Hi,

I had surgery on on my back 25 years ago so I know what works for me and what doesn't.

I am not sure if what I am looking for has a name so I will describe as best as I can.

I am looking for a soft but springy mattress without the foam padding, where when you lie down your body sinks right in but the springs push back giving you support.  The kind you can jump up and down on like a Trampoline - or if you are doing the deed people can hear the squeak of the springs in the next room.  None of this foam padding stuff that the newer beds all seem to have.

I had a bed like this in the early 90's that I bought from a hotel after sleeping really wee during my stay, they agreed to sell me one.  Kept for 10 years and foolishly replaced with a much more expensive and far inferior product.

I was reminded of just how well I used to sleep on it when I stayed at an older Ramada Inn in Houma LA a couple years ago that had this type of mattress.  They told me it was a BEMCO but unfortunately refused to sell me one.

BEMCO does not do business on the West coast and in any case from looking at their web site, they may no longer make the old school mattresses.

Any suggestions on where I could find a mattress like this in SoCal?   I would be willing to wait for a custom order.

KimberlyH wrote:

Thanks Kimberly.

Thank you for posting about Custom Comfort... I  just found this thread.  I was kicking myself for not making the 2 hr drive to Orange

County from Thousand Oaks to shop for their beds.. It really seems as though nobody likes ANY bed that isn't a Flo bed type where 

you build your own..

Our experience is also from the Custom Comfort store in Mission Viejo.

I must say that from a customer service perspective and just an overall shopping experience rating, my wife and I simply could not be more impressed.

As mentioned previously, we did test their 'comfort guarantee' program and had them pick up our mattress to be re-worked.  We originally purchased their 'Royal Elegance' model, which is a fairly high-end mattress, but uses a medium-firm coil and has a sewn-in latex pillow top.  Super comfortable in the store, but after sleeping on it for several weeks we both realized that we made a potentially costly mistake and should have just went with a nice, high-quality firm mattress and then worried about doing a topper separately if we needed to.  That was, in fact, our original plan - but we both liked the feel of the Royal Elegance in the showroom and so we strayed from our game plan.  Ultimately we just didn't think we were getting enough support from the Royal Elegance model.

They held the mattress for us for a week until we could get back up to the store to figure out how to move forward.  A big concern in having our mattress re-worked was that we paid >$500 to go from the Royal Plush (standard plush-top mattress in Impressionist Collection) to the Royal Elegance with the latex topper.  At a minimum, we knew that we wanted the topper removed but I would have been rather disappointed if we ended up with a Royal Plush (same bed minus the latex topper), with no adjustment in price.  That would have been a fairly expensive lesson for us.

But they were very accomodating in listening to our concerns and working with us to determine the right comfort level, and they are re-working our mattress into their Portare model - which is their highest end plush mattress.   It has a higher quality and stiffer coil and three layers of cotton batting on each side.  This is a very supportive mattress with a soft, plush top - that we can build up from if we need to add more cushion.   I think it's perfect as-is, my wife may want to eventually cusion her side a bit more.  Time will tell.  The Portare is essentially the same price as the Royal Elegance (which had a latex topper) and so CCM is re-working it for us at no charge.

We did not go in looking for a refund, we need a mattress and we really like the way that the Trudell family runs their business.  So I can't say how that conversation would have went.  However, I think that the solution that we reached is more than fair and my wife and I are both relieved that we are going to end up at our original target without any additional expense.  And we did not have to argue, complain, write letters, make phone calls, etc. to get from here to there.  We continue to be impressed with CCM and I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for a high-quality inner spring mattress.

They do have latex and foam models as well - and they seemed pretty comfortable as well.  However, I would agree that inner spring seems to be their specialty and you can probably do better in terms of latex by shopping online.  CCM's latex beds are pre-built - not build-as-you-go like Flobeds or SpeepEZ, so you would lose the flexibility of being able to tailor the bed to your specific preferences.  To me, this is one of the biggest attractions of the latex layered bed models.

 

John, I bought a queen size (no topper) flippable inner spring mattress three years ago from a local family owned Newport Bedding Company in Newport Beach.  It seems to be a well constructed mattress and is holding up well.  I like a firm feel but realized that the bed I bought was designed to support a person twice my size.  I have chosen to add a separate latex (removable) topper to give it some cush.  Good luck.

For that trampoline like bounciness you need a real box spring, I used to have that kinda bed and my mom still does

I came across this forum and found a question by john960bell.  I have been looking for the same kind of mattress for years.  I need it so my shoulders have no resistance.  John960bell, have you been able to find such a mattress?  Does anyone know of an "old-school flippable spring coil mattress" that feels like a trampoline or big rubber band?  A mattress that will allow my scrawny shoulders to sink in without resistance?  I have tried latex and memory foam, etc.  Let me know john960bell if you have found a mattress company.  I live near Chicago, if that helps anyone.  Thanks so much.

There are probably quite a few custom manufacturers who would build you what you wanted and give you a choice of innerspring and custom comfort layers. I'll take a look and see what is in my list but in the meantime ... your "shoulder issue" seems to be one of the more common issues of the past little while here. There is another solution which works for many and that is a zoning system (not the ones that are usually built into innersprings or latex cores as they are often not "different" enough) where the upper part of the mattress is made softer than the hip/middle area by using two different layers of different ILD's in the upper part and the lower part of your mattress. This gives you a flat mattress but allows the shoulders to sink in significantly more than "normal" and it seems to solve a lot of issues like yours. There are even mattresses like this one http://www.huggingmattress.com/index.php and this one http://www.oromedhealthcare.com/recess-mattress.php that could have some "extra" benefits (smiling).

Phoenix

Well, there isn't much so close to you in my list and most of the manufacturers in IL are even further away from Chicago than these ones are but FWIW here's the one's that were the closest. Some of them may be worth a call even if they're not that close as they may have some ideas as to what you could do locally. The last 2 don't have a website that I know about and may not even be open for all I know but I thought I'd include them just in case they are.

Phoenix

http://www.verlo.com/customerservice/stores/IL

http://lwbeddingqc.com/contact_information.htm

http://www.mattfac.com/aboutus.html

http://www.bemco.com/northcentral.html Don't think you can buy directly from them but they may be worth calling as they have lots of retailers around IL and make 2 sided.

http://www.lebeda.com/locations.html

http://www.qualitysleepshop.com/

http://www.pmbedroomgallery.com/mattresses/piece.cfm?c_id=157 They aren't a manufacturer but they are closely connected to one called Clare Bedding and they carry their 2 sided which are really nice.

Thank you, Phoenix.  I appreciate your response. I will definitely look into these places. 

I was on the mygreenmattress site today (they are the same company as the quality sleep link) looking at something else for another thread and they showed this http://www.mygreenmattress.com/view_products/pureecho_illustration.htm  for $399 queen which looks pretty "springy" to me. They will also make it 2 sided for 20% more. Of course the quality sleep side of the business would have more options but they don't have specific illustrations of the inside of the mattress like this one so I thought I'd put it here since they are close by in Lagrange highlands and brookfield.

They have a 5 zoned innerspring and spring/latex options which may work as well as others so hopefully something there would work for you and they are one of the few from the list that would be close enough to actually try them.

Phoenix