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Hi Kate,

Have you read my old posts about my custom mattress configuration? My local mattress guy who does an excellent job of providing zippered mattresses with latex layers, as well as high density foam (if you want) also uses Marshall pocketed coils (if you choose a spring unit). However, after I bought it and tried them, we both came to the conclusion that this type of coil just wasn't supportive enough for my back. So it was easy to replace them with a open offset LuraFlex coil. (from Leggett & Platt). MUCH better! I'm not sure where you can order them. I happen to have two XL Twins inside an Eastern King frame. Easier to lift and change layers around. Good luck! I know it's a pain not to have your mattress feeling like you want. My husband can almost sleep on anything! NOT ME!! I'm also...

Hey, Cloud 9;
I just spoke with my bedmaker guy in Fresno, and told him what my thoughts were about the offset coil.  He said he'd look for a quality American-made one tomorrow and get a quote on it.  Last year I took my Stress-O-Pedic mattress, brand new, in to his shop to remake it(hubby brought it home, it was too soft and killed my back).  He's worked on it a couple of times, fine tuning it,  but we didn't understand until recently that the true issue is the marshall unit.   When he makes a bed, he typically uses a Bonnell unit,  wire mesh, burlap, soft cotton batting, and some extra good quality Polyfoam(or Latex, or memory foam, depending on the customer's wishes).  He's not expensive, either!!  My biggest issue is figuring out what to tell him to do!
I think we're getting close...
Kait...

Dear "9";
I agree whole-heartedly.  First, let me mention that my back issues are caused by the bed.  When I sleep on a mattress that has supportive coils I sleep well and no back pain.  Takes two nights max to be pain free.
I live in central CA and there is a bed maker fairly close by who makes his beds like you mentioned.  There is one in the showroom that has a Bonnell unit and a zippered cover so you can pick out/adjust your foam. This guy knows the ins and outs of mattress making.  He's built several for us over the years, and really stands behind his stuff.  I went through the buy-return-giveaway-mattress thing after the Tallalay latex mattress I bought from him(he still chides me about it, would have fixed it/taken it back in return even a few years after I bought it...where else can you find that?!)failed my...

I have been in the bed buying/replacing cycle for quite awhile now.  My main problem is low back pain when I awake.  I finally have cut open my Stress-O-Pedic bed and changed the insides.  I have come to the conclusion that the most important thing to consider is the part of the mattress that supports you...the springs.(YES I have had a latex mattress which did sag after a few years, and I also had a Select Comfort which the kids now own, both don't work for me).  This mattress has a Marshall unit, individually wrapped coils of a 14.5 gauge wire, seems to be 3-5 turns each.  This is the part of the bed that is letting my back down.
What seems to happen is that unless there is pressure pushing up from underneath you, the body sinks and just lays there.  As my butt is the heaviest part of me(and...

OMG!!!  I am NOT alone!  I am so sick of this mattress thing, my husband calls me the Princess and the Pea! 
I too cut open my Stress-O-Pedic pillowtop mattress.  It is now a quilted top, with its original 2 layers of soft foam under it and two inches of foam over pocket coils. I substituted a denser foam for the middle third of the bottom layer(yes, with my electric knife.  A tip:  have your spouse hold a yardstick across the bed, first marking exactly where you want to cut on either side...then use a marker to draw a line...then have the person hold the foam stable and cut with the electric knife.  Very smooth)
I have added/subtracted every piece of foam in my house(and I have lots of foam) to find that I think the pocket coils don't support my back.  The darn thing sleeps pretty much the same(no lumbar...