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Just ran across this story on MSNBC.com:
"As Simmons sank, buyout firms prospered:
133-year-old brand about to file for bankruptcy, but owners roll in profits"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33174514/ns/business-the_new_york_times/


And a companion article:
"Life was plush for Simmons executive:
Millions in pay, plenty of perks while mattress icon struggled"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33178050/ns/business-the_new_york_times/


-Catherine
(even more glad I bought from a local, independent mattress manufacturer)...

Greed at the top, and mismanagement seem to be the order of the day for so many American companies anymore.

The old biblical admonition, "Pride goes before a fall" is most in play amongst those of power in our day and age.

Companies like FloBeds, Savvy Rest, Habitat, and so many other small niche market mattress manufacturers are gaining in popularity and market penetration. They seem to care a lot more about their customers and what their needs are, than just the bottom line. Well good! Maybe we can return to some of the types of businesses that made this country great in the first place....

Randy,

When you are asking about Flobeds vs. Tempurpedic, what you are really asking is, latex mattress vs. memory foam mattress.

Although both are foam mattresses, they are made of different material and have quite a different feel to lie on.

A latex mattress is made of either natural rubber from a rubber tree, synthetic rubber, which is chemically identical, or a blended latex made up of both natural and synthetic rubber.

A Tempurpedic mattress is made of visco foam (memory foam).

They feel quite different.  In a Tempurpedic bed, the foam is heat responsive.  As your body warms up the foam, it will soften, and your body will "sink" into it somewhat and cradle it.  Some people liken it to lying on sand.  There is very little motion transfer between you and your partner.  People either love or hate Tempurpedics.  People who love them say they would never sleep on anything else again, and...

It arrived!  They set up the new bed and took away the hateful 15 year old sagging Simmons mattress (which, btw, I looked at the label for the first time in 15 years, and wow the composition of those old mattresses was way better than the new stuff.  My old mattress had actual wool in it instead of cheap pu foam, and it's actual name was "Luxury Lincoln Wool").

The new latex bed feels fantastic, and I can hardly wait to sleep on it tonight!  I was really worried, since the store is an hour away I only went there twice to try the mattresses, although when I was there I lay on them a good 1/2 hour each time . .  .but . . . my *memory* was of something soft and giving, so I was worried a squishey mattress would be delivered to me . .  .

That could not...

I replaced my old innerspring mattress with a Simmons last year, but have found in the last year that the new mattress bothers my back.  I now have trouble sleeping through the night, which I never experienced before (and I continue not to have any pain during the day).  After several trips to various mattress stores, I discovered that I liked the firmer Tempurpedic mattresses (with the HD-Tempur foam) better than innerspring and air mattresses.  But I have two concerns:

(1) Reports -- on this site and elsewhere -- are mixed about the durability of Tempurpedics.  Some people report sagging and indentations (though not the 3/4-inch needed to trigger the warranty); others don't.  Does anyone have a view on or experience with this?

(2) I have not looked much at latex mattresses, but there seems to be tremendous interest in them on this site.  There is also a lot of discussion of do-it-yourself mattress building, which...

So, i recently purchased an older (second hand) sealy posturepedic "firm" mattress. I intentionally bought a second hand one because I am using it on a lofted (aka really high, I can stand under it) platform bed and wanted my mattress to not be too thick, so it wouldn't create a problem with ceiling clearance when i set up. This mattress i bought is in good condition. The only problem is that when i was testing it out, it felt ok, but now that i've gotten it home it feels.. well.. too firm. It has not been used often, and I can't feel the springs, so it's still in relatively good shape (besides apparently being too firm for me.)

I'm a side sleeper, and i've been having a lot of weird symptoms lately - numbness in my hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy) that sometimes lasts...

I recently purchased a Simmons Hamlet mattress (no pillowtop, very firm) to replace my 5 year old Sealy pillowtop. My old Sealy basically had a crater in the center and it felt like quicksand when I lay down in it. Felt like I was climbing out of a hole when I was getting out of bed. Last week, I was desparate and went to Sleepy's and got the firmest mattress they had. It was a Simmons Hamlet model. Well it was delivered and it might be the hardest surface I've ever slept on. On the one hand, at least I'm not sinking into the bed anymore. On the other, it's completely uncomfortable. I'm going to return it to Sleepy's based on their guarantee. It will cost me $249 to replace it with another model, but what do I get? As...