Anyone Recommend a Good (cheap and inexpensive Mattress) ???

Are you going to strap it to your back?

I´ve had a lot of mattresses in my life. The worst one was one I paid $100.00 for. It was so cheap and crappy I woke up sore each day. Now I have a cadillac type mattress. It was about the most expensive one in the mattress store. Don´t buy any mattress without lying on it first. Don´t take anyones word that the mattress is good and comfortable. Those mattress stores encourage you to lie on the mattresses that are displayed there. Don´t be shy, try them all. After you have tried them you will have an idea of what you would really like to have and then you will know what it will cost and if you are willing to try and cough up that much. Good luck ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I am curious about "cheap and inexpensive"....cheaply made/low cost???
ripped/used/free?
Are these terms mutually exclusive?

Anonymous Coward
2/21/2005
7:58 pm EST:

Thank you for your Reponse...

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But are you telling me (suggesting to me) that I HAVE TO SPEND $500 ON A FUCKIN MATTRESS ?!?!?!?

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get a futon

Anonymous Coward
2/21/2005
7:59 pm EST:

I have no idea.

I wouldn´t want to buy anything used or refurbished. That´s why I would stay away from the small stores, and stick with the big ones...

Anonymous Coward
2/21/2005
8:00 pm EST:

1. Futon´s don´t sound too firm.

2. I don´t even know what a Futon is and I wouldn´t even like to use that fuckin´ word in my vocabulary (use it in a sentence)

i don´t even know the difference between a Twin size mattress and a Queen size mattress.

I don´t know shit.

I am a neanderthal.

Sealy posturepedic or Restonic

Sew up a couple of old sheets on all sides - leave about a foot or so NOT sewn.

Fill it with straw - it helps to break up the stalks and fluff first - to your desired softness.

Your all set for the price of a bale of straw - and a little sewing.

Sweet dreams - of ALLm the money you saved.

Daniel

Anonymous Coward
2/21/2005
8:03 pm EST:

And do they sell any good $89 dollar mattresses ???

$500 for a mattress is just fuckin´ crazy.

Have you tried Sams warehouse?

Sams warehouse?

nope.

I would have to search to see if they have one here in New Jersey.

Go to your local Nickel Ads.

try an air mattress...usually $50-150...they are nice if you use a mattress pad!

What the fuck is a Nickel Ad ???

I dropped $1500 on a King,brand name mattress and I am glad I did...I know it´s a step but you will be happy with a huge bed........

I got my matress at Sticks N Stuff for 120. It´s perfectly comfortable.

Trash bin behind local hotel?

I have an air mattress I loved till one side sprung a link two days ago and it is flat as a pancake. Now I have to trouble shoot or call the manufacturer.

But I did love it for maybe five years. It´s called a Select Comfort and I might buy one again. I hope it is still under warranty.

Anonymous Coward
2/21/2005
8:06 pm EST:

air mattress, water mattress, fuckin´ goose feathers...

This shit is just too complicated for me bro.

I have heard good clean straw works well.

Just found this site:

[link to www.mattress.com]

Them famous 1-800 Mattress commercials...

Matresses there from $328.00 to $2,699.99

???

wtf ?

TWO THOUSAND AND 700 DOLLARS FOR A MATTRESS ???

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I got a mattress at SleepAmerica some 8 years ago. It is STILL the best mattress I have ever had, all these years later. It was a few hundred, but worth every penny.

Yeah 500 bucks is a lot to pay for a mattress, but you get what you pay for. Do you want problems down the road with your back?? Think of what it would cost you in the long run.

[link to www.sticksnstuff.com]

Great place. Lovely stuff, wholesale price, because it´s a warehouse.

Damnit DANIEL! You stole my thunder, man! :-)

seriously, though...if you´re that cheap, why not just get a piece of plywood and some thick medical foam(used) from a dumpster. Throw a sheet over it and wallah! That, or just buy an air mattress and a sleeping bag.

dave

Wacamole:

I´d rather sleep on the floor.

doesn´t sound very cuddly.

YOW!! I just went to epinions to see what people are saying about that Select Comfort mattress that just sprung a leak for me after about three years and a lot of people are saying the pump goes out after a few years or it starts leaking so I don´t know that I would recommend it. Kind of expensive too.

I have read about Memory Foam being tremendous stuff. A 2" thick Memory Foad pad costs about $100 for a queen size bed. You can get a piece of extra firm foam and put Memory Foam on top of it and have a great bed. Put the foam inside a bed sack which is a double sided zippered mattress cover, put the memory foam over it and you are in business. A Full size, called a double, would likely cost you well under $150, a Queen about $200.

In most large cities there are industrial firms that will cut foam to your specifications. One of these places would likely have your best deal. Try ebay or walmart for the memory foam and bedsack.

Futons are very nice too, but the foam setup will weigh under 10 lbs and could be rolled up and moved or stored more easily.