What is the best mattress?

Here’s a previous thread on this subject. It might still help.

Dear seawulf,
I’ve learned that there is no such thing as a “best mattress,” but there is a mattress that will be best for YOU. My wife and I went through several memory foam mattresses, including a Tempur-Pedic and a generic foam. Nothing lasted more than a few years. Either the sides broke down or the “dip” developed. Unless you sleep on the floor, your body will eventually leave an impression. (Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.)
Unable to face another trip to a mattress chain, we decided to support a local store that offered natural latex mattresses. We love it. It’s cool, and the good support has significantly relieved my years of severe back pain. After two years, I’ve noticed a very slight “dip” on our medium-firm treasure, but I could lose 20 pounds!
You can drive yourself nuts searching for a new mattress. Latex is great compared to foam, but your overall health and personal needs also factor into choosing, which is why the process is so personal as well as tricky. We didn’t buy our mattress at plushbeds.com, but their website has a lot of solid information on latex.
Best of luck in your search.

Here is what I learned from being a hotel inspector. Mattresses fall under what I call “The Goldilocks Syndrome”. The same mattress for some is too hard, for some too soft, and for some just right. Since the foam mattresses came out, add “too hot” for most of us.

A decent mattress should last at least ten years. It needs to be rotated every three months and flipped every six months, unless it is a pillow-top on only one side.

The warranty is very important. If either you and/or your partner don’t like it after 2–4 weeks, it should be returnable and refundable.

I have had the same Sealy mattress for 14 years and it’s still as good as new. Putting a moisture barrier between it and the bedding is crucial for longevity. The dips and stuff that develop are a signature of a cheap mattress.

I bought a Sealy Posturpoedic set in March of 2015. I wasn’t sure I was going to stay here for more than a couple of years so I bought a cheap(er) set from Macy’s for $395 on sale; it was usually $545, which is definitely a low price point for interspring sets. It was hard as the ground and I put a three inch convoluted foam topper on it. Three and a half years later it sleeps just like it did the first night. I just took the topper off about a month ago because I was interested if was still flat as a board. It is. You would not know where my behind lies. I have had good luck also with mid-priced Serta sets and I slept on a upper-priced Spring Aire set for twenty years. Good luck.

The dips are not a signature of a cheap mattress. The very expensive ones sometimes have them too. One important thing to note is the number of coils and gauge of the wire. The more coils the better and the lower the gauge the better. Also look for one with a “non-prorated” warranty of no less than five years and I would hold out for ten. You have to buy them during a sale.

I have a Purple mattress and never looked back. They are a bit over-hyped (and expensive), but I do think it’s the best mattress I’ve ever had. If you’ve tried memory foam and didn’t love it, you might love the Purple mattress. At the same time, I’m not too picky. The only thing I don’t like is a mattress that’s too hard and firm.

Waterbed.

@Demosthenes I’ve thought about the Purple matress. It looks interesting. But I’m curious if it would be too soft for my wife. I saw one mattress ad the other day that I wanted to look into, but then lost the link. It was a mattress that was custom made. You could make one side more firm than the other. That seems like it would be ideal.

My friends (spouses) have Purple Mattresses in all of their bedrooms (five of them). They love them.

Your friend has 5 spouses?

@Dutchess_III My “friends” that are mentioned are spouses.

You have 5 friends who are spouses and they have Purple Mattresses?

I don’t know if you are dense or being playful.

I really do not understand relevance of having friends who are spouses.

Thanks; you cleared that up for me.