What is your experience-Tempur-Pedic, foam, vs "regular" mattress?

[Agclone91]

Girlfriend and I looked at mattresses a couple of months ago in Ames. We went to all three stores and of them all I still prefer the Lebeda coil mattresses.

That being said, I know people who have the memory foam ones that love them. I just do not because I like a firm mattress.

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

I use a mattress that was next to a dumpster. It's a Sealy I think. #collegelife

Best part is since mattresses are two sided you don't HAVE to sleep on the blood and urine stained side.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Best part is since mattresses are two sided you don't HAVE to sleep on the blood and urine stained side.

Exactly, it's a personal preference

 

[Cyclonesince78]

(Sheepishly, I ask.)

Wife & I want to buy a new mattress.

I love my tempurpedic. And if you go that route spend the extra money to get the ones that can recline. Word of warning, is that it might take a good 1-2 months to break it in, but once it's broken in it's awesome. If I'm watching tv I find myself spending more time on my bed (instead of my couch) than I used to.

 

[Cyclonesince78]

I have a tempur pedic and I don't think I would spend that much again. I sleep on my stomach and my arm will fall asleep if I lay on it. It also gets hot in the summer. With that said, I think it's good for my back. When I come back from a long vacation I can tell my back hurts less after a few days on the tempur pedic.

I can vouch for this too. I'd wake up with a sore back, and feel much better waking up with the tempurpedic.

 

[JP4CY]

I can vouch for this too. I'd wake up with a sore back, and feel much better waking up with the tempurpedic.

Me too, that first night of laying on the tempurpedic is awesome.
I bought a pillow top restonic in college and it's in our spare bedroom now, and people that spend the night like it.

 

[MeanDean]

We have an iComfort and really like it, though it does seem to develop a little compression where we usually sleep.

I had no idea Apple made a mattress. So is there an iPhone app to set the firmness? Can you use it with an Android?









Just in case

 

[Wesley]

Wife and I had pillow top mattress. Needed a new mattress. Decided to tryout Tempur-Pedic mattress. Tempur-Pedic really good for tummy sleepers. Not great for love making since there are no springs (mattress is all foam) in a Tempur-Pedic. My wife didn't like it because she is so small and light the foam barely conformed to her. If you try jumping into bed, it feels like if you do a belly flop into a pool. Good for posture.

So, you have one for sale? PM the water bed guy.

 

[Wesley]

I've had a firm cheap mattress and a 3" memory foam pad om top for about 5 years now. Couldn't be happier with the results of that combo

This is actually a cheap solution that works.

 

[Bigman38]

FWIW I asked my chiropractor for mattress advice and she said Tempurpedic's patent had run out a few years ago. So other companies have caught up and you're paying more for the brand name. I know nothing about it, just what I was told.

Can't preach the memory foam mattress enough though. They don't feel good in the showroom, and they take a few weeks to break in, but it's been great for my back, shoulders, & hips.

 

[GoCubsGo]

We tried a Temperpedic for about 3 weeks, neither of us slept very well during that period, so we returned it and got a standard mattress. Nebraska Furniture Mart had a nice return policy that allowed us to try it out over several weeks.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

They feel too soft. I need something really firm.

 

[dmclone]

They feel too soft. I need something really firm.

Are you sure you tried them all? There are a couple of models that are pretty close to laying on a brick.

 

[besserheimerphat]

I have to add a recommendation for a SleepNumber. I like a firm mattress and my wife likes soft - we both get what we want. It's air chambers so it conforms to your body, and there's nothing to break down so you don't get soft spots. The only downside is that there is a firm (not hard, but noticable) ridge down the center of the bed. But it helps keep the wife, who is an "active sleeper," from encroaching on my side overnight. The entire bed deflates and the box spring can be broken down into small/flat pieces for moving.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Are you sure you tried them all? There are a couple of models that are pretty close to laying on a brick.

Nope, every one that I have tried is so soft that when my butt hits the bed, I spring back up and say "**** that"

 

[Clonehomer]

Do you have to have a box spring with memory foam? Our bed is setup without a box spring today. I didn't know if the slats will harm the foam.

 

[SpokaneCY]

Wife and I had pillow top mattress. Needed a new mattress. Decided to tryout Tempur-Pedic mattress. Tempur-Pedic really good for tummy sleepers. Not great for love making since there are no springs (mattress is all foam) in a Tempur-Pedic. My wife didn't like it because she is so small and light the foam barely conformed to her. If you try jumping into bed, it feels like if you do a belly flop into a pool. Good for posture.

On the sex thing.... Yeah - not the best for those types of gymnastics...

 

[BKLYNCyclone]

We got this when we moved back to the midwest and we really like it. Has held up well, and we just have it on slats from our crate & barrel bed frame (probably a 2" slat every 5" center or so).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CT37JW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bed: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/isaac-charcoal-bed/f48685

 

[SpokaneCY]

? What are you saying here?

If you get on a firm one and you think it feels too firm at first, it DOES take a little time to break-in. When sleeping you're usually nearly naked so your body heat really helps let the mattress cradle you firmly yet really comfortably.

 

[Rabbuk]

I have a pillowtop matress, it's pretty great. My matress and my pillow are two of the more expensive things I own. I'm spending a 3rd of my life on it.