mattress blues

[rosconey2]

well i just bought my second mattress in less than 2 years,money that could have been spent on a knife-lol:grumpy:

bought a closeout non warranty sealy fonda(450$)-what a pos,been maybe 18 months and it has a big dip in it already,thing is 16" thick almost-i go about 190-200lbs ,so it should have lasted a while-even if i rotate it once a week after a few days i get lower back pain-

so today i went to the same place like the idiot i am and bought another non warranty mattress-told the sales girl my story about the sealy and she said see would take care of me-
i walked out with a stearns and foster for 450$ it was marked down to 900 from almost 2grand-its firm like i wanted and made my back go into spasms when i got up after laying down on it,must have started to straighten me back out-lol

just lugged it into the house-anyone want a almost new sealy queen with a little dip in the middle for free-lol

if this dont last im going to start buying the air ones at walmart for 40 bucks-lol

just glad i didnt have to sell a knife to pay for it

 

[Dave Rishar]

My mattress is a Spring Air something-or-other; the tag isn't legible anymore. I got it nine years ago for free from a perfectionist who simply couldn't stand the fact that a cigarette had burned a hole in it. Others have complained about it to me but I'm quite satisfied with it.

Having been bitten 5(!) times by a hobo spider while sleeping on Friday, I'd be willing to sleep on a slab of concrete if it would keep the spiders out somehow. That's my complaint.

(Haven't been bitten yet by a brown recluse or hobo spider? It sucks. Trust me.)

 

[munk]

Are you putting your matresses on box springs? If so, there's no excuse for only lasting 2 years. We've a 200 dollar Sears model that lasted longer than that.

Say Dave; you got small abcesses from the bites? That's all most people get. Course, if you keep getting bit like that, it seems to me you may be increasing your risk that your body can no longer tolerate the poisen, and the true dangerous reaction take place.

Check outside and spray all nests by the side of the house.

munk

 

[Dave Rishar]

Say Dave; you got small abcesses from the bites? That's all most people get. Course, if you keep getting bit like that, it seems to me you may be increasing your risk that your body can no longer tolerate the poisen, and the true dangerous reaction take place.

I've been hit by hobos and brown recluses before. I seem to have a high tolerance to that particular venom, thank God.

No, no sores or anything like that. I get red lumps that take a few weeks to clear up, I've never suffered actual necrosis. Friday I was fine; yesterday, I was plagued with weakness, fever, and nausea and had some visuals right after waking up. Today I'm almost normal. No more weakness or such, just pain. Past bites hurt for a week or two so I have something to look forward to. The bites are all on my back so I'm not sleeping well, obviously.

I'm quite pleased that I have no serious reactions to arachnid venom, as I'd probably be dead right now if I did. Such is life.

I actually think that I'm building up a tolerance to this stuff. The last few times that I was bit, it was worse. While this sucks, it's been easy by comparison. I'm looking forward to the day where the hobo spider bites me and it gets sick. That would be pretty cool.

 

[Kevin the grey]

Sleeping on a ten dollar Futon . If the cushion stuffing gets a little packed under my big butt I just beat the stuffing into shape again . I may get a new mattress in a year or two . There goes another ten bucks .

 

[rosconey2]

yup on box springs-
when i was just a pup i fell about 30 ft onto a log pile,back hit and i bent enough that my feet and head hit on each side of the pile,bounced about 15-20 feet,woke up and was in a mess,back screwed up broken wrist and dislocated finger-short of a hardwood floor i have to have a solid firm bed or my back acts up-the divot in the new one was just enough to cause problems-add in my job(tile&marble) that makes ne work on my hands and knees all day
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longest ive ever had a bed work for me is about 6 years,a southerland or something-man that was a good bed-no more king koils or sealy for me-

 

[Novadak]

I've slept on futons my entire adult life and it works for me (I did spend a fair amount to get a nice latex/cotton/wool layered one that can be rebuilt if necessary). An all-cotton one might work if you need a really firm mattress. I have a friend with back problems who bought one of those Tempur-pedic mattresses and she loves it. Super expensive, though. Hope your new bed works out better than the last one did.

Hobo spiders? Eww! Necrotic ulceration bad. :barf:

 

[Roadrunner]

I have the same problem with my Sealy, but I only weigh 140 and I've only had the thing for six months. Apparently they're just expensive junk.

 

[Yvsa]

I had a full flotation California Queen size water bed before my first back surgery and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get out of it after the surgery so beforehand we went down to a mattress builder here in Tulsa and had one made just for us.
It had a core of super hard foam and both sides were of softer foam that was recommended by Don, the fellow who owns the place and has had both hips replaced. We slept on it for a while but it got too the point that after two hours I was out of it and either in my recliner or stretched out on our couch.
We gave that one to one of our family members, Oh yeah I had it covered with vinyl thinking it would be like the hospital mattresses and cooler than most cloth covered models, I was wrong......
The next step was going to one of the so called "Sleep Centers" where they sell the individual air mattresses, one on each side of the bed with a common cover but I didn't buy one of their superpriced models.
I went online and found at least a setup that was comparable and from my way of thinking superior to the "Sleep System" with their numbered settings. Ours has an individual air pump for each side and you just set it and forget it unless you need a little less or more air and then re-adjust as needed.
I saved about 3-4 hundred dollars, always a good thing!:thumbup: We slept on it for a while and after a couple of weeks it was the same old story and I was back out in the recliner or on the couch.
So I kept kicking the idea of a tempurpedic foam topper on top the air mattresses so I went back online and found a three inch thick piece of the foam in a queen bed size pretty reasonable and bought it.
We unzipped the cover and took the top padding off and put the tempurpedic foam on top and then put a mattress cover on the whole works and made the bed.
It is the most comfortable bed that we've had to date....
Everyone that has slept on it has told us so...:grumpy:
However if I had it to do all over again I would bite the bullet and buy the Tempurpedic NASA Approved Sleep System to begin with and forget it.
My son got one a few years back and him and Debby absolutely love theirs.
With my health slowly returning and my back improving from the exercise we both have hopes of being able to sleep in our own bed together instead of across the room from one another.
Barbie and I both know how comfortable our present bed is because both of us has slipped away for a nap on it once in a while and we both love it.
I'm just afraid that I won't be able to sleep all night on it for a while yet but we're both really looking forward to the day!!!!:thumbup:

 

[xinel]

Sleeping on a ten dollar Futon . If the cushion stuffing gets a little packed under my big butt I just beat the stuffing into shape again . I may get a new mattress in a year or two . There goes another ten bucks .

SAME: thought no one else did it