How much money should you(or did you) pay for a bed ??

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
What I don't get is that people will spend $25,000+ on a car that they drive for an hour or so a day, but cheap out and get a $200-500 bed that they spend 8 hours a day in. You get better quality sleep if you are on a decent bed, and that affects how you feel all day long, every day. I finally convinced my spouse of this after years of sleeping on a hard, hand-me-down futon. Lo and behold, we don't hurt in the morning and don't toss and turn and wake up multiple times in the night. We're not sleepy all day long anymore.

Sheep mentality. No one brags about how "cool" their bed is.

"Vrooom vroooom, look at my bed, it's got 24 inch spinners!"

Just doesn't work.

 

[astrocase]

Used to sell them. Big believer in having a good bed. Before I sold them I had a $3500 Queen when I was in college and now I have a $4000 Queen. Basically there are two things in life you don't want to be cheap on: Shoes and your bed. Spend as much as you can possibly afford. Finance it if you have to. For your guestroom get the Costco sealy beds. They have good prices and once a year they have an awesome sale on their already low prices on Sealy mattresses. If you're saavy and know how to read "bed ingredients" get the specs on the Cosco bed and pricematch/beat it to one of your local stores that sells something comparable. That way you can get free delivery.

You linked to a foam mattress. Be carefull. First of all they're not for everyone so try it out first. Second of all those foams are heat sensitive so they get very hot without a good top layer of fibers that breath. Even then they're not that good. If you've ever slept on one you'll know that it's like sleeping in quicksand when it gets hot and it's like sleeping on concrete when it's cold. Once it forms to you you're kind of stuck. If you try to roll over you'll fall back into your hole or have to wait for it to reform to the curves of your body. Tempurpedic is one of the bigger brands out there and I made a ton of money off disgruntled customers who came in to my store and wanted to buy a real bed after trying those foam ones out and returning them elsewhere. They have the highest return rate in the entire industry at just shy of 25% whereas your regular mattress is hovering around 3%.

If you're not quite sure and you don't get a chance to try one out, buy some memory foam pillows first. I have some and like them but only during the winter. During the rest of the year those pillows are too hot and I wake up.

 

[TallBill]

Zero, hand me down. I sleep great.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Zero, hand me down. I sleep great.

You sleep on your parents bed?

 

[DaiShan]

$30 for mattress, box springs, frame, and headboard. When I moved out of the dorms into an apartment, I told a friend how expensive full beds were and that I was considering just taking mine from my parents house down, but that would leave me without a bed when I went home. His parents do a lot of real estate and have a warehouse full of furniture for show houses. He told me I could pick one if I'd pay for gas + 1 hour labor for the warehouse workers to move it out. Done deal

 

[astrocase]

http://us-mattress.com/

This is the ultimate weapon for those of you mattress shopping. Figure out how to read what's in a mattress and then go pricematch them. For anyone going a step above the Sealy beds at Costco (especially Stearns) this is the way to do it.

 

[Conky]

I'm thinking about getting one of these memory foam mattresses from this outfit Link Anybody here ever deal with them? TIA

 

[Svnla]

I bought a whole new queen size set <mattress, pad, box, frame> at Sams Club for about $450 six months ago. I think it was Serta and I like it.

I don't have a headboard though. Maybe when I have a new house.

 

[badmouse]

Originally posted by: astrocase
Used to sell them. Big believer in having a good bed. Before I sold them I had a $3500 Queen when I was in college and now I have a $4000 Queen. Basically there are two things in life you don't want to be cheap on: Shoes and your bed. Spend as much as you can possibly afford. Finance it if you have to. For your guestroom get the Costco sealy beds. They have good prices and once a year they have an awesome sale on their already low prices on Sealy mattresses. If you're saavy and know how to read "bed ingredients" get the specs on the Cosco bed and pricematch/beat it to one of your local stores that sells something comparable. That way you can get free delivery.

You linked to a foam mattress. Be carefull. First of all they're not for everyone so try it out first. Second of all those foams are heat sensitive so they get very hot without a good top layer of fibers that breath. Even then they're not that good. If you've ever slept on one you'll know that it's like sleeping in quicksand when it gets hot and it's like sleeping on concrete when it's cold. Once it forms to you you're kind of stuck. If you try to roll over you'll fall back into your hole or have to wait for it to reform to the curves of your body. Tempurpedic is one of the bigger brands out there and I made a ton of money off disgruntled customers who came in to my store and wanted to buy a real bed after trying those foam ones out and returning them elsewhere. They have the highest return rate in the entire industry at just shy of 25% whereas your regular mattress is hovering around 3%.

If you're not quite sure and you don't get a chance to try one out, buy some memory foam pillows first. I have some and like them but only during the winter. During the rest of the year those pillows are too hot and I wake up.

Agreed, foam mattresses are not for everyone. However, they are awesome for some people. And regarding the heat/cold thing, if you don't heat or AC your bedroom, it will be an issue, but if the room temperature is fairly constant, it's fine. And, I've never had the "once it forms to you you're stuck" thing happen - I'd sure get rid of a mattress that did that.

It's the most wonderful thing I've ever slept on. I've had mine for several years, recently got one for my son, at the request of his physical therapist.

You're right about getting the best mattress you can - for me, it's a good memory foam combo.

Happy zzzzzzzzzz's!

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: mugs
$400 for mattress + box spring on sale at Costco.

$399 - $60 coupon = $339 out the door for box spring and mattress.

Sealy Posturpedic Mira Loma Queen

 

[Juno]

free, just rob mattress from bed store thing.

 

[Ilmater]

I already have my next bed, mattress, and sheet set picked out, but I'm going to wait one more year with my current bed before getting this new one. The whole thing (with sheets) will be a little over $2k, but not more than $2.5k.

 

[Dacalo]

$1,600 for queen size.

 

[CTrain]

Everything you guys said made sense but I've never had problem sleeping on any kind of bed so I'm looking for the cheapest solution.
I can't imagine spending more than $500 for the set.

 

[FoBoT]

for a queen, about $500-$800

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: Vinny N
My thoughts on this:

Make sure there is a no-questions-asked return policy. If you can't sleep well on it, then it's no good.

If you don't have problems sleeping on a inflatable or a fold-out futon, I would get one of those unless you're not going anywhere anytime soon. I think a full bed purchase is the sort of thing a person does for a real home or at least a fairly permanent residence.

I do have my own house now which is why I'm looking for someting decent looking.

 

[Kelemvor]

I'd recommend a Select Comfort bed. Guaranteed for years so you pay a bit more up front but it's the last bed you buy for years. And you can customize the firmness exactly to your liking.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: mugs
$400 for mattress + box spring on sale at Costco.

$399 - $60 coupon = $339 out the door for box spring and mattress.

Sealy Posturpedic Mira Loma Queen

Can you post me the link ??

 

[LeadMagnet]

$2500 - Sterns & Foster - and I'll never buy another brand.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: CTrain

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: mugs
$400 for mattress + box spring on sale at Costco.

$399 - $60 coupon = $339 out the door for box spring and mattress.

Sealy Posturpedic Mira Loma Queen

Can you post me the link ??

Sure, if we can go back in time to January 2002 when we bought the bed

Every January CostCo has their mattresses on sale but that's another 8.5 months away.

 

[CTrain]

Some of you people are crazy, no way am I spending anywhere close to $1K for a set.
I can sleep on anything.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: CTrain
Some of you people are crazy, no way am I spending anywhere close to $1K for a set.
I can sleep on anything.

I can also sleep on anything, but the wife just couldn't manage to sleep on our water bed anymore so we had to blow $1100 on a mattress and box spring. After we moved we couldn't live without a new bedroom set, $3500.

 

[Yossarian]

waterbed, lol. my dad still has one. time to let go of the 70's.

 

[cavemanmoron]

queen size matress and box spring 1 year ago,
about $800 at Boscov's.

 

[Yossarian]