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We need a new mattress so bad. The one we have is so firm we have a hard time sleeping on it, we might as well sleep on the floor. Anyone have suggestions on what to buy? I feel a little overwhelmed by the options. Also has anyone had to return their bed in a box? Was it as hassle free as they say?

It's expensive but I love the Purple Mattress. 10/10  
 
www.purple.com  
 
I have heard good things about Edy too. but have not personally tried.

Highly recommend the Canadian made Endy. Owned it for 2 years now, and still the best mattress we’ve ever purchased. 100 night mattress trial makes it risk free as well.

Prefer sealy posturepeadic from kulbergs. At least you can try it in store.

LOVE Douglas. My daughter has had one for 2 years, we ordered one a few a months ago. We absolutely Love it.

I have a Posturepedic mattress already. It is the worst mattress I have ever had. I must have the concrete option. I did try this mattress in store, it felt fine until we slept on it for a while. And we live out of town and without a vehicle that we could use to return it 5 years ago when we bought it. So I just bought a foam topper. But that just isn't cutting it anymore.

I hardly call laying on a mattress in a store for 2 mins trying it out. All of the bed in a box companies give you at least a 100 night trial. If it doesn't work out they refund you and come and pick up the mattress and it's donated usually to a shelter or somewhere that needs beds and can't afford to purchase them.

Initially I missed that the question was geared to a bed in box mattress which was my mistake. Each to their own but myself I could never afford to commit to spending that much money without seeing any product before buying plus I always prefer to shop local. Recently we were allowed as long as we needed to try as many matteresses as we needed without any sales pressure.  
 
Edited by Farmergeorge, 2021-09-08 13:24:44

We ordered a purple mattress last year and it’s honestly the comfiest mattress I’ve ever used. I

Not cheap but very good. Get the Luxury Firm.

I ended up going with a Logan and Cove medium plush. I hope I don't regret it, lol. Thanks for all the recommendations.

We love our Douglas, its still firm and has good edge support. Would highly recommend.

I have worked in mattress sales and marketing for over 15 years.  
And the biggest thing about beds is the quality of the product. Cheap beds only last 3-5 years.  
Memory foam is one of the worst mattresses. They hold in heat, they lose shape, too hard, too soft.  
If you or your partner weighs more than 250lbs the bed will not last you more than 3-4 years.  
They are beds that are returned the most due to warranty issues. All kinds of problems.  
Of all the beds out there I recommend a Simmons pocket coil bed. But don't cheap out. A queen should have more than 1000 coils. But more is better.  
And for the price, the higher the better quality of the bed. And the longer it will last. A good quality bed will last 15-20 years.  
You just watch for sales and you can get a very good quality bed for less  
Retail markup on beds is insanely high sometimes up to 80 percent. So when you see a sale of 50-60 percent off. They are having a big promotion from the manufacturer and the stores get a bonus. So don't hesitate when you see the sale.  
Of course, you can buy floor models and discontinued ones as well. You can get 50-60 percent off. But they can be hard to find. And sometimes you void any warranty because it's a floor model or a mismatched set.  
But the biggest thing....go to a store and try the bed!!!

Memory Foam has come a long way since you first started in sales and marketing over the last 15 years ago or so.  
 
The myth that memory foam holding heat is proof of that. Again they have come some so far in development, local to Canadian production and if you look into it far better quality, less mark up in price/shipping and reducing the middle man as well in sales.  
 
You do have to do your homework as to brand, mattress firmness, edge firmness, etc.. Like any other matrass out there. And as far as try in the store, sitting/lying on a matrass and actually trying it for 60-90 days r completely different. You still need to sleep on it till you really know how it fits with you. Pretty much every matrass comes with so many days to try and return it if your not happy with it.  
 
Myself and my spouse we always previously went for pocket coil and spend no limit on getting a quality matrass but we have found over the last x amount of year that quality is getting less and less for the price. Our last matrass only lasted 5 years (was a Simmons) and was lumpy, uncomfortable in the end thus trying a memory foam recommend by other family members reviews. So if we look at price/quality, even if the memory foam only last 4-5 years we r way more ahead of the game! It would be nice to hear from others how long they have been using their memory foam?  
 
We cannot tell the difference between it and a regular pocket coil! @$749 for a queen, we r not disappointed! Douglas for example has a 120 trial on theirs so well worth the trial for that price!

We had a supposedly quality memory foam mattress from a national retailer, started out great, supportive and comfortable but started to fail after 3 years and we gave up on it at 5 years. Never again. It was the biggest waste of money I’ve ever spent so we went back to buying a quality pocket coil mattress from a locally run store. I learned my lesson.  
We have got to get away from this throw away society that we have become.