Spring Mattress Guide - How to Choose a Mattress.Spring Mattress Guide: This (Inner)Spring Mattress Guide is for How to Select a Mattress while you are actually at a mattress store. You will have already researched and determined which bedroom you are shopping for:
Again, this guide deals with selecting a innnerspring mattresses when you are at a mattress store. How to Select an InnerSpring Mattress for Comfort.Step 1.Your 1st Decision:
This is where your first decision will be made between Innerspring Mattress Support Systems. Your choices will be either a “BackSupporter” style coil system, "Bonnell" or an “Individual Coil” style system. I would now advise that you lay on one of each style of mattress. There is a definite difference between the feel of the two coil systems. Your priority is comfort level. Determine which feels more comfortable. If you are a side sleeper, lay on your side. Focus on the different feels in the coil system. Don’t worry about foams, ticking or colors. Decide which system is most comfortable for you! Eliminate the other! Step 2 Decision: Firm, Medium or Soft. Determine your comfort. You will find the following comfort level in each of the above categories: Firm Medium (Referred to as: Pillow Soft or Plush) Soft (Referred to as: EuroTop or PillowTop) Beware of very firm mattresses! Many people believe that a firm mattress is more supportive when in actuality it causes more discomfort from pressure points. So now you need to lay on a Medium mattress and a PillowTop mattress. Concentrate on the difference! Lay in the position you usually sleep in most of the night. Which one feels better? If you can’t decide, factor in EuroTops/Pillowtops average about $100 more than medium soft mattress. Decide which firmness feels better for you! Eliminate the other choice. Step 3 Hopefully now you will know which coil system and mattress (firmness) comfort level you like best. Let’s say you like a medium (PillowSoft/Plush), you can now eliminate all other mattress and just lay on medium mattress comfort levels in each price point to make your decision. Mattress PricingPremium mattress can be broken down into 3 categories. The following information is “generally” true whether the spring core is a BackSupporter or an Individual Coil.
**Premium Mattress = (mattress with non prorated 10+ warranty) The starting price point of this category is going to be the premium coil system with a basic “comfort foam”. Comfort Foams can and are configured in different ways (flat or egg crated in various thickness and densities). Add a $100 dollars for each step in this category. More foam equals more comfort. This category will have at least 1 inch foam encasement wrapped around the sides of the coil system. In the lower priced mattress, if you feel the sides, you will feel the steel core. Foam encasement adds more support at the edge of the mattress. More important for this category is a more premium foam (memory and/or latex) on top of comfort foam and springs. Each step-up in price adds more layers of premium foam. These premium foams reduce pressure points better than just comfort foam. This category can have a subtle change in the innerspring core system (usually a higher coil count or more density in the coil system). Please don’t compare coil counts of one manufacturer to another. Counting coils is a consideration inside one manufacturer’s lineup! In other words, compare Serta to Serta or Sealy to Sealy. The biggest consideration in this category is again more layers of the premium foam. Usually, in this category, you’ll get Memory Foam piled high or Latex and sometimes a combination of the two. These can be very comfortable mattresses!
Bottom Line:Shop locally and take time to try different mattresses. Put comfort ahead of price. Of course you have to consider the price you can, are willing or want to spend.My belief is that you shouldn’t buy the least expensive nor do you need to buy the most expensive mattress. Buy what you can best afford, but please put comfort level above pricing as your first consideration.
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