Best bed

[djont57]

I always wanted a Sleep Number bed. Looked forward to our stay at the Hope Lodge & their Sleep Number beds. Worst night of sleep ever.

[palerider]

The only thing I won't return is food in a restaurant. You never know what the chef will put in the replacement dish he sends out. Blechh.

Well, if you hang out in professional chefs forums, in the vast majority, they want you to have a good experience, they want you to like what you were served, and they want to know if they screwed it up, and a chance to make it right.

What they don't appreciate are the 'entitled' people that think that the restaurant should craft them something completely off menu and requests loaded with bullshit. "Oh, I'm ALLERGIC" to SALT... "then, you just be dead and bloated, eh?"

[ChicagoGranny]

"Oh, I'm ALLERGIC" to SALT... "

NaCl

Sodium is highly explosive in water, and chlorine has been used as a chemical weapon.

[Goofproof]

"Oh, I'm ALLERGIC" to SALT... "

NaCl

Sodium is highly explosive in water, and chlorine has been used as a chemical weapon.

I'm allergic to Rock Salt, if it's shot into me from a 12 ga. Jim

[palerider]

"Oh, I'm ALLERGIC" to SALT... "

NaCl

Sodium is highly explosive in water, and chlorine has been used as a chemical weapon.

Sounds deadly, and a bad idea to put on food... doesn't it?

[Doug_Nightmare]

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[Lucyhere]

I myself use a Sealy that is a hybrid spring and memory foam mattress and I like it a lot. I use the Sealy essential line.

We have the same mattress and love it. Others in my family bought the Casper (Amazon) and are happy with it. Daughter thought it was a little too firm and put a 2 inch foam topper on it.

[wellshooter]

I've had everything mentioned so far. Inner spring, water bed, select comfort, top of the line Sealy posteurpedic, Bed-in-a-box, and now Temperpedic. Inner springs broke and poked, water beds leaked or heater quit, select comfort is the same as a Walmart air mattress and the compressor quit, Sealy posturepedic gave out after only 5 years and had depressions, Bed-in a box is nice but plan on replacing it every 2-3 years, But I will say that it is the best mattress for a camper, they will cut to fit, and now the Temperpedic which is only 2 years old, medium firm, holding up really well so far. I can tell you for sure that unless they come up with a cure for gravity you will never feel like you are sleeping on a cloud.

[Starlette]

At Doug_Nightmare, what is viscoelsatic temperature effect?

Starlette

[Pugsy]

FWIW....I own a Sleep Number bed. Send me a PM if you want particulars.
Very happy with it...been at least 4 or 5 years now I guess.
Got a king size split because hubby likes really firm and I don't. I have a really bad back...and it helps that I can change the firmness level on a whim which happens fairly often. Is it perfect? Of course not but it's been pretty darn close and suits my needs.
No real problems with it losing air...like over 6 months it might lose the equivalent of 5 numbers. I might set it for 50 and 6 months later decide to change it again and it might show 45. Not enough change to quibble about.

Read up on the return policy so that you thoroughly understand it and how it works if you decide to try it.
Watch for sales....that's how I ended up getting one. No way could I afford MSRP. I didn't get the base model though.
I knew within 3 nights that I wouldn't be wanting to return it. I have never regretted my decision to buy it. My husband and I assembled it ourselves.

Bed preferences....all come with a huge YMMV sticker and just because one person likes it and another person hates it doesn't mean that you will love it or hate it. Real expensive experiment so make sure that whatever you try that you read up on what is required to return it if you do end up hating it.

[SewTired]

The best bed I ever had was a waterbed. Slept like the dead in that. Doctor WRONGLY told me that it was the cause of my back pain. Anyway, there is no perfect bed. I really like the sleep number bed as does my brother, but my Mom hates it. By end of summer, I need to replace my mattress and I want to go back to the old fashioned mattress and they are getting tough to find!

[Doug_Nightmare]

At Doug_Nightmare, what is viscoelsatic temperature effect? Starlette

Warmer => Softer. Cooler => Firmer.

We do not heat our bedroom. When the ice is thick on the inside of the thermopane then the Tempur-Pedic is very firm.