Sensational House

The time to replace our mattresses has once again arrived, or so I thought, but was not entirely sure. And after I began to question when it is exactly that you substitute a new mattress for your old, several other questions popped up in my mind on the subject of mattresses. If you are uninterested in how all of that played out, and want to skip to the chase, well I ended up buying a Sealy Millionaire Ortho, and a Rest Assured Trivento Mattress. And along the way, I learned quite a bit that I did not realise I did not know.

I guess from the time we become adults and purchase our first mattresses we never look back and think that we are not necessarily the wiser just because we have been through the process once. In fact, even after buying multiple mattresses, we still might be clueless if we followed in the footsteps of another, or relied upon a salesperson’s input. In retrospect, I now find it a bit funny that I knew so little when it came down to it, but am feeling more confident than ever before in my choice because I am well informed.

So, how should one go about picking out a mattress? Well, to get this answered I turned to a salesperson, who new I was not going to be buying from her because her store was over 100 miles away from my home, and the The Sleep Council. Yep, that’s right that actually exists.

The single most important piece of info I think I collected was that all of the major producers make descent mattresses. But what you need to be aware of is that the lower level models will often be unable to last as long as a top of the line one, because they generally are unable to support the weight placed upon it over the years. So, if you sleep alone and weigh very little you have more options, but if you and your partner share a bed and together are above average in weight you have more to think about.

The next most important thing I came across were the downloadable leaflets from The Sleep Council: the Bed Buyers Guide, the Sleep Good Feel Good Guide and the new Goodnight Guide for Children. Finally, they even have a questionnaire titled My Bed Profile, created to help you identify the characteristics of the new mattress and bed you should be looking for, based on your individual needs.

Upon completion of my research, and putting the free resources to use, I knew for sure that the Sealy Millionaire Ortho and Rest Assured Trivento were what I wanted. And not because someone who was going to profit off of me said so, or because I just needed to be done with it already, because I did my homework. This has empowered me as a consumer, and I hope it does the same for you.