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S & F is a glorified Sealy Posturepedic made on the same production lines....there are a few 'improvements' but in reality when people are paying that kind of premium they are not going to be as satisfied as someone that buys a more reasonably priced Posturepedic which is in all reality is 90% as good, and in some cases better. 

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http://naturalmattressstore.com/

This is not just made up from some internet store.  This is the place I visited last week.  Been around since 2007 and reviews are almost all 5/5.

"Conventional mattresses versus Eco-Cloud organic mattresses

Eco-Cloud organic mattresses are covered with organic cotton fabric and padded with all natural latex and organic wool. Big name brand mattresses are not. Regardless of the brand name, their construction and materials used are fundamentally the same. These days they are all one sided which means they cannot be flipped in order to even out the wear in the polyurethane foam. Whichever brand you buy, your mattress will be made with about two inches of hard poly foam below the springs and several...

Sealy came out with the 2011 model Posturepedics with the individual coils (DSI) and 'power packed' center and all.  That's the posturepedic I would shoot for.  The SS and DSX coils are the older style coils.  DSI coils are also Titanium.  Over here Sleep Train carries the new Posturepedics. 

The Stearns and Foster silk infused fabric is nicer than the knit covers on the Posturepedics.  Not that it will matter all that much with a pad and fitted sheet on.

I tried a Posturepedic with memory foam layer.  Those twin suggested retail are about $1800 twin, not cheap.  It was ok.  The plush was not Plush enough for me.  I can't speak about how durable they are. ...

I don't want to preach too much ... were you looking to order online without laying on it? I wouldn't do that.

That first link says the mattress has 'memory foam' in it.  I don't think that is true.  I don't memory foam is used in 'firm' mattresses.

That Foxbridge should be equivalent to Sears' 'Hearthstone Luxury Firm'.   This sites price seems quite high.  At Sears, Hearthstone Firm twin is $972 for the set with 9" or 5" boxspring.   Their price of $1500 for twin set is high.

Even if that mattress is next level up which was 'Queen's Gate', that Sears price was about $1100 twin.  The top model was 'Mulberry Green' which I think was around $1300 twin set.   But that ad says 11" mattress height, so it seems to be the entry level Hearthstone.

Not to pick and pry,...

I just came off a Stearns and Foster in home for 4 weeks.  I exchanged it for a Serta iComfort set.  It the was the traditional line (with the light brown border fabric, no Intellicoils), and was called 'Hearthstone Luxury Plush' at Sears.

It's not that it's a bad mattress, in fact it was well built.  I could tell the boxspring was high quality.  I'm sure the individual coils are also high quality.

I think the main issue is it uses 'conventional' foam in the comfort layer, a type of polyurethane foam they call 'Variable Response Technology' foam (catchy term, huh).  This foam did compress down somewhat in just a matter of days, so the mattress firmed up a little bit.  For me, that is a problem because I'm a side sleeper and my right shoulder will always be a little painful from an old injury...

I have the terms box spring and foundation to be used interchangeably quite a lot.

To my knowledge, box springs do not use coil springs.  I can tell you a Stearns and Foster 'box spring' is of high quality.  If you have Sears, that would be a good place to get a new one.

I had a Stearns and Foster set for about 4 weeks.  When you push on the box spring (ok, foundation), there is virtually no give.  But, even at Sears, the list price is $560, but they sell them for $260 year around. (btw, that's a twin size, so Queen will be more).

I've felt Ikea 'box springs' like Sultan Atna IIRC, and they have quite a bit of give. 

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I've only slept one night on my new iComfort Revolution, but why not give advice right away when needed?

Smell?  What smell?  I don't smell anything.  I mean nothing.  Folks, there is no foul odor in the room with the bed.

I woke up with no backaches or neckaches and I don't have any to begin with.

I felt a little bit warmer than usual at one point in the night, but being too warm was not an issue this first night.  I slept with the same sheet and comforter as my conventional bed.  The weather is a little cooler than usual, so I'll need to see how it does on warmer nights (we don't have A/C, many people near the SF Bay don't).  50 miles East of here like in Tracy, you need A/C, but not here.

It is surprisingly easy...

So I went to Sears asking if they have any quality innerspring beds with high quality all latex in the upholstery.  He quickly shows me a Stearns and Foster pillowtop which has a layer of latex and, of course, the 'Variable Response Technology' polyurethane foam (they have to include something that breaks down).  Geez, that mattress is about 15" high.

Here's a theory - The mfrs know that good coil springs last.  They know that good memory foam lasts a long time as does latex.  They don't want mattresses to last too long.  So, they put in PU foam to make sure something breaks down prematurely.

Or, if they do have a big slab of memory foam or latex foam near the top - it is sitting on a slab of polyurethane foam (i.e. Serta iComfort, likely most tempurpedics).  Hmmm, I wonder how the PU bases hold...

DoreenA wrote:

Hi Doreen,

I've laid on high end Stearns and Foster's myself - 'Crowley Castle' pillowtop with all the layers of foam, some latex, memory foam.  They...

I was browsing this website which seems to have the most thorough mattress reviews on the net and Stearns and Foster appears to get very poor customer ratings.  Its satisfaction rating is somewhere around 57%.  Why this?  Stearns and Foster is supposed to be a premium mattress brand, and it gets lower ratings than Sealy Posturepedic, which is a lower end mattress line?  Sealy Posturepedic has a rating around 65%.

 

We were looking at a S&F at Mattress Firm (Foxbridge Firm in particular)

 

http://www.mattressfirm.com/Stearns-and-Foster-Foxbridge-Firm-P94.aspx

 

and it is billed as top-of-the-line, but now we're not so sure.  Other contenders are Sealy Posturepedic Irresistible Firm and Sealy Posturepedic Honorable Firm.

 

http://www.mattressfirm.com/Sealy-Posturepedic-Irresistible-Cushion-Firm-P203.aspx

 

http://www.mattressfirm.com/Sealy-Posturepedic-Honorable-Firm-P207.aspx

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