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15 years has passed - it's time for a new mattress (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 9 months ago by fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/buyitforlife

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Any buying tips? Does it need to be any more complicated than lying on a few at the showroom? Of course I know mattresses aren't lifetime purchases; my main concern is avoiding paying good money for something I'll hate in a few years.

I'm prepared to spend up to US$1500. I want a spring coil mattress. I don't want memory foam. Please lend me your shopping experiences!

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[–] Sendbeer@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

I just went through this. I ended up getting lucky and my brother gifted me a sleep number and I got a latex topper for it. It's worked out great.

If I had to do it again though, I would get a good quality spring mattress. That way I can flip and rotate it to avoid any sagging. I'd probably shoot for a little firmer than what I would normally go for and then sleep on it for a couple weeks. Then I would get a latex topper and choose softness level depending on how much softer I feel like the bed needs to be.

Hybrids are nice, but you can't flip them and you read all kinds of complaints about sagging with them. By doing it this way you can extend the life of the mattress greatly by flipping and rotating it. A good topper can really transform a bed. I got sleep on latex as they seemed to be well regarded on the mattress subreddit. No regrets at all.

And if in doubt when buying the spring coil, go a little more firm. It is easier to soften a bed with a topper than to try to make one more firm.

That's going to be my approach next round anyway. Good luck on your path, mattress shopping can be confusing and most YouTube reviews seemed to be nothing more than sponsored commercials for each brand.