We bought our old mattress at The Dump. Yes, that's the name of the store, but it is actually quite fitting. They advertise highly discounted prices because they buy from businesses that are closing. In reality, they sell cheap, defective junk. I have a friend who had a similar experience. The mattress was okay at first. But when it came time to flip it top to bottom like the instructions said, we discovered the bottom wasn't even a finished surface. It was definitely not the same bed we tried in the store. Unfortunately, at that point there was nothing we could do.
After sleeping on it for 5 years, it looked like this...
We put a yardstick across it to really show how bad it was. It was sunk in 3-5 inches on each side, and the middle had a hump higher than the edges. The sinking had started before it was even a year old. And we were both having trouble sleeping through the night and/or waking up sore.
We decided to start our shopping off by learning our sleep numbers so we would know what we were looking for. They actually were closer together than we expected. With 100 being hard and 5 being soft, I am a 30, and my husband is a 40. But we aren't fans of how comfy (or pricy) Sleep Number beds are.
So, off to Sleep Experts we went! My full sized bed I bought in college that is now our guest bed is a Simmons from there. And it's a great bed! I call it "the cloud bed" because it is THAT comfy.
Our new king sized mattress we picked out is also a Simmons Beautyrest. It's sooooooo much better! And flat! The sheets stay on better too. Plus, it comes with a one year love your mattress guarantee! We even saved some money buy getting a mis-matched box spring.
We went back the next day and got new pillows too. Our old ones were too flat for our new bed. I guess our old one kind of had built in pillows after becoming so lumpy and deformed. Of course, everything got brand new allergy covers to protect it and keep us healthy. After sleeping on it for two weeks, we are definitely having sweeter dreams now!
Any amazing mattress recommendations? Do you prefer soft or hard? Memory foam or pillow top? Spill the beans in the comments.
Glad you got a new bed! We will probably be doing that soon too. I haven't tried the yardstick test yet; I'll have to do that! Our mattress is from the dump too... Same experience...or was I the friend? :)
ReplyDeleteI never thought about checking the sleep number! We'll have to go try that first!
You were that friend! Our mattress salesman said they hear horror stories about The Dump a lot.
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