Hi Pete,
I have an old Sealy Posturepedic queen size mattress, model Mira Loma II.
It has a cotton Damask Cover, a 782 High Profile Tempered Steel Coil count, a Heavy Duty Border Rod Edge Guard,
and Torsion Bar Module Boxspring.
It came with a 10/10 year warranty, and Yes, I still have the paperwork.
I bought it in 2002….I rotate and flip it regularly.
It is, STILL, comfortable but it is losing firmness.
What would you recommend?
Thanks, Joe
Hi Joe,
My recommendation is to do nothing.
The key phrase in your question is, "It is, STILL, comfortable".
The time to buy a new mattress is when it is no longer comfortable.
After 19 years, losing a little firmness is normal.
You bought one of the last great mattresses that Sealy made.
You'd be appalled to learn that there isn't a Sealy mattress, today, that's worth buying.
In 2003, just a year after you bought your two sided Sealy Posturepedic, they became one sided.
10 years after that, Sealy was sold to Tempurpedic.
Every Sealy mattress, made today, is upholstered with memory foam...the worst upholstery material ever invented.
There is no memory foam in the mattress you have, which is why it lasted for such a long time.
My only suggestion is to add a latex topper to your mattress.
Latex is and has been the best upholstery material for the last 100 years...most comfortable and longest lasting.
A latex topper will absorb your body weight and greatly retard any further wear of your mattress.
You'll want to hang on to that mattress for as long as you can.
You don't want to buy a new mattress, if you can avoid it.
All of the name brands have been sold to investors who are now using memory foam upholstery.
None of them are of the quality they had once been.
Memory foam is specifically designed to cause a mattress to need frequent replacing.
It sleeps hot and off gasses the toxic chemicals from which it's made.
Not only is it a lousy product in terms of performance, it's also a health hazard...just to add insult to injury.
