Bed suggestions

[billybob123]

Bring your pillow to the showroom and lie down on the bed for at least 10-15 minutes. Don't feel ashamed, it's a 350-1000+ investment!

And, price compare. The stores all carry very similar mattresses but with different names, wicking, percentage of each foam in the pillow top. Get the best price you can at one place (echoing the comment above, don't pay more than 50% of the listed price), say you'll think it over, then go somewhere else and get them to compare. The stores all have different names but each store has a book with their comparable brand. Make sure you try it out before buying.

I got a Simmons BR ("World Class" == same everywhere but their brand was something stupid like "Emerald Dawn") at the Brick after price comparing at Sleep Country, Simmons Mattress gallery, and Sears. Neither would match everything, and the Brick threw in one of those mattress covers and free delivery, plus 50% off the frame. Wound up being $125 less than the closest price match. (incidentally Sleep Co was a miserable experience for me - they tried to steer me to an inferior bed; when I showed them the stats, they wouldn't listen and the manager let me walk out angry rather than try to sell me a mattress. Each store and experience will be different! Buy from the one that makes you happiest).

There's dozens of mattress retailers, might as well have them compete for your business!

I can't recommend highly enough a good mattress, I love mine and haven't regretted buying it in the two years we've had it.

[boobaloo]

Bought a Kingsdown at sleep country. They are probably fine if you don't take the financing. It'll be the first and last one I buy there because of it. The salesman was quasi high pressure. Talked me into $500 worth of pillows, and wouldn't take them back when my husband woke up wheezing in the night. After threatening to cancel the bed order, they reluctantly agreed, and exchanged them for $140 worth of pillows that now make nice sham stuffers because they are useless as pillows.

I like the bed, but the rest of it I could have done without. Having said that, we've probably spent a grand on pillows in the last nine months because once you've slept on them they won't take them back. The exception to that is Costo, and they take back anything. We are sleeping on memory foam ones from there, but they aren't great. Only $50 bucks for the pair, so cheap considering all the rest of the money we've spent. Still looking for good pillows if anyone has any ideas.

Edit: the financing isn't the only reason I wouldn't deal with sleep country again.

[Coys1882]

Couple questions about the mattress shopping I did this evening:

1. Is Kingsdown a decent mattress? Mattress Mattress on 130th have a good deal on one and I'm curious as to people's experiences with the durability.

2. Anyone bought from Mattress Mattress before? Their prices were definitely lower than the Brick's but they claim they can't haggle because they are at the rock bottom price already. Any truth or is that salesperson BS?