Mattress Thread

[DJ FC]

Usually 7, often less, almost never more.

[DDTempest]

6-14 hours depending on the day ... needless to say, working nights fucks up your sleep schedule.

[thekremlin]

Sleeping fucks works up your night schedule

[Orgazmo]

Through the week, I normally only sleep 6 hours in bed. I oftentimes supplement with a mid-morning nap in my office, though.

[f3lix]

Most comfy office ever, I suppose.

[Ironic Mustache]

Go to the stores and lay on 15-20 different ones, then find the one you want and try to find a deal on it. You can usually negotiate the prices at those places.

[Ugly Bastard]

I don't view sleep as a time waster at all. It's one of the most important things you can do. I view all of life as built on the foundation of a few very important things and a solid night's sleep is one of them.

[SittinOnDubsWGW]

I'm normally around 8 hours. I got a Simmons Beauty Rest queen for like 800. I've been pretty happy with it

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

I don't view sleep as a time waster at all. It's one of the most important things you can do.

Some can get 4-6 hours of sleep and function much better than getting 10.

Compared to these people, sleep is a time-waster.

[Mr. Blonde]

I priced out my first mattresses today. There are some pretty pricey as fuck mattress out there for a hunk of soft shit to sleep on.


First stop was Mattress Firm. They had okay mattresses, but there was a place across the street that was already closed that I reckon would have cheaper beds.


I only laid in one that I was interested in, but there was a 40-something salesguy there and mostly I just mined him for information about mattresses. For example, there are basically 4 types of firmness:

Firm (hard -- the mattress guy said these usually get returned within a month, who the fuck sleeps on that shit?)

Plush (Goldilocks shit -- what felt best to me)

Pillow Top (soft as hell)

Memory foam (Sarlacc but with really really soft teeth)



The one I was interested in would have only been about $600 with spring, which is really all I care to spend on a mattress right now. Probably $700 maximum -- In a few years, I could see myself investing on a King that I could have for the next 20 years of my life, but if I could get a decent Plush for 600, throw a couple inches of memoryfoam padding on top of it from Costco, I'm pretty sure that would be a dream for me compared to what I have slept on most of my life (shit).


That being said, I'm going to check out about 2-3 more local places before making a decision. It's not like the mattress industry is going anywhere.

The only thing that sucked was the 1 on 1 of the Mattress guy vs. Me. I've always been a pretty weak/impulsive consumer and am just finally starting to flex my anti-sales balls; rather than avoid sales entirely which is pretty cowardly. It worked out well and the guy was actually pretty nice; I think he just wanted to get back to watching netflix.


Anyways I know a mattress isn't a big deal to you guys but the only one I ever bought that wasn't taken off the street (ugh college) was like $200 from a shady clearance warehouse in Phoenix that probably had Chinese trash in it. All the others have been hand-me-downs of some sort. So it's kind of a big deal for me.

[Mr. Blonde]

Memory-Foam Mattress Deal of the Day | Groupon Abilene, TX


This deal seemed a bit too good to pass up on, so I bought one. Worst case scenario, if I don't like it, i'm fairly sure I could easily sell it on CL for more.

[DJ FC]

If that's the worst case scenario we should go into the mattress business.

[Ironic Mustache]

There are a ton of different quality foams. You'll probably like it for a few months and then the foam will stop bouncing back.

[Mr. Blonde]

Thought about that, so I researched my impulse-buy more yesterday at work. At first, I was dismayed at even cheaper memory foam mattresses on Amazon.com, for example, then realized that quality was probably an issue with those.

When I was talking to a guy at Mattress Firm the other day, I asked about permanent impressions in memory foam, and he stated that you can usually tell whether or not the mattress is of a high enough quality or not by the warranty that comes with it. A cheap, $400 (without discount) priced memory foam mattress would probably only last a couple years before getting bumps and impressions in it. But I don't think that's the case with this one.

Here is the manufacturer page for the mattress (not the Groupon one): Nature's Dream Series.

Mattress Hero Warranty

All Memory Foam & Latex Mattresses have a 20 year limited warranty with a 10 YEAR FULL WARRANTY followed by a 10 year limited warranty (50%).

It seems to be of fairly high quality and just a surplus/liquidation thing, which I'm A-okay with.

Nay-saying: Deflected. Don't be jelly cause I got a good deal.

[Ironic Mustache]

Don't be surprised when it's nearly impossible to collect on your warranty. There's always little loopholes like having to keep a mattress cover on it, having to have a certain kind of frame, etc. If it's as good a deal as you think, though, I'm hella jelly.

[Mr. Blonde]

Well, here's hoping. I'll call them about the warranty shit sometime soon I guess. Thanks for the tip.

[f3lix]

Good tip on the warranty. I have a 20-year on my Tempurpedic but there are the same loopholes, so I just got the exact things they require (cover and frame.) It cost me a little more, but the investment is worth a mattress that good and one that should last the next 20 years.

[Mr. Blonde]

When I get the mattress I'll contact them to find out the deets.

[angry pancake]

Mrs. Pancake just bought us some memory-foam with gel posturpedic having mattress. Along with an adjustable base that reclines and all that shit. I have no idea how the base is going to work as it's split for two sides to work, but the mattress is all one piece. I hope to fuck those in unison. I have no idea. Total damage about 6 grand. I was totally cool with the mattress I had. . . . . .and crashing on the la-z-boy recliner couch. Sucks if I'm going to have to spend more time sleeping with Mrs. Pancake. I kinda like my space.