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Buying a Mattress
« on: December 17, 2010, 05:49:52 am »
It's time for a new bed.  Does anyone have any brand recommendations, experiences to pass along?

The pillow-tops I've experienced in hotels have been comfy, but I've read that the pillow tops go flat long before the mattress is done.  I've been on a firm mattress until now and I'm thinking plush might be the way to go.
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2010, 07:40:41 am »
..best tip..............to be hip and up to date..................make sure the BED BUG COUNT is above 600 !!!!!!!.....................


 mattresses are such an individual pref & the markups are sky high.......pillow top no...separate memory foam top good.............personally i would sleep on it.... ;D
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 07:42:00 am »
haggle like MAD.  Got a top of the line serta (not serta but whatever the heck their premium line is) at sleepcountry for better than half the list price.  It was like $5000 for the pair ended up paying like $1200.  Markup is crazy on mattresses.
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2010, 07:56:27 pm »
We bought a new matress this summer.  Pillow tops are stupid hot.  We bought at Sleep Country.  They have an exchange priviledge and we took advantage of it...
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2010, 10:22:51 pm »
Quote from: saint_satan on December 17, 2010, 07:56:27 pm
Pillow tops are stupid hot. 

Yes!  They are!  My mattress is a Simmons Beautyrest, bought in 1996 - extra firm, no pillow top (there weren't any back then).  Added a foam layer to cushion me, and it breathes perfectly well.  The mattress is still firm and fine after all these years - no issues whatsoever.
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2010, 05:41:15 am »
Quote from: safristi on December 17, 2010, 07:40:41 am
..best tip..............to be hip and up to date..................make sure the BED BUG COUNT is above 600 !!!!!!!.....................


 mattresses are such an individual pref & the markups are sky high.......pillow top no...separate memory foam top good.............personally i would sleep on it.... ;D

I sleep on the floor that way I am environmentally friendly. No matress to throw away after a few years.   :rofl2: :rofl:
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2010, 09:50:53 am »
..an ace and a Jack and ya have a FLUSH................ ::) :P................
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2010, 10:52:19 am »
Thanks for the tips, everyone. 
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2010, 11:12:24 am »
Quote from: Careener on December 18, 2010, 09:07:09 am
I'm pretty sure there have been mattress threads here before.

Yes, there have been.  I must have misspelled mattress when I searched the first time.   :shake: :-[
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2010, 12:29:15 pm »
 ::) Bed Bath & Beyond forgiveable................ :P..and Winkie make sure ya buy one wif a Bloke! heater in Winterpeg........................keeps yer bearings nice and warm........
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2010, 06:32:05 pm »
Pillow top are great.  Had ours for about 7 years now and the best sleeps ever.  You sink down in them a bit and it does tend to leave an indentation over time.  So I mark each end, top and bottom, of the mattress Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, then flip the mattress at the end of each season.  That way it gets even use.
I learned this trick from my son when he worked at a high-end hotel.

Hmmm, time to flip that mattress soon.
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2010, 07:15:35 pm »
I tried Firm and Plush today and I think the latter is the way to go.
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2011, 03:20:31 pm »
Just hope you don't find yourself in this mess when at the store:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEeLtqtNvU
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Re: Buying a Mattress
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2011, 04:22:24 pm »
 ::)....Oh put a bag ov'r it random you 60 foot git......and get the poor bastard a comfy dog kennel..................1inch by 6 inches should do it.......... ;D
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