How long have you had your mattress?

[notposting]

Sleepnumber. Had since somewhere around 06. Queen, dual zone, remote & frame. It was already used when we got it.

Don't need to flip, can wash the cover, breaks down incredibly for transport. Never go back to conventional. Oh, and comfy and adjustable for the two of us.

 

[TheSlamma]

about 2 years?

I'm about to chuck it and get a new one. I HATE IT.

Same situation here

 

[NoCreativity]

Got a sleepez latex mattress a couple weeks ago. Even with the soft top layer it's a little firm for me. Need to find a mattress pad that adds a little softness but doesn't retain a lot of heat. I am sleeping better than my old pocket spring firm/pillowtop though.

 

[skyking]

Any recommendations here?

Also, anyone else with recommendations on a durable mattress? We bought a Lucid Linenspa Cal King about 3 years ago, and it sucks now. Pockets and very poor back support, so we both wake up with back pain fairly frequently when sleeping on it.

Thought about going back to spring with a Sealy PosturePedic for $1050 (mattress and box), but I keep reading that longevity isn't good on spring mattresses. I am about to the point where I buy a new plain firm mattress and throw a memory foam pad on top for comfort and replace as needed.

Anyone in here have suggestions on a durable firm mattress than can go more than 6 years? I am a fairly big guy, but by no means ginormous.

We flipped our latex for the first time yesterday, and flipped the topper. Still flawless after 3 years. I can see the topper going another 4~5 years. The mattress should go 20 with a topper on it.
I would have never thought we'd get a $1500 mattress, but it turned out to be the right decision. Look for all natural latex.

 

[mvbighead]

We flipped our latex for the first time yesterday, and flipped the topper. Still flawless after 3 years. I can see the topper going another 4~5 years. The mattress should go 20 with a topper on it.
I would have never thought we'd get a $1500 mattress, but it turned out to be the right decision. Look for all natural latex.

Is yours just latex throughout? One issue I have with our current bed is that it has a top layer, middle layer, and bottom layer. It can be rotated, but not flipped. That, to me, means that there is very little we can do to spread the wear of the mattress around.

At this point, I am considering another spring mattress, and likely throwing a layer of memory foam or latex on top.

Had considered this:
http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=42410498

But it also has a top layer, so it can only be rotated and not flipped.

My preference at this point is to find the best I can for a firm mattress than can be both flipped and rotated, and simply throw a memory foam topper on for comfort.

What brand did you end up with? Just curious as I have looked for all natural latex but it seems some are different than others.

 

[skyking]

Ours was from a Seattle store, Bedrooms and more. It is a house branded item. They may be able to help you though. Nice family owned place.

 

[mvbighead]

Ours was from a Seattle store, Bedrooms and more. It is a house branded item. They may be able to help you though. Nice family owned place.

Ugh, everything I am finding locally is layered in some way. I'd really just prefer a base and to buy my own foam. At this point, the support part of my existing mattress sucks. The memory foam aspect is fine.

Everything I am finding latex is not flippable. I've found some but they either aren't available as Cal-King or are upwards of a 2-3k. If I can't find long term reviews that suggest I can expect it to last, I am not going to throw down $2k. Bout ready to toss in the towel and go back to a spring.

Another reason I am reconsidering spring is I've heard from countless people that body impressions etc are a problem on foam types. Latex is supposed to be better, but I still worry that foam compresses and there is no getting around it. I'd figure a flippable mattress would be able to be 'given' time to decompress while flipped so that you can spread the wear evenly instead of constantly having two sleeping holes. Thing is, the bed my wife and I had prior to strictly memory foam was an older bed but was much better than our bed currently is and it was over 10 years old if I recall.

 

[William Gaatjes]

About 2 years. A sturdy 200cmx160cmx23cm mattress with pocket springs that hardly compresses. Since i sleep alone in it, it is long enough for me. I lay diagonal when i really want to sleep all stretched out.
And i have build a custom wooden underside for the bed for it where the mattress is resting on. With 8 sturdy metal bed legs from Ikea.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10075660/

 

[Thump553]

15-20 years. It's just about beaten into submission.

 

[Captante]

About 3.5 years ... Ikea foam w/wool core.

Very comfortable IMO.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I've had my queen for a few months now coming from a full and I still find myself only sleeping on one side of the bed lol.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Stearns & Foster pillow-top king. Just picked it up 2 weeks ago for $1700 out the door. Wonderful bed - sleep so soundly on it. Previous was a 10+ year old pillowtop (forgot the brand) she had had. It makes a huge difference.

 

[mvbighead]

After reading all around, including sleeplikethedead.com and on the forums here, it seems the best bet has to be the Tempurpedic. Seems like most confirm that they last, and that the warranty is honored if needed.

Price is up there, but I do value sleep and would like to not have considerable back pain when I wake up, which most seem to confirm they do not have with the tempurpedic. Just not seeing a better option that we can buy locally and have supported locally if we need it.

 

[Homerboy]

I'm embarrassed to say that our mattress is over 15 years old. We really need to replace it.

/me raises his hand as well

 

[Muse]

about 2 years?

I'm about to chuck it and get a new one. I HATE IT.

You don't need the most expensive but get one that's really really really well made. That's what I did, not the top of the line but one they told me was as good in terms of the spring system and it's lasted me 30 years. The first one not even a year.

 

[SlickSnake]

Is yours just latex throughout? One issue I have with our current bed is that it has a top layer, middle layer, and bottom layer. It can be rotated, but not flipped. That, to me, means that there is very little we can do to spread the wear of the mattress around.

At this point, I am considering another spring mattress, and likely throwing a layer of memory foam or latex on top.

Had considered this:
http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=42410498

But it also has a top layer, so it can only be rotated and not flipped.

My preference at this point is to find the best I can for a firm mattress than can be both flipped and rotated, and simply throw a memory foam topper on for comfort.

What brand did you end up with? Just curious as I have looked for all natural latex but it seems some are different than others.

Mine can't be flipped either. At the time, I thought that was a good thing, because the firmness of the mattress is retained over time somewhat better, but the downside is the pillow top has taken a beating and the padding is starting to bunch up a lot, even though it has always had a fairly thick mattress pad on it. And at about 15 years old, it must weigh a few tons now, according to the "mattress experts" that want you to buy a new bed every 8 years because of the weight of mite poo "doubling it's weight". In truth, I would imagine anyone using a mattress cover at all since a bed was new, probably don't have that much mite poo in their beds, in the first place, if any. But don't tell that to the "experts" who probably went hotel and hospital hopping for filthy, unclean mattresses without mattress pads to pad their mite study in the extreme.

Oh, and I just found one of the mattresses over 8 years old they must have used in their study.

I think I may try a gel foam instead of a plain foam one, because the gels seem to add a bit more support to the mattress. One thing I noticed about some foam mattress brands if you look at cutaways, is they will use a jagged layer of foam to add a coolness layer, even if they don't use a gel, and that jagged layer is just going to sink down unevenly over time eventually causing a rippled effect on the top that you probably wouldn't want to be laying on 8 hours a day.

 

[sarvesh2015]

more than 2 years and I am happy with it.

 

[Muse]

Since around 1985. There's a sharpie mark under my head, whichever way I have it: 1, 2, 3, 4. I flip to the next number around twice a year. Honestly it looks and feels good. I bought the best... not the fanciest but the sales person told me it had the same structural integrity as the top model. The mattress it replaced had deteriorated so fast, this one is like the Brooklyn Bridge... still supports. My back's way better than when I bought this mattress. It's the activity I do that does that.

 

[skyking]

Same mattress and topper as before. It still sucks us down into it like no bed before. My wife loves to hate the bed.

 

[BoomerD]

Current mattress, Beautyrest Silver something.
Bought new in Jan. 2019. Best mattress we've ever owned...and we've had a LOT of mattresses in our 47 years together.
The only one we've ever had that was close was the Costco Kirkland (Stearns and Foster?) mattress we bought for our motorhome. That was hella nice too...but not as...isolated for movement as the Beautyrest is.

 

[Hans Gruber]

15-20 years. It's just about beaten into submission.

I am with the mattress police. There are tags on your mattress showing when it was manufactured. 15-20 is not going to cut it here.

 

[BoomerD]

I am with the mattress police. There are tags on your mattress showing when it was manufactured. 15-20 is not going to cut it here.

oh...um...well, you see...err...those tags mysteriously disappeared...