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When we got married we bought a mattress for about $1200, which I thought was an outrageous price for something like a mattress, I'd always bought mattresses for my California King-sized bed used, and never spent more than a couple of hundred dollars...

[Of course before I got married my idea of "separating laundry" was to put my clothes into two piles; (whatever I didn't send to the dry cleaners) those that didn't smell bad enough that they could be worn again, and those that were smelly enough to require washing...but I digress...]

And now with this mattress being 15 years old, and (having two kids use it as a trampoline) for the past six months we have been deciding on a new mattress...Lady Kelly wanted to get one with "memory foam"...

I'm not a big fan of "memory foam"...my experience in sleeping on that was that it was like sleeping on Play Dough; (the "memory" seems somewhat lacking, and when you roll over you're caught in the last "memory"... that style of mattress seems to have a bit of Alzheimers in its memory...)

Then last summer when we stayed at The Atlantis in Reno, we slept on a Sleep Number Bed and we agreed this was the answer to our dilemma...I like a firmer mattress, she likes one that's a little softer..the perfect solution...

So for Christmas this year, we decided to invest in one...(and I say "invest" because for a California King version with the bells and whistles we wanted on it, it was more than 3 grand...about six times what my first car cost...)

We had it delivered about a week ago....

I cannot begin to tell you the difference it has made...

I believed that all the back muscle aches, occasional spams and 'twinges" I was experiencing as I got moving in the morning were just a function of getting older...(what the hell difference could a friggin' mattress make?)

I couldn't have been more wrong...

Ever since we got this thing, all the morning back pains I took for granted have vanished...and I do wake up with a lot more energy...

I hate to sound like The Bionic Woman Lindsey Wagner's infomercial, but based on my personal experience what kind of mattress you sleep on does make a real difference...

Sounds interesting, I wonder if they sell them here.

I tried one it sucked it was like sleeping on a air mattress

They suck as well?!?!

LJ, I find it funny that people worry about how much a good mattress costs, as compared to say, a car. Most people spend 6 to 8 hours per day on the mattress, and less than 3 hours per day in the car. (Numbers may vary, but you get the gist.) I know where I'd focus my time and money shopping for!

Crackpot wrote:I tried one it sucked it was like sleeping on a air mattress

Maybe it was a knock off CP...

This is not an "air mattress" it's far firmer than that; and there's an underlying coil..

Good point Beer Sponge!

it might have been a fairly old model but I doubt it was a knock off. and the air mattress component just left me sinking in the middle.

Beer Sponge wrote:LJ, I find it funny that people worry about how much a good mattress costs, as compared to say, a car. Most people spend 6 to 8 hours per day on the mattress, and less than 3 hours per day in the car. (Numbers may vary, but you get the gist.) I know where I'd focus my time and money shopping for!

Well, I just didn't understand or appreciate the value of it...

And I really didn't think it made any difference...

I'd slept on awful mattresses for years, without giving it a second thought...

It never occurred to me that something as simple as a mattress could make a real difference...

A good mattress is money well spent. Although I'm resisting the idea that they have to be replaced more often than cars.


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I'm still looking for the equal of the twin size be I slept on during my teen years. I still have it to this day and I swear whenever the wife and I get into a good fight we each want to storm out first in order to get a night on that mattress.

Crackpot wrote:it might have been a fairly old model but I doubt it was a knock off. and the air mattress component just left me sinking in the middle.

Well CP, it sounds like you had a bad experience with it...

All I can tell you is that I've never felt better...

I own no stock in this company; I have no interest in telling this story, beyond relating my own personal experience to my long time forum friends...

Frankly, I was quite surprised to discover that something as simple as a "mattress" could make such a difference...

Beer Sponge wrote:LJ, I find it funny that people worry about how much a good mattress costs, as compared to say, a car. Most people spend 6 to 8 hours per day on the mattress, and less than 3 hours per day in the car. (Numbers may vary, but you get the gist.) I know where I'd focus my time and money shopping for!

Yes, but back "in the day" you could have a lot more quality time in the car...

Lord Jim wrote: Frankly, I was quite surprised to discover that something as simple as a "mattress" could make such a difference...

People often feel that way till they find a good one

Lord Jim wrote:

Beer Sponge wrote:LJ, I find it funny that people worry about how much a good mattress costs, as compared to say, a car. Most people spend 6 to 8 hours per day on the mattress, and less than 3 hours per day in the car. (Numbers may vary, but you get the gist.) I know where I'd focus my time and money shopping for!

Yes, but back "in the day" you could have a lot more quality time in the car...

Much quality time was spent in my old Plymouth Volare. It had a fine back seat! (So did the girls!)

Much quality time was spent in my old Plymouth Volare. It had a fine back seat! (So did the girls!)

Once again we've journeyed into the realm of...

I think that Jim is right; getting a good night sleep is one of the most important things you can do for your health. I sleep on memory foam and it works well for me, but my wife has a select comfort and it works well too. What I really don‘t like is inter springs; might as well sleep on pile of nails. When I was in survival school I slept on pine bough, but I was a lot younger then; I think it would probably kill now. The older you get the more important sleep is.

liberty wrote:The older you get the more important sleep is.

Hence the OP.

I like my memory foam bed...tried a sleep number once & detested it.