i want to get a memory foam mattress but i have some unanswered questions. anyone have answers?
June 28th, 2009 | 
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-will the mattress absorb heat and make the mattress uncomfortably warm?
-is it worth the cost? (queen size mattress for $599)
-how long will the mattress last?
i just found out that the mattress is 999, not 599.
I have a high-quality, name brand mattress that is memory foam. I love it.
Although the salesman told us it might get too warm, that has not been a problem for me. I love to sleep under tons of blankets, and we recently bought an electric blanket, which I keep at a very low setting.
Our original bed was a water bed, reduced motion. I LOVED my waterbed, but it kind of had a disagreement with the 2 cats, and we had to keep patching it over and over. No fun when you wake up saturated in the morning.
The memory foam matress was a good buy. I still miss the bounce of the waterbed, but I am very happy with it. I was told that they last upward of 20 years. THere is no need to flip or rotate it.
TIP: get the waterproof mattress pad. I spilled pop, and the mattress was fine, thanks to the pad. Because we put our mattress in the waterbed frame, we did not need the one that encased the whole mattress - our mattress sits in the frame rather than on top of, and it would be a real pain to get the pad on and off for cleaning.
Short answer:
1. NO
2. Yes
3. not sure, but am thinking a long time.
Posted in Queen Foam Mattress
It's hard to resist an attractively priced visco mattress but before you give in to the temptation, this will explain how expensive Temperpedic knockoffs really are in the long run—- You Sink In
Cheaper memory foam mattresses are made of low density viscoelastic foam which has bigger but fewer open cells. The air is spread to adjoining cells much quicker so you sink in faster. This may feel nice and soft to begin with but the mattress or bed doesn't have as much body to provide proper cushion. In other words, you keep sinking in until you bottom out.
Good quality mattresses like Tempurpedic and other leading brands (see Ergoflex), however, let you sink in but not that much that it's a chore rolling over. They let you sink in only where softened by body heat while the rest keeps you well cushioned.
Getting stuck in a hole in the middle of the mattress makes rolling over that much more difficult, to the point where it interrupts your deep, restful sleep. Over time you actually feel more tired as opposed to fully rested in the morning.
Short Lifetime
Lower density visco elastic memory foam also wears out much quicker and in time, it stops regaining its original shape. Less dense cell structures crumble quicker than closely knit cells that support each other for a longer period of time. Cheap, low density memory mattresses can show sagging in the middle in as early as 10 months.
Sagging mattresss keep your spine out of alignment during the whole night. It takes years before high quality Temper-style mattresses starts to sag. The cost? You may feel pain in the morning as a result of constricted circulation.
No Warranty
While there have been incidents where customers had problems returning brand-name viscoelastic mattresses under warranty, the vast majority are well covered.
Few, if any, knock offs of Tempur-Pedic Swedish mattresses come with a solid warranty that you can rely on. If something should happen to the mattress you are probably stuck with it. The cost? The price of a new mattress you'd have to buy and the lack of restful sleep for as long as you continue sleeping on the old one.
Cheap Memory Foam Mattresses Cost You More Money And Sleep
While the initial cost of inexpensive mattresses is attractive, you'll find that they last for up to 8 years less than a good quality mattress does. You may find that in the space of 10 years you actually spend more on replacing discount mattresses than you would have spent buying a good bed in the first place.
The cost is not only reflected in the extra dollars you spend but also in the lost hours of restful sleep and frustration.
If you simply cannot afford a good quality, high density, temperature-sensitive memory foam mattress like Temper-Pedic, then you're better off buying a non-memory foam, but nonetheless, good quality, mattress
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I have a high-quality, name brand mattress that is memory foam. I love it.
Although the salesman told us it might get too warm, that has not been a problem for me. I love to sleep under tons of blankets, and we recently bought an electric blanket, which I keep at a very low setting.
Our original bed was a water bed, reduced motion. I LOVED my waterbed, but it kind of had a disagreement with the 2 cats, and we had to keep patching it over and over. No fun when you wake up saturated in the morning.
The memory foam matress was a good buy. I still miss the bounce of the waterbed, but I am very happy with it. I was told that they last upward of 20 years. THere is no need to flip or rotate it.
TIP: get the waterproof mattress pad. I spilled pop, and the mattress was fine, thanks to the pad. Because we put our mattress in the waterbed frame, we did not need the one that encased the whole mattress - our mattress sits in the frame rather than on top of, and it would be a real pain to get the pad on and off for cleaning.
Short answer:
1. NO
2. Yes
3. not sure, but am thinking a long time.
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