Mattress recommendations

[explorer2001]

Boyfriend is well on his way to destroying my bed. It's not his fault he's 6'5" and over 300lbs of muscle (he lifts). But the mattress I bought 4 years ago for myself (when I was all of 160) isn't going to survive. It was a decent mattress separately pocketed coils and all but now I'm getting back aches because it just collapses under him and pulls the support out from under me too. Plus his feet hang off the end so we'll be looking at King or Cal King going forward.

Any recommendations?

[ea32217]

I would go to a reputable mattress store- they should be able to recommend one for both of your needs

[scout8]

We bought a new mattress last week. I had searched on here and found a couple of old threads. In one of them, someone mentioned sleeplikethedead.com. I found it really helpful.

We ended up buying one at a local mattress store. I am sure that we could have bought it cheaper online, but I liked being able to try out the mattresses first.

[hski2349]

WE bought a new mattress this summer from Tuft & Needle. We are absolutely loving it. Another site that is similar is casper mattress.

[explorer2001]

Dec 31, 2015 12:46:24 GMT -5 hski2349 said:

WE bought a new mattress this summer from Tuft & Needle. We are absolutely loving it. Another site that is similar is casper mattress.

Good to hear. They are actually local to me.

[VillainV]

Memory foam is amazing. We got an iComfort a few years back that was amazingly comfortable. If I had to do it again, I'd look at the tempurpedic mattresses that are a hybrid of coil and memory foam.

We also have a sleep number that I really like, and am thinking about putting a memory foam topper on (because I miss the memory foam). It doesn't have the same sink-in comfort that iComfort does, but I sleep really well on it.

[compassrose]

Dec 31, 2015 8:43:58 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

We have one from Original Mattress Factory, which is local here. It's not luxurious, but we don't wake up sore like our last one. Definitely don't get a pillow top (is that even a thing anymore?

We love our Original Mattress Factory one, too. But I like pillowtop and hate memory foam (we had one).

[bowlica]

Dec 31, 2015 8:43:58 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

We have one from Original Mattress Factory, which is local here. It's not luxurious, but we don't wake up sore like our last one. Definitely don't get a pillow top (is that even a thing anymore?)

Just wondering..what is wrong with a pillow top?

[VillainV]

Dec 31, 2015 13:26:11 GMT -5 bowlica said:

Dec 31, 2015 8:43:58 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

We have one from Original Mattress Factory, which is local here. It's not luxurious, but we don't wake up sore like our last one. Definitely don't get a pillow top (is that even a thing anymore?)

Just wondering..what is wrong with a pillow top?

The pillow part wears out before the rest of the mattress does, and you can't flip the mattress so it changes how the whole thing wears. And when the pillow part wears out its not like you can replace that part or throw a mattress topper on there.

[bowlica]

Dec 31, 2015 13:32:36 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Dec 31, 2015 13:26:11 GMT -5 bowlica said:

Just wondering..what is wrong with a pillow top?

The pillow part wears out before the rest of the mattress does, and you can't flip the mattress so it changes how the whole thing wears. And when the pillow part wears out its not like you can replace that part or throw a mattress topper on there.

ok thanks!

[hockeywife]

Following. DH is also 6'5" and close to 300lbs now. We bought a new $$$ mattress 2 years ago and it started to break down almost immediately.

[biscoffcookies]

We like our Winkbed, which is an Internet based direct to consumer matress kind along the lines of Casper, Tuft & Needle, and Leesa. The Winkbed has both coils and foam instead of just foam.

Whatwver brand, I am a big fan of the direct to consumer model. We went to a traditional mattress store and found it too much like a car dealership with high pressure sales tactics, and everything I have read is that returning/exchanging is a hassle full of fine print and loopholes. Plus, how muxh can you tell if a mattress will work for you by laying on it for just a handful of minutes? Most if not all of the Internet based sellers give you 3 months to test out the mattress and will take it back no problem for a full refund (most even pay for return shipping/disposal).

[love1999]

We like our Serta iComfort. We have had it for 3 or 4 years now. DH is 6ft/275lbs and hasn't had an issue.

[Pibs]

We bought a Sleep Number a few months ago and looooooooove it. We actually bought another new mattress (Serta or Sealy or something along those lines) a year and a half ago, and didn't realize we hated it until after the trial period had passed. So that's in one of our guest rooms, and we got the Sleep Number recommendation from my parents -- with my dad who is over 6' and 300+ pounds. They've had theirs for about 10 years and it's just now starting to get a little off in places (like the edge of my dad's side where he sits to put on his shoes) but have raved about it. That said, we were told when we bought ours that they could easily just have the foam edging replaced instead of the entire bed, since the rest is in fine condition.

So I'm super pro Sleep Number. And if you're a memory foam fan (I'm not, it fucks up my back but I gave it a try on the other mattress that is now in the guest room), they have versions with that available, too.

[UnderProtest]

Another Sleep Number fan. I so miss our mattress. It was one of the few things we didn't bring here as it would require a converter/transformer. I regret that decision daily.

[atarianna]

We recently got a Serta through a friend who owns a store and couldn't believe the markup for traditional consumers. I kind of wish we would have waited because I recently heard of Casper and am curious. I love my latex pillows so if we were in the market, I would certainly do the 100 day trial.

Also, another vote for no pillowtop. We purchased on about 5 years ago and had to have Sealy replace it 3 times before we finally gave up. It sagged within just a few weeks/month. This time we went with a more firm mattress and bought a separate topper, but honestly we aren't completely happy with that either.

I think next time I will go with a medium firmness with no pillowtop.

[konapoppy]

We got a tempurpedic in April of last year and love it. H is similar in size to your bf and he will never go back. The initial off gassing was terrible though.