Idk why I always wake up with either my sides or neck or smth hurting when I wake up but that didn’t happen while I stayed at a hotel. It’s not like I’m an old broken man who should be waking up expecting this.
Be very careful. An expensive mattress, if you care for it, can last a long time and will definitely help with your pains. But just because it is expensive does not mean it is actually good, let alone good for you specifically. There are many types of different mattresses and you should take some time to find one for you.
TLDR: lie down on it before buying.
I did it once and they kicked me out of the store. They didn’t even let me put my pants back on
Check out Sleep like the dead
It helped me get the most value for my money and I solved my back pain issues. Also, I simply couldn’t be happier with my sleep these days.
This is the way. Used this website to help choose my last 2 mattresses and it was pretty spot on. I also recommend this site to anyone I talk to who are looking for a good comparison on mattresses prior to purchasing.
I was using the mattress selector and tbh I just put “no preference” to almost all things cause i have no idea what im looking for
I put that I don’t want much heat retention, want firm, and I like a little bounce (for sex), and it basically told me to get a regular innerspring mattress. So a medium priced sealy or whatever at Costco. Which is what I got last time, and I was happy before so.
Thanks for the link!
As a fellow side sleeper who just bought a Purple mattress, just remember to buy a plush/soft mattress. The reason you are hurting is because you are sleeping on your side on a, probably, cheap and firm mattress.
Firm mattresses are for back sleepers. Soft mattresses are for side gang, like us.
I will say Purple is just incredible if you can afford it but try it at a store first before committing. The important thing, though, is to get a soft, well-made mattress.
Dude, I just realized, is your name a play on Søren Kierkegaard?
Yep, it was supposed to be snoren, but I mistyped it.
That’s so funny. I love Kierkegaard, you have an awesome name!
Hope you can find a better mattress to improve your sleep.
Haha thanks. Would guessing ikiru being the kurosawa film be too obvious?
It is obvious, but that’s exactly where I got it from. Haha
I love the film and it made me learn and appreciate the word, but I also love the word used in this way as a kind of homage to living, or existence itself, and a nod to existentialism and phenomenology.
Thats cool! I love Ikiru too, the first half especially.
Have you by any chance read The death if Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy?
The first half?! I should probably rewatch it in case I’m forgetting something but I think I love life-affirmation of the second half. Not trying to judge but the first half is so depressing. Haha What do you love about it?
But, no, I haven’t read it, unfortunately. I know Ikiru is based off it though, right? I still see Ikiru as a kind of Christ story.
Now that I didnt know, thanks!
So what about those of us who sleep on the side some of the night and back the rest of the time. Sometimes I like to sleep on my stomach.
The compromise: medium mattresses.
Never skimp on anything between you and the ground
A good mattress is definitely worth the money. They aren’t cheap, I would expect to pay $1,000 for a queen size. Ten years ago we bought one from a department store during a sale, saved $ by buying a display model and saved another 10% by signing up for the store’s credit card. It came to $1,000 delivered. How well you sleep affects your quality of life. Ideally you’ll spend a third of your life on it.
There is an old proverb I heard once. “Don’t cheap out on things that separate you from the ground”
When it comes to things like mattresses, shoes, and chairs do your research and buy the best option you can. It will save you a lot of pain later in life
Or at least use GFCI
Applies to tires also, and for the same reason.
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Sleep number 100 here. Belly sleeper I prefer “very firm”. Husband is sleep number 32 , back & side sleeper and wants all the fluff, this is why we have sleep number that was purchased 10 years ago and still works.
Edit: the sleep number mattress we bought was third cheapest. Just enough to get the app access to the firmness adjuster.
We love our SleepNumber as well! Been worth the money for sure. Nowadays they’re basically all the same models, but you pay for the upgrades (more foam, heating and cooling, being able to raise/lower head and feet)
Definitely. Although some are expensive for no reason so it’s important that you do your research and buy a mattress that is of high quality.
Exactly. A very good mattress which is good specifically for you is worth its weight in gold. A shitty, overpriced one…not so much.
General advice for OP: usually, for most people, the harder the better. Also that’s what she said.
I don’t know of anyone that has a foam mattress that has liked it long term. We have mattress factory here in town, and there you can buy mattresses that are better than the stuff you buy in furniture stores for twice the price. Best bed I have owned. My king size was cheaper than the queen I bought at Macy’s furniture previously, which was a top of the line there.
Anything between you and the ground is always worth buying quality. Shoes, tires, mattresses, etc.
It’s not so much being expensive, just not a cheap one and one that has the firmness you need. I’ve had good results with $200-400 mattresses from Amazon .
https://www.bett1.de/anti-kartell
There is a cartell in the matress market. Dont buy pricy ones. Watch the documentation on the youtube link. Its made by public tv from germany.
The link is the store of the dude that stood up and fought against the cartell. And he survived. The united-cartell-angency (bundeskartellamt) found out about the cartell throught this dude and fined the cartels pretty hard. It is still not destroyed sadly and the prices of over 500 bucks for a fucking mattress are everywhere even though it might be a absolute dogshit mattress.
Someone better make a movie bout this guy
Price aside, just don’t do what I did: use an old mattress way past its usable life (e.g. like 10 years… it was creaking).
I started having back pain. And once I got a new one, I immediately felt better.
I’m very happy with my purchase and it wasn’t even that expensive. It’s one of those internet “mattress in a box” ones. I paid ~$300 back in 2019, though it looks like it goes for $420 now. Brand is Lucid on Amazon. It’s a hybrid style: it has both pocketed / encased coils like a traditional mattress, and layers of memory foam and latex on top.
It depends. The most important aspect for a mattress is having the right stiffness, you could get the most expensive mattress in the world and it might suck for you, or it might be great. You gotta try them. If you’re a side sleeper, getting a soft memory foam or hybrid mattress is probably ideal. If you overheat a lot when sleeping and can afford it, a latex mattress really helps, and is typically stiffer. If you can’t afford an expensive mattress, you might want to try sleeping on a futon, which is pretty comfortable for plenty of reasons and more affordable (though not for everyone).
Also, if the sides of your neck are hurting, maybe a new pillow might help. It will certainly be cheaper to get a nice pillow than a premium mattress.
In my mid twenties, I started having problems with my back, hands, elbows, etc. I stopped doing a lot of things (e.g. playing musical instruments), which helped, but the back pain persisted until I started sleeping on the floor. I was desperate, and I had heard about this solution from old anecdotes.
Since then, I’ve noticed that firm mattresses and very slim pillows (or soft enough pillows) are okay. Soft mattresses and big pillows bring back all the discomfort and pain in a matter of hours. I still sleep on the floor, but a mattress for me might be waiting somewhere.
