How To Buy A New Mattress
3 Comments Published by Brandon January 2nd, 2007 in General, General Advice, Health & Fitness Tips, Life Improvement Tips, Tips and AdviceSeth Stevenson at Slate shows you how to cut through the marketing hype and buy a Mattress:
s there a more maddening industry? They confuse us with silly product names (the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Fletcher Ultra Plush Pillowtop or the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Brookmere Plush?). They flummox us with bogus science (“pocketed coils”? “Microtek foundations”? “Fiberlux”?). And they weigh us down with useless features (silk damask ticking?). It’s like buying a used car, and almost as expensive—I’ve seen mattresses going for $7,000. What’s a consumer to do?
There is definately a lot of good information in here, including a few things I’ve adapted. For one I have a European style platform bed and have ditched the box springs. I also found myself nodding about the mattress being too thick, and eventually I’d like to replace mine with one that is much thinner. Lastly, I bought an inexpensive “memory foam” topper which really took the comfort level of my bed to the next level. I’ll elaborate on the topper in a future review (of which I already have a draft of).
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I like the thicker mattress myself. I had done quite a bit of research before I bought this last bed. I really like the memory foam bed I have now.
Previous to this, and only about four years ago, I had purchased a bed at the local Sleepy’s. I did not go for the most expensive, and not the cheapest either. The bed was never comfortable. It was a traditional box spring and mattress.
Now after years and years of lousy sleep, I can drift off into never never land and wake up many hours later refreshed. No more waking up several times a night.
I purchased from emattress.com which I used in the URL here … I’m not affiliated with them, but this is where I purchased from. It’s a great product and they will even recycle the old mattress now! I think that is something important too.
There is a lot of information about mattresses throughout the internet, but the most important is to go to a local store, and feel them. You can watch the mattress and see if its adecuate for you. And if you want, after having the references, you could get great deals online. But I always suggest that you see, touch before buying them. Also, if you have problems in your back, go to a traumatologist and ask for the bed that you need to use.
thanks a lot.
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Any suggestions on where to purchase in Canada?
Thank you
J Noone