Hi..I'm glad I came across your website! I spent about 2 hours at the local furniture store (Art Van's) looking and testing out several different mattresses, but ended not buying any. I just wasn't conviced that spending $1,000 on a new mattress was going to keep me happy for years. How did I know that what I'm feeling today on the mattress was going to be the way I felt 2 years from now? To me and my wife, spending $1,000 on a mattress is a BIG deal, that's lots of money, but at this point (with back pains and restless sleep) I'd spend even more for a quality mattress.
After researching the brands that were presented to me as my 'top 3' there at the store, I started to get nervous on the bad reviews that they got. Sleep to Live was very comfy to me at the store, but did not have great reviews. The other two were the same story.
I did run across your site and became much more educated over the past few days and I'm ready to take my knowledge and make a better decision. However, in the local Detroit Metro area, there doesn't seem to be a lot of choices of either manufacturers or retailers. I do plan on heading up (about 50 min away) to Mattress To Go and see what they have to offer, but I am also checking out the on line stores.
Here's my issue/question I suppose: with limited choices in the latex world (that's seems to be the best choice for me) near me, it feels like I should expand my options to buying online. But if I'm spending 2 hours testing out 10 different models at the local big box place, how the heck would one buy a mattress untested on line? I know the manufacturers members here offere free (or reduced shipping) for returns/exchanges, but it can't be easy to do this several times as the mattresses are heavy and buiky to lug up and down stairs and to box up. I know I can compare the ILD's/materials via their spec sheets, but not sure what combo I like best yet. And to go into a local (the MTG place) and test out and ask the questions, only to buy online, is a bit uncomfortable for me.
Any tips you would recommend?
Thanks
I'm in the 48070 zip code, city of Huntington Woods.