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@Alsace Gal wrote:

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

We have a Saatva mattress. Yes, it came in a box and took two men to carry it into the house and get it through the door. They opened and set it up. We were leery at first but it worked out fine. Probably have had it for ten years and still no sinking in any spots.

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Hi. 
You said it came in a box, do you mean it was rolled up in a box like so many foam mattresses are? I was going to purchase a Saatva Classic in the luxury firm or the firm.

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@Alsace Gal I think it was folded not rolled. Maybe in half then half again. I usually let my husband handle these things and I stay in the living room and out of the way.

[Carmie]

@BirkiLady   I still flip my mattress by myself.  I use a system. I slide the mattress out of the bed and stand it up on the long side.

Then I slide it over to the other side of the bed on the floor and and making sure the "old" bottom will now be the top, I just push it over and straighten it out.

It's pretty heavy, so I don't lift it up at all.  I just push and slide.

The mattress at our summer place just needs turned around. You can only sleep on one side of it.

It takes two of us to do that.   The mattress is so heavy, I have problems just lifting up the bottom end when I change the sheets.

This mattress has coils and foam.  It came in a small narrow box.   I watched the UPS man take it out of his truck, place it over his one shoulder and carry it to our front porch like it was nothing.

I went out to bring it inside. OMG,  it was so heavy.  I tried to up end the box to move it and struggled.  It took me forever to get it inside. I had to cut the box a little to get my hands in there to drag it. I hope no one was watching me.  It had to be comical.

My husband was away for a few days and I was alone. I finally got it inside and left it right there in the foyer. It blocked my path for a few days, but I couldn't move it further.

We took it to our summer place. I helped him put it in the back of his SUV and up the few steps on our deck.  We laid the box on the platform bed and cut the box away.  I could not believe that huge mattress was in a little box.  

I hope we never have to move that mattress out of our bedroom. The room is very small.  I am hoping it outlasts me.

I swear I am not as strong as I used to be.  I used to be able to carry a six gallon case of water (50lbs) by myself.  Now, I have to open the box and remove a gallon to lift the box.

This getting older stuff is not making me happy.

[Alsace Gal]

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

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@Alsace Gal wrote:

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

We have a Saatva mattress. Yes, it came in a box and took two men to carry it into the house and get it through the door. They opened and set it up. We were leery at first but it worked out fine. Probably have had it for ten years and still no sinking in any spots.

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Hi. 
You said it came in a box, do you mean it was rolled up in a box like so many foam mattresses are? I was going to purchase a Saatva Classic in the luxury firm or the firm.

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@Alsace Gal I think it was folded not rolled. Maybe in half then half again. I usually let my husband handle these things and I stay in the living room and out of the way.

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@proudlyfromNJ 

Thank you.

[BirkiLady]

Carmie,

Yep, that "slide" and flip is exactly how I used to switch my mattress! Too funny that you do it, as well. 

After being board-sided by another driver my back no longer hurts as all, but I've lost some of my strength!

I'm just now able to use my heaviest vaccuum (which is the deepest cleaning one) . . . it was too heavy. Using the lighter ones simply hasn't been keeping my house as clean as I prefer. Just kept trying! Viola, finally strong enough and my carpeting looks so much better again.

I bought QVC's egg weights and those have helped with strength in my arms; not so much in my core strength (yet?). To think I walked everyday while wearing that heavy body brace during the bitterly cold winter thinking I would keep my core strength!  (Well, I'd probably have far less strength if I had NOT taken all of those daily walks! Glad I did on hindsight.)

Love your stories and determination!

[homedecor1]

@Luvsmyfam 

Best purchase I made was 2 years ago.  Stearns & Foster cal king Estate mattress & boxspring.  I actually 💖 my bed and have great night sleep.  It was over $3000 but worth every penny🙂🙂.  This is the last mattress I plan to buy and has a 10 year warranty -- fully covered.

One thing it's so heavy I have hard time lifting it to change the sheets! 

Congrats and look forward to good nite sleep.

[faeriemoon]

The price mentioned in the OP doesn't surprise me at all.  It doesn't even sound high.  

[Luvsmyfam]

@faeriemoon For some,this price is not high.For this girl,it is high

[Lucky Charm]

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@Alsace Gal wrote:

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

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@Alsace Gal wrote:

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

We have a Saatva mattress. Yes, it came in a box and took two men to carry it into the house and get it through the door. They opened and set it up. We were leery at first but it worked out fine. Probably have had it for ten years and still no sinking in any spots.

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Hi. 
You said it came in a box, do you mean it was rolled up in a box like so many foam mattresses are? I was going to purchase a Saatva Classic in the luxury firm or the firm.

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@Alsace Gal I think it was folded not rolled. Maybe in half then half again. I usually let my husband handle these things and I stay in the living room and out of the way.

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@proudlyfromNJ 

Thank you.

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I've purchased seven Saatva mattresses and none of them came in a box.  All were encased in thick plastic.  

There is no way they could be folded as they are very thick and filled well.  Very sturdy mattresses.

Same for the box springs, no boxes.

[gardenman]

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@Luvsmyfam wrote:

@faeriemoon For some,this price is not high.For this girl,it is high

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Mattress pricing is one of those wildly varying things. You can spend two hundred dollars (or less) or three thousand dollars (or more) and get essentially the same thing. Mattresses either start with foam or coil springs. Coil springs are typically individually wrapped so they don't bind up on one another. Foam comes in varying densities and thicknesses, but foam is foam. Typically you get layers of foam and not just one slab. Memory foam of one sort or another is the upper or top foam. Old-style memory foam is hot, but the newer gel-infused types stay cooler and work the same. 

Whichever foam/spring sandwich you get is then wrapped in fabric of some sort. And in most cases, the only time you see or come into contact with the fabric is when you're changing the sheets. And that's for what, five minutes? 

Mattress warranties are almost always pro-rated and typically last for about ten years with the value decreasing by ten percent each year. And then they throw in clauses pertaining to staining, damage, abuse, etc. to limit their liability even more. They typically make warranty claims nearly impossible to redeem.

A mattress is a mattress. They're all made more or less the same using the same or similar materials. My mattress has individually wrapped coil springs, a high-density foam layer, a gel-infused memory foam layer, an air-flow wave foam layer, and then a breathable cover. It has a weight limit of 950 pounds (way more than I'll ever put on it) and has a ten-year warranty. And it costs around $200. I've been using it for almost a year and it's still like new. No indentations, lumps, or sags. I'd be happy with it at whatever cost I paid, but at around $200, I'm very, very happy with it. If I'd paid $3,000 for it I'd still be raving about what a great mattress it was as it is a great mattress.

If you start taking mattresses apart you find out that they're all more or less the same. The exception being the latex ones or other exotic materials for people with certain allergic conditions. Other than that, a mattress is a mattress whether it costs $200 or $3,000 or more. If it works for you, lets you sleep comfortably, that's what counts. You don't have to spend thousands to get a good mattress these days. You can if you want to, but in many/most cases it's not necessary. If you start taking them apart and looking at the materials they're made with, there's not a lot of difference between the highest-end and lower-end other than the selling price.

[RollTide2008]

When we moved last fall I replaced my son's full size with a queen size.  His mattress and box spring is the what Hilton specs for full service properties and it was less than $800.