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You don't have to take my word for it. Pick up a copy of the October 2009 Consumer Reports. They poll 17,000 of their readers. In it you'll find facts such as this:

- 78% of those who spent more than $4000 on their mattress said they were "highly satisfied" with it.

- 66% of those who spent less than $1000 on their mattress said they were "highly satisfied" with it.

- 78% of people who purchased a mattress said a new bed, any new bed, improved their ability to get a good night's sleep.

- 42% said that their new mattress "greatly improved" their sleep.

There are people out there who have troubles for whatever reason. Usually it's the wrong bed. Sometimes they're a unique case that requires an extensive amount of expertise to narrow in on what (if anything) will solve their problem. For the most part, however, consumers are satisfied with their...

Most major retailers will have cards that have at least some of the information you're looking for. Some small shops don't. I have an old one from my shop lying here it says the following:

- 782 Sealy Posturetech coils

- 7 zone No Toss and Turn inlay with Visco - Latex - Visco pressure relief

- Unicased XT edge support

- Silk and wool infused top

These cards are attached to the headboards of my former shop and are different for each bed. That's about all the detail they go into and are generally more than enough for most consumers. Most of your larger stores and some of your smaller stores should provide at least this much.

So far as the names of the beds being different goes. Well, sometimes the beds are genuinely different by retailer. 5 turn vs 7turn coils, etc. For the most part, however, they're not. The manufacturers have given you a way...

You bring up an interesting point regarding Mattress sales with your "Just lay on them all!" point. Some RSAs do this. It's born from a lack of self assurance and sometimes expertise. Here's the thinking behind it in example form.

Sealy Posturepedic 5-turn Firms are HARD beds. Like bounce a quarter hard. This is due to their reasonably thick 14ga wire being connected by 14ga lace. In short, whenever you press down on one coil, you're pressing down on the 8 coils surrounding it. Couple this with the fact that Sealy zones the middle of their beds with a comparitively firm memory foam and you have a bed you could crack your hip on if you lay down too quickly. Let's pretend you're an RSA. You have a consumer come in and say, "Hard bed! I want the firmest piece you have! Show me your flooring department!" you might take them...

Your mistake is an exceptionally common one if it makes you feel any better. Here's why:

If you're replacing an old mattress because it hurts your back (especially because of it sags) your body will cry out for something firm, something hard to help your body heal. So, you'll go to the store where the beds have been broken in more than your new model and that firm will feel wonderful. You'll take it home and for your first several weeks to a month your back is in Heaven as it heals from the saggy old bed you had before. After awhile, however, your back is healed and the rest of your body begins to complain. As a side sleeper, you're extra sensitive to too hard of a mattress and you're feeling those coils pushing up into your hips and shoulders, cutting off the blood flow. Your body naturally turns away from...

No, I do not currently work for the mattress industry. I'm recently retired after thirty-five years of running my own shop. After doing it for so long I can't help but still follow the industry and still have the vendor contacts I made over that time. Retirement is considerably more boring than I'd anticipated.

Cloud, I can only talk from my personal experience and sales over thirty-five years. It's true some people are dissatisfied with their mattress. Picking one is difficult. Often people do it incorrectly and this is a large contribution to their dissatisfaction. The vast majority of consumers, however, enjoy their sleep product for the amount of time they're supposed to. In a good quality spring mattress this is between 8-10 years. 6-8 is you and your partner are considered very heavy.

It's all about buying the right mattress for who you are and what you need....