I know you get what you pay for and now I am suffering from my mattress set that I bought less than two years ago for $400.00 new....

So how much did you spend and your set and what brand, and what is your rating.
Hopefully I can invest this time instead of buying just for necessity, but still want to be reasonable about it.

5/4/2011 11:58:32 AM

A $400 mattress probably had a 5 year warranty.

5/4/2011 11:59:50 AM

I've got a water bed, paid $10,000.

5/4/2011 12:00:41 PM

$1600? Macys on sale!

I have no idea what brand it is

10yr warranty, Macys will come and pick it up and clean it for you whenever!

It's a pillowtop, I like kind of a firm mattress but soft... if that makes sense. I love it.

The warranty came with some crazy space-material mattress cover and I rolled my eyes when the lady was like "people your age should really use a mattress cover like this" but then was thankful when I accidentally left a bottle of chocolate milk on my bed for a week when I went out of town and it busted. I'm pretty sure that might have ruined the mattress without that cover on it. It was completely dry, no liquid touched the mattress at all!

Hope that was enough detail

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 12:04 PM. Reason : .]

5/4/2011 12:01:10 PM

50 bucks from a yard sale a few years back. He wanted 75, but I talked him down because of some collapsed springs and cumstains. It's incredibly uncomfortable. I haven't a decent night's sleep in years.

5/4/2011 12:03:13 PM

termpur-pedic
3000 ish

had it for about 6-7 years.
still feels brand new.

and awesome (a lot of people dont like the way those feel though)

5/4/2011 12:04:15 PM

This what I have for my troublesome back, pruchased last February. Extra firm, no bells and whistles. I'm a side/back sleeper. $600 plus tax.
http://www.themattressfactoryinc.com/pd.129/sealy-posturepedic-preferred-series-extra-firm.aspx

It shocked me how firm it really was! And it's the most comfortable bed I've ever had, it's just perfectly suited for me. I dont know if it would be everyone's cup of tea though.




[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 12:06 PM. Reason : $]

5/4/2011 12:04:33 PM

Check out The Original Mattress Factory...my family and myself have been using them for years. They make all their own mattresses locally from same materials that the big guys use for like 1/2 the price.

5/4/2011 12:05:04 PM

Around $900. Talked the guy down a couple hundred bucks from the big "Presidents Day Sale" they were having. It was advertised as 50% off of $2300, but mattress companies are second only to furniture companies at jacking up their prices and then having huge "sales" to make it look like you're getting a better deal than you actually are.

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 12:05 PM. Reason : l]

5/4/2011 12:05:11 PM

$600 @ ikea

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60206913

5/4/2011 12:05:14 PM

my mattress is a girl's mattress, i think, if those exist

Vera Wang Serta pillow top

comfortable as fuck though ... got the on-the-floor model in 2008 for $800 (they didn't have anymore in stock)... normally sold for about $2000 i think

this was at a chain place in Charlottesville called Mattress King, i don't know if they have them down here though

5/4/2011 12:06:35 PM

Quote :

"as fuck"

5/4/2011 12:09:41 PM

knew you would chime in on that

in this case, i mean it

5/4/2011 12:10:36 PM

Of the 3 or 4 matresses our family has purchased we've got the best deals at Costco. No "sale" pricing, great return policy, etc.

Also for what it's worth I tried a tempur pedic and freaking loved how it felt, but I burned up on it. The foam holds A LOT of heat. Unfortunately I seem to produce a lot of heat and always woke up sweaty at 3AM.

Currently sleeping on a matress made by Restonic. Went to the factory and picked out what I wanted, cut out all the middle people.

5/4/2011 12:12:25 PM

dont forget you owe me 40 bucks

5/4/2011 12:12:52 PM

come get it

5/4/2011 12:14:02 PM

I don't have a bed

I paid $35 for an air mattress but now it deflates

so I sleep on the floor

5/4/2011 12:16:47 PM

lol i had one of those for a summer

the interior bonded vinyl (to keep it mattress-shaped) tore so it turned into like a big bubble, but it would slowly deflate and i would wake up on the floor

5/4/2011 12:18:11 PM

$200

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

5/4/2011 12:19:57 PM

lol

5/4/2011 12:21:50 PM

5/4/2011 12:23:51 PM

btt I know you guys are sleeping

5/4/2011 1:11:44 PM

Knockoff wal-mart memory foam mattress, a couple of hundred bucks, fucking love it

5/4/2011 1:13:08 PM

$1800 on a king sized pillowtop Sealy (I think Sealy anyway). I went with firm springs with a memory foam pillowtop because I didn't like the tempurpedic.

I got it from mattress direct on sale with 24months no interest. It was more than I intended to spend when I went looking, but I have not regretted it for a single second. I can't describe how nice it is to sleep on a bed that my shins don't hang off the end of. It has a 15 year warranty, so I won't have to buy another bed until I'm almost 40.

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 1:15 PM. Reason : .]

5/4/2011 1:14:59 PM

Bemco 2-sided in summer of '05 or so. i think we paid $1200 for two queen size sets (one regularly priced at $800 and one 50% off at $400)

5/4/2011 1:20:13 PM

I think we spent $1100 just for the mattress. We have a platform bed so we didn't need the box springs.

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM. Reason : best mattress I have ever had]

5/4/2011 1:30:56 PM

$800 for box spring and king mattress from OMF, was the second tier set i think

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 1:40 PM. Reason : I like it a lot]

5/4/2011 1:40:01 PM

$750 for queen mattress & box spring. polyurethane foam from the original mattress factory. they don't make it anymore though. best damn mattress ever. had it for maybe 4 years i think.

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 2:03 PM. Reason : size]

5/4/2011 2:03:07 PM

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"I've got a water bed, paid $10,000."

damn.

5/4/2011 2:04:01 PM

but... water is free

5/4/2011 2:04:57 PM

About $900 for our queen mattress and box spring set but that also included a "free" 32" TV for the exercise room

5/4/2011 2:08:09 PM

take blow up air mattress, fill with water.

5/4/2011 2:08:41 PM

I bought a Kingsdown mattress for $1100 about 2 years ago (negotiated down from $1600 and I still probably paid too much) and I hate the fucking thing. It's my own fault for not going with my gut. I thought it felt too soft but a friend (who had the same model) recommended it to me and the reviews I read about them at the time were good. It also didn't help that the damn salesman conned me into believing that I would adjust to the mattress. He told me it can take up to 6 months for someone's body to fully adjust to a new bed, especially after being on a bad mattress for years. That sounded like bullshit to me but I didn't know anything about beds so I trusted what he said. I went from a piece of shit $200 mattress to this so I figured it couldn't be much worse. Well, the damn thing is just too soft. I knew in the first 2 weeks I had it that it was too soft. I should have taken it back but I let that asshole convince me that I would grow into it. Lesson learned.

1) Do your homework. Read reviews, test multiple beds, and talk to a number of "salesmen."
2) All and I mean all bed prices are negotiable. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Some of these salesmen are scum and will attempt to rip you off. It's almost as bad if not worse than buying a car.
3) Find out warranty info and don't buy anything with less than a 10 year warranty. You get what you pay for.
4) Don't buy any Kingsdown beds from Thomasville Furniture.
5) There are gimmicks everywhere. Pocket coils vs Spring mattresses vs Memory foam, etc. Try out each one and I mean spend 20 minutes lying on each mattress in different positions. I've heard good things about memory foam but the only consistent drawback I've heard about it is that it makes you really hot when you sleep. I couldn't take that. I need it to be cool or I can't sleep.
6) Return and Exchange policy. IKEA has a 90 day return policy for mattresses. I'm sure other companies do to. Any respectable company will have this. If they don't you shouldn't be shopping with them. No one knows how a mattress is going to really feel until they've slept on it for several days.




[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 2:47 PM. Reason : .]

5/4/2011 2:41:26 PM

Quote :

"I've got a water bed, paid $10,000."

I could never sleep on a water bed after watching this when I was a kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvCr_RM5YjY

(wish I could embed)

5/4/2011 2:50:52 PM

they don't allow embedding on that one

5/4/2011 2:52:49 PM

and that is one the weaker Freddy moments

5/4/2011 2:53:45 PM

$3300 Tempurpedic

Well worth the money and has a 20 year warranty.

5/4/2011 2:56:32 PM

i'll probably look into a sleep number when its time to replace mine.

anyone on here have one of them?

5/4/2011 2:57:09 PM

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 2:57 PM. Reason : nvm]

5/4/2011 2:57:30 PM

Sleep number beds are air beds right?

5/4/2011 3:01:09 PM

think so, the adjustable ones that you can make softer or firmer

5/4/2011 3:02:35 PM

Quote :

"lol i had one of those for a summer the interior bonded vinyl (to keep it mattress-shaped) tore so it turned into like a big bubble, but it would slowly deflate and i would wake up on the floor"

That happened to one that I took to spring break in high school after I whooped it's ass. Then I had to sleep on the floor for the rest of the week.

Quote :

"i'll probably look into a sleep number when its time to replace mine. anyone on here have one of them?"

They're good; just not as good as getting a quality mattress that isn't sleep number. That's what I thought after testing them and I've had several people tell me they wish they hadn't bought it for the same reason. A few people have told me they love it though, so take it for what it's worth.

I spent a week on a memory foam mattress in Puerto Rico last year and now I want one. I didn't care for it in the store, but my girlfriend and I both loved it after sleeping on it for the week. My traditional mattress is starting to sag and it's not even four years old. I think if I can get it to sag enough to get a replacement for free I'll sell the replacement and buy a memory foam mattress.

5/4/2011 3:18:28 PM

we've got a tempurpedic, but i think i max out the compression in some places so it creates some pressure points for me i also have an awesome airmattress in the basement i like to take naps on, so maybe a sleep number would be better for me. what don't y'all like about it specifically?

5/4/2011 3:58:38 PM

$750ish in 2005 for a full size pillow top, don't know what brand

I reallllllly want a king size bed now. It wouldn't fit in our current room very well, but as soon as space allows, it's happening.

5/4/2011 4:06:54 PM

i forgot to post but i guess our bed was about $4000, saved 1k by purchasing a new, still wrapped extra from furnishing a hotel

5/4/2011 4:29:56 PM

cheap walmart memory foam with a foam topper....$300 and it's damn comfortable...it sits on a homemade platform built out of a couple 2x10s and some plywood

5/4/2011 4:38:46 PM

$100 king sized mattress from my brother in Law's mother, 4years ago.
It is kinda old and starting to dip in the middle, but it does a good job, and I sleep happy.

5/4/2011 4:50:49 PM

pryderi

tempur-pedic buddies


(i almost said bed buddies ahaha)

5/4/2011 4:59:23 PM

I think like $1,300 for a Sealy King pillowtop.

5/4/2011 5:06:48 PM

set em up

5/4/2011 5:11:05 PM