large person for any length of time much beyond a year, or so.

The product in these mattresses that causes them to fail, is the memory foam upholstery.

Memory foam is a dream material, enhancing profits for the manufacturers and retailers, by causing mattresses to need frequent replacing...creating a nightmare for the consumer.

Memory foam is a temperature sensitive material that softens as it warms from your body heat.

Being so, memory foam will fail under people a lot lighter in weight than you.

To make a successful long term purchase, you must avoid mattresses with memory foam in them.

 

You're on the right track, with looking at latex. 

But, an all foam mattress...even one made entirely of high quality latex, may or may not be right for you.

What an all foam mattress does not provide, is push back support against your spine.

If you have any disc related back problems, you'd be better off with an innerspring mattress that's upholstered with latex...for the support worn discs require. This condition is more common, the older and heavier we are.

I, too, have several disc problems, being both, older and on the heavy side.

 

An innerspring and latex mattress is best for you, the best made is:

Natura of Canada Greenspring.

Click on this link to view that line of mattresses. Click on each model to view specifications and prices:

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

 

 

My wife and I sleep on the Ultra Plush model.

Our mattress is nearly a decade old and still in like new condition...each of us weighing more than 200 lbs.

I have a number of disc problems in my back. Yet, I sleep and wake without back pain.

 

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Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p169/Organic_Cotton_Waterproof_Mattress_Protector.html#/

 

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Replacing an Old Simmons Beautyrest Adamsville Mattress.

Karen writes:

Hi Pete,

I hope this finds you well. 

I need to replace my Simmons Adamsville Mattress, (purchased from you 12 yrs. ago).

I've read on your site that you recommend the Wolf Tulah Luxury Plush Eurotop Mattress and the Natura of Canada Greenspring 

Are the Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses an equivalent or better option than the Wolf Tulah?

Does the white glove service include removal of the mattress/box spring being replaced?

I appreciate your help!

Karen

 

Hi Karen,

The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses are our best.

The Ultra Plush model is the most comfortable, without being too soft.

It’s what my wife and I sleep on at home.

Ours is several years old and still in like new condition.

Removal of the old mattress is a service no longer offered, thanks to the pandemic.

 

Due to the high quality of the components, all of these mattresses are firmer than they sound. 

The Firm model is similar to a carpeted floor in feel. The Ultra Plush feels like a regular "Plush".

Click on this link to view The Natura Greenspring line of mattresses;

Click on each model to view specifications and prices:

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

 

 

 

I recommend the ultra plush. It’s our most popular mattress.

The mattress is 13.5” thick. Most people get the 5” foundation.

If you got 12 years from the Adamsville, you can expect to get twice that with this mattress.

 

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Simmons Beautyrest Classic Mattress.

Sydney writes:

 

Hi Pete,

My husband and I had the best night sleep we’ve had in years while staying at a hotel. 

The tags on the mattress indicated that it is a Simmons Beautyrest Classic.

We want to purchase a mattress as close to this as possible.

We’ve just made so many mattress purchase mistakes in the past few years, that we want one that will last.

Thank you, Sydney

 

Hi Sydney,

Since that mattress was made, Simmons was purchased by an investment group that now uses toxic chemical memory foam upholstery that wears quickly, sleeps hot and off gasses the toxic chemicals from which that type of memory foam is made.

In short, you won’t be able to find a Simmons Beautyrest mattress as well made as that one was.

All of the name brands have been sold. They and many other brands use memory foam for the purpose of enhancing profits.

Memory foam is specifically designed to cause a mattress to need frequent replacing, and not under the terms of the warranty.

Memory foam has created a boon for the industry and a nightmare for the consumer.

It’s the source of all your purchasing mistakes.

More mattresses are being sold to the same people much more frequently than in past years when most mattresses were well made…like that Classic Beautyrest was.

 

What made that mattress so comfortable was the individually pocketed coils, which contour to the shape of the body and maintain the natural alignment of the spine. And, they have no memory foam in them.

The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses are as close as you’ll get.

 

Of them, their Ultra Plush model is the most comfortable without being too soft.

This is the mattress that we've had at home for nearly a decade...still in like new condition.

The Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress.

The coil count is much higher and the upholstery material is also higher in quality, Natural Talalay Latex.

Click on this link to view specifications and prices.

https://themattressexpert.com/liberty-ultra-plush/

 

The Natura mattresses come with White Glove Delivery throughout the US & Canada.

Delivery includes set up in your bedroom and removal of all packaging materials. 

Natura mattresses take about 4-6 weeks to arrive.

 

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Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p169/Organic_Cotton_Waterproof_Mattress_Protector.html#/

 

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Loved the Mattress while on Vacation.

Tom writes:

 

Hi Pete,

My wife and I recently spent 16 days on vacation in a rental that had a mattress we both fell in love with.  

It wasn’t my first time on this bed. The owner told me she purchased it years ago.

It's a discontinued Simmons Beautyrest Silver Hybrid King size bed.

Do you have any thoughts on a potential match for this out of production bed?

We went to a local store last weekend. But the Black and Harmony Lux Beautyrests didn’t feel good to us. 

I’m glad I found your site and will happily buy a bed from you. 

But we need it to feel just like the one we fell in love with from a comfort standpoint.

Thanks, Tom

 

Hi Tom,

You’re setting yourself up for disappointment when you’re expecting to buy a mattress with the exact same feel as the one, you’re asking about. Even if that very same mattress were to be available, a new mattress will feel noticeably different from that older mattress with the identical specifications.

 

Another factor is when that mattress was made.

Simmons was sold to investors. That sale took place in 2016.

And as of 2017, everything they make became much lower in quality.

Prior to the sale, Simmons used high density memory foam that was cured before being put in the mattress.

The curing eliminated the off gassing of the toxic chemicals from which memory foam is made.

After 2017, the memory foam used is cheaper, not cured and produces toxic off gassing.

 

We had been selling Simmons up to that point, and stopped selling them after the sale.

BTW, the same investment group that bought Simmons also bought Serta.

I wouldn’t recommend a Simmons mattress to anyone today.

 

The individually pocketed coil unit is what makes a Beautyrest so comfortable. Those coils move independently from one another, contouring to the shape of the body, maintaining the natural alignment of the spine.

The mattress I’m recommending uses that same type of coil system. The coil count is higher. The gauge of wire is heavier and the steel used to make the coils is double tempered. Simmons has never tempered the steel they use.

The durability of these coils is far greater than those in any Beautyrest.

 

The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses are the highest quality available.

My wife and I have their Ultra Plush model at home.

Here's a link to that line of mattresses:

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

If you’re looking for a softer, more luxurious feel, the best way to get that is by adding a soft latex mattress topper. 

Pure, all natural latex is extremely high density and quality.

It provides surface comfort that is both, extraordinary and very long lasting.

What’s more, high quality latex will absorb your body weight, which further extends the life of the mattress.

The latex topper to get is the Suite Sleep Pure, Organic Latex Topper.

It’s available as soft and medium soft…2” or 3”.

The 2” provides a nice layer of comfort. The 3” provides a more luxurious feel.

Shown here:

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

 

 

You’ll love the quality of sleep you’ll get from this sleep system combination.

Just don’t expect it to feel exactly like the one you slept on at the rental unit.

 

These mattresses come with White Glove Delivery

The toppers arrive via FedEx.

 

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VERY IMPORTANT:

Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p169/Organic_Cotton_Waterproof_Mattress_Protector.html#/

 

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Equivalent to Simmons Beautyrest Cape Horn Plush Mattress?

Vince writes:

Hi Pete,

What mattress being sold in 2024 is the equivalent to Simmons Beautyrest Cape Horn Plush Pillow Top?

Regards, Vince

 

Hi Vince,
Nothing! Especially not from Simmons, thanks to all the memory foam being used since Simmons was sold in 2016.

Your mattress has no memory foam in it, which is why it held up so well for so long.

Thanks, Pete

 

*******************

 

Hi Pete,

Then, what mattress being sold in 2024 is the equivalent to Simmons Cape Horn Plush Pillow Top?

Do you know of any non-memory foam mattresses for sale?

Thanks, Vince

 

Hi Vince,

We specialize in mattresses that have no memory foam in them.

All, except one, use an individually pocketed coil system, for which Simmons Beautyrest is famous.

The best we have is the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush, which is the same mattress my wife and I have at home.

Here’s a link to that mattress.

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/

 

 

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

Not only does it not have memory foam, it’s upholstered with natural Talalay  Latex, which has been the best upholstery material for the last 100 years.

This is the mattress TME sleeps on.

 

This mattress comes with White Glove Delivery

 

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Thanks, Pete - TME

 

VERY IMPORTANT:

Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.

We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 

https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p169/Organic_Cotton_Waterproof_Mattress_Protector.html#/

 

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Natura Greenspring or the Wolf Tulah Mattress?

Chelsea writes:

 

Hi Pete,

I've been looking through all your helpful info on your site and trying to make a final decision.

I'm 5'8 my partner is 5'3, and we're both about 225 (and both women). 

I'm replacing a Simmons Beautrest that I got in 2013. 

I am trying to decide between the Natura Greenspring or the Wolf Tulah Mattress.

 

We're interested in a Queen with no immediate plans to upgrade to a King size.

But that could happen in the next 3-5 years, if we get more space and need to furnish a guest bedroom. 

Then we can use the new queen size mattress we're getting now.

 

We each have fairly frequent issues with back pain and stiffness. 

Much of it is due to my current mattress deteriorating. 

I'm more a side sleeper (75%)/back sleeper (25%).

My partner is about the same, but would be more of a back sleeper if the mattress was more supportive.

 

What would your recommendation be based on all this? 

Neither of us likes something too firm feeling but also not too plush or soft feeling. 

 

Thanks for your help!

Chelsea

 

Hi Chelsea,

The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses are the highest quality and best value for long term use.

 

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

 

 

With this queen size mattress going into a guest bedroom within the next a few years or so, your better buy 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

 

The Natura Mattress comes with White Glove Delivery

The Wolf Mattress arrives via FedEx

 

Delivery is Always Free
Online ordering is Easy & Secure
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Thanks, Pete

 

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Simmons Beautyrest Classic Mattress replacement.

Hi Pete,

I have a Simmons Beautyrest Classic Belmont Firm Pillowtop Mattress that needs to be replaced.

I bought it in 2010.

Any suggestions on a good replacement?

Thanks, Jean

 

Hello Jean,

For such a short question, here’s so much to go over.

 

Your mattress:

Mostly polyurethane foam with a little memory foam, (aka Viscoelastic)

The memory foam that Simmons used in 2010 is not the cheap common memory foam used today. It was more durable and cured so that it didn’t off gas the toxic chemicals from which most memory foam is made. And, there wasn’t much of it.

 

Fast forward to 2016.

An investment group purchased Simmons and Serta. They are now one company.

As you can see in the specifications of the 2nd photo, it’s all memory foam.

It’s the cheap memory foam imported from China, not as durable and not cured.

It’s purposefully designed to wear quickly. It sleeps hot and off gasses all those toxic chemicals. You can detect that chemical odor just by walking into a mattress store.

 

A Beautyrest had always been the most comfortable due to the individually pocketed coils…800 coil count in a Classic model with firmer coils used in their firmer models.

(Thinner gauge wire used in their plush models)

Today, most innerspring mattresses use a pocketed coil unit.

 

Beautyrest mattresses that are made today will last an average size person, only a few years…less for those who are overweight.

 

We do carry a mattress that is quite similar in specifications and feel to the mattress you have…The Wolf Tulah Luxury Plush Eurotop Mattress.

The coils and count are about the same.

The upholstery is mostly polyurethane with a little memory foam.

The memory foam and poly foams are cured, so there’s no off gassing.

 

The description given, to the Tulah, by the factory is misleading. It feels firmer than it sounds. Luxury Firm, is how I’d describe it…more like your firm pillowtop.

I have friends and family sleeping on this mattress.

It’s an excellent value, providing good support and longevity.

 

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

Thanks, Pete

 

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