When I visited my allergist for my yearly checkup, she consulted her iPad and said, “Your mattress is 10 years old. Time for a new one.” So Diane and I started our search for a new mattress. Christmas, New Year’s, and the Polar Vortex delayed us a bit, but we finally found a mattress we both found comfortable: the Serta Perfect Sleeper mattress. We chose the “firm” mattress from the many options. We’re also getting the 9-inch box spring and a new bed frame. Are you due for a new mattress?
Way to stimulate the economy! Jackie is going to have to up her game. She has started talking about a new mattress, but for the moment, we will stay with the one we have (a pillowtop mattress). Neither of us has your allergy problems.
Enjoy!
Jeff, a guy at the pool who has worked for Raymour & Flanigan for 18 years told me they were having a great mattress sale. Diane and I checked it out and ordered the Serta Perfect Sleeper, box spring, and new bed frame. They were delivered a day later. And the delivery guys took away the old bedding. Easy peasy!
The same happened when we bought our last mattress. It’s an amazing and welcome change from when we first got married and had to wait WEEKS to get a mattress delivered. It was kind of rushed, so Jackie didn’t order it early enough and we ended up sleeping on a mattress on the floor of the living room for the first week!
Jeff, for some reason February seems to be a big Sale month for mattresses. We saved over 30% on the Serta Perfect Sleeper buying it in February instead of January. Go figure…
I bought mine from PROCRUSTES MATTRESS & BEDDING…..
Dan, I’m sure you recognize this passage from ACT 3, Scene 1: “Dying, sleeping—that’s all dying is—a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life on earth gives us—that’s an achievement to wish for. To die, to sleep—to sleep, maybe to dream. Ah, but there’s the catch: in death’s sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come, after we’ve put the noise and commotion of life behind us.”
This must be some kind of updated Shakespeare” “maybe to dream”? Pfui!
I’ve had mine 20 years and have no problems with it but I can sleep on anything.
Steve, Diane and I suffer with allergies. Our allergist convinced us to remove most of the carpeting from our house (and replace it with hardwood floors) which made a Big Difference. But, she also believes mattresses (and some cloth-covered furniture) should be replaced every 10 years.
We’ve found that removing the carpeting and replacing them with hardwood floors has been great for us too.
But now that Jackie heard about your mattress, she is renewing demands for a new one. Thanks a lot!
Jeff, you and Jackie will find some bargains on a new mattress in February. Macy’s, Penny’s, etc. are all running mattress Sales. We saved $300 buying the Serta Perfect Sleeper in February instead of January. Same mattress, same box spring, same frame…only a third less. The price dropped and we took advantage of it! There were even bigger discounts on Tempur-Pedic mattresses.
Almost everyone says ten years is enough for various reasons. I am at five and already thinking about it because of allergies. I wake up every morning congested despite allergy covers, constant laundering, etc. We cannot have wood floors on a slab but I know the carpeting is bad.
Patti, Diane and I felt a lot better after most of the carpeting in our house was removed. Our allergist recommends replacing the mattress every 10 years (or sooner!) as well as cloth-covered furniture. Diane is always eager to replace “old” furniture with something new!
Congratlations!
These box spring beda were one of the things I (and my wives …) really liked in the US hotels, they weren’t common in Europe, still are relatively rare.
However we have something we find even better:
Waterbeds ..
i bought one in Germany many years ago together with my first wife and when my “new” wife tried it many years later she immediately asked if we couldn’t have one in our Hungarian holiday home too …
It was really difficult – we had to order it in Budapest, 200 km away. They are not very common here.
One of the nice things is that the heatingin the two sides can be adjusted to different temperatures – seems that women like their beds much warmer … 🙂
Wolf, many of the memory foam mattresses popular in the U.S. have separate heat modes, too. Waterbeds were popular but now mechanical beds that go up and down are all the rage.
Memory foam mattresses – never even heard of them!
heating them is good, we like a cool room but a warm bed … 🙂
Wolf, you can find out about memory foam mattresses here: https://www.wikihow.com/Buy-a-Memory-Foam-Mattress
If anyone ever bought a bed or mattress that wasn’t on sale, he or she is a prize chump! Mattress stores around here are almost as plentiful as Starbucks and their sales are ubiquitous! I got a foam bed cover for Xmas and that made for better comfort, but as someone who slept on a cot for a year I’m not a fussy sleeper!
Bob, there are sales and there are sales.
And there are soups and there is Soupy Sales.
Bob, very true.
George, it was interesting to read that your allergist recommended a new mattress. That sort of thing doesn’t happen in my part of the world. They’ll probably prescribe an antihistamine and send you home.
Prashant, my allergist focuses on the causes of allergies. She does not like carpeting in houses. She believes in 10 years, a mattress is hopelessly compromised by dust mites. I have to agree with her. Every change we’ve made at her suggestion has resulted in fewer allergy attacks.