Beds!

[Alec]

My wife and I are looking for a new bed. Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone have a tempur-pedic bed? My wife has been having back problems and she thinks a better bed might help. As for me, I can sleep on almost anything. (I still miss my really hard futon!)

Thanks

[JSngry]

Stearns & Foster King Size. It says "Knightsbridge", but I don't know if that a model or what.

Supposedly built to last through damn near anything, and coming up on 10 yrs, it has.

Beds and shoes are two things where you don't want to skimp on quality in order to save some bucks.

[jazzbo]

For about six years I had an all latex mattress, amazing, love it, it's my favorite ever. My wife though. . . she gradually felt she didn't like it anymore and made me by a Select Comfort "Sleep Number" bed.

SHE'S happy as heck about it. I'm not that jazzed about it but my vote no longer counts.

Lately we've been sleeping on hotel beds. ARGH.

[jazzypaul]

I have a beautyrest, and it's great. The fiancee and I were doing some bed shopping, and we kept going right back to the beautyrest all over again. Certainly, for the money, there's not a better bed out there, that I've seen anyway.

[Christiern]

As I grew taller, my grandparents had my manger extended, accordingly. I have the hay refreshed regularly and I have, of course, reinforced the frame.

[Ron S]

Stearns & Foster King Size. It says "Knightsbridge", but I don't know if that a model or what.

Supposedly built to last through damn near anything, and coming up on 10 yrs, it has.

Beds and shoes are two things where you don't want to skimp on quality in order to save some bucks.

I also have a Stearns & Foster King Size, but mine's an "Easton" model. Great beds. Cost a bit more than Sealy, Serta, Simmons, etc., but worth it (considering you'll sleep on it every night for decades).

One cool thing about S&F: unlike the other companies, they have a consistent coding system for their model names that applies across all retail outlets (the other companies do not have any consistency of model names among different stores, so it's almost impossible to do an apples-to-apples price comparison). So although the S&F model names may vary among stores, the first initials of comparable models are always the same, and you can do a rational price comparison. I.e., Jim's mattress set was called "Knightsbridge" where he bought it, whereas in another store it may be called the "Kingspoint" and in still another it may be the "Kentland", but S&F makes clear that all the "K" models are exactly the same. This isn't true for Sealy, Serta, etc., making shopping for them a nightmare.

[JSngry]

Yeah, S&F has made a beliver out of me and LTB both. It was damn comfortable new (it's one of those "pillowtop" jobs, which I highly recommend) , and it still is damn comfortable. We used to have to replace mattresses every 5-7 years or so, but this bad boy looks like it's in it for the long haul. Gotta love that.

[ghost of miles]

As I grew taller, my grandparents had my manger extended, accordingly. I have the hay refreshed regularly and I have, of course, reinforced the frame.

Have three wise guys shown up yet?

[JSngry]

If three wiseguys show up, I'd be leary of any lumberjacking going on nearby...

[Rooster_Ties]

[Adam]

As I grew taller, my grandparents had my manger extended, accordingly. I have the hay refreshed regularly and I have, of course, reinforced the frame.

Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

My aunt & uncle have a tempur-pedic, and it is fabulous.

I figure that you spend 1/3 of your life in bed. It's worth spending more on that than really on anything else you own (except the house). That said, I've only had hand-me-down beds. Whenever I get to buy one, it will be a tempur-pedic or equivalent.

[Randy Twizzle]

I've never given a damn about what bed I owned. My current one probably should have been tossed out several years ago, but it does its job. I don't have back problems nor do I desire to sleep all that comfortably, and currently I'm sleeping alone. As long as I wake up in the morning, I'm reasonably happy. If I don't wake up, having a state of the art bed won't mean a damn thing anyway.

[catesta]

I bought a Sealy Posturepedic last summer and have been pretty happy with it. On sale it was just under $1600.

If I was going to spend serious coin on a bed I think it would be a Duxiana.

[ghost of miles]

Is tempur-pedic the same as memory foam? Any opinions/input on memory foam?

[kinuta]

I switched from bed to futon on the floor a couple of years ago and sleep well every night.

I have no back or shoulders problems.

[GA Russell]

I recently shopped around, and selected the Original Mattress Factory. I've had it for about a month, and I'm quite pleased with it.

[mjzee]

Is tempur-pedic the same as memory foam? Any opinions/input on memory foam?

I bought a 4-inch memory foam pad for our bed a number of years ago. I liked it a lot, but my wife hated the feel of it. It's a very personal decision, so try to test before you buy. BTW, if you're thinking of a memory foam pad, they're really heavy and a bitch to dispose of.

[Soulstation1]

If Serena Williams or Rosario Dawson are warm and comfy...

I can't complain!!!!

[mr jazz]

best site for mattress info: http://www.sleeplikethedead.com/

[jazzbo]

After my wife passed I went back to my all latex bed. I've never been happier, and those few I've shared it with have loved it too. It's not going anywhere, and actually should last the rest of my life!