re: Memory Foam Mattress Recommendations

I have the sleep innovations

Paid 579 for it over 3 years ago


Still sleep on it and have no complaints. I don't notice any lumps or weak spots in the foam and I sleep well on it

Day 4 with a tempurpedic cloud luxe. This thing is frickin killing me. I told my wife I'd give it a month before e decide on returning it. Don't know if I'll make it that long.

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Best place I've found to learn about mattresses. Has some recommendations of companies that offer a high level of quality and service. some will even custom make a memory foam mattress to your specification. I came close to purchasing from Rocky Mountain Mattress company before purchasing from Christeli. Definitely worth a read before spending any money.

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I took some advice from that forum to mimic the tempurpedic experience as much as possible. I slept on a tempurpedic at my parents' house for a week (and still do every time I visit them), and decided to ditch my spring mattress for something similar. Just didn't have the funds to drop. So, I used a combination of a memory foam mattress and a topper to "hack" the tempurpedic experience. The budget memory foam mattress don't have high-density memory foam throughout the entire mattress like a Tempurpedic. That's part of the reason Tempurpedics are so expensive. The cheap ones use 2-4 inches of memory foam and then another 8-10 inches of "support foam."

I bought the 12-inch king sleep innovations gel swirl (it's not as firm as the regular sleep innovations but still firm), plus a 4lb density 3-inch mattress topper. So, I have a cloud-like 3-inch topper over a firmer 2 inches of gel-swirled memory foam over 2 inches of air channel foam over 8 inches of support foam. The result is a thick mattress, but it sleeps better than the Tempurpedic. Way fricking better, actually. I could've probably just put the topper on a standard innerspring and be fine, but having it on a foam mattress really puts it over the top, and the topper will last a bit longer than usual because it's starting out with strong support rather than an old saggy mattress. The setup, including my bamboo sheets and pillowcases, was just under $900.

Honestly, if OP didn't like the Sleep Innovations, he may not like memory foam mattresses at all. The Sleep Innovations is definitely a budget memory foam mattress, but by itself it's still pretty damn close to a firm tempurpedic. I found that memory foam mattresses do have an adjustment period if you're coming from years of innerspring, and the mattressunderground forum members have said the same.

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Agreed. It was too hot for me. Tried the sleep number and it just sucked. Terrible sleep. Have a restonic and it's been decent. We are in the market for a new one and I will have to check out the iComfort. I like the idea of a cooling gel. Is that a built in layer on top? Is it on both sides so you can flip it?

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Not sure, I've added pillow tops and other shite, but they haven't helped. I'm going to ride this one out for a bit longer, but these mattresses can really suck with the heat issue. As far as my back, it loves this mattress. Not worth it, though, to me.

Sierta/Sealy/Simmons all the same.

Used to have an Temperpedic, sweated badly..too hot if you don't move around much.

Now a Serta I-Series Hybrid, part gel, part foam, advanced innerspring, plus four inch topper..love it!

I have a tuft and needle. They are more firm than soft so if you like soft you should stay away. I like mine though

Watching the mattress expand from the plastic seal it is sent by Amazon in is pretty cool to watch.

Wow, that sounds like a great mattress. I'm pretty set on the Sleep Innovations King. It dropped to $669 on Amazon yesterday. I'm waiting for it to drop a little more before I pull the trigger. I'm kicking myself for not getting it when it was $479 a few months back.

I'm also considering the Tuft & Needle king mattress. I think it's $850, they have a 120 day trial period with free return shipping. Made in USA as well.

Will definitely buy a topper for the mattress. What topper did you buy?

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I've slept on a few TempurPedics, they are the way to go.

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Tempurpedic makes some of the hardest mattresses I've ever felt. Don't confuse the brand with the firmness. Everyone makes a range of firmness levels, from soft to practically concrete. Foam isn't all the same.