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Well Happy Holidays to you, and new beds usually don't make great stocking stuffers so hopefully the bed stores won't be wall-to-wall assholes like most other places.
I HATE, and I mean absolutely HATE Select Comfort and think their beds are PoS. Just to offer an opposing viewpoint. If you want to buy one, put it together yourself, don't let them, it will strip a lot of the magic from their gimmick away. They're cheap, plasticky, hot, the twin chambers are separated by some lousy foam thing that leaves a crevice, they don't inflate nice and evenly. Honestly, I thought it was like sleeping on a couple of heated cylindrical burlap condoms with a chasm in the middle. It just did not work for me, period, but other people swear by them.
If you want an air mattress, there's a company called Phoenix something or other I believe that is supposed to make a higher-quality product and not spend so much money on marketing and location. The foam beds may or may not work either. I'm just very wary of gimmicky beds now. A good, quality inner-spring is still tough to beat dollar for comfort/durability, the problem is knowing how to select one. There are a few places on the web that tell you what to look for to get the best-built product, not necessarily the one with the biggest name. I think Consumer Reports has a write-up on picking mattresses, at least what to look for quality-wise. Comfort is going to be all personal preference. Most places WILL let you try them a while, but giving it back to them is a lot like trying to shove it back into their nether regions, so be pretty sure and be prepared if you change your mind (and make sure you do it in time, as well).
I don't envy you, I'd rather buy a car again than a bed.
If you want an air mattress, there's a company called Phoenix something or other I believe that is supposed to make a higher-quality product and not spend so much money on marketing and location. The foam beds may or may not work either. I'm just very wary of gimmicky beds now. A good, quality inner-spring is still tough to beat dollar for comfort/durability, the problem is knowing how to select one. There are a few places on the web that tell you what to look for to get the best-built product, not necessarily the one with the biggest name. I think Consumer Reports has a write-up on picking mattresses, at least what to look for quality-wise. Comfort is going to be all personal preference. Most places WILL let you try them a while, but giving it back to them is a lot like trying to shove it back into their nether regions, so be pretty sure and be prepared if you change your mind (and make sure you do it in time, as well).
I don't envy you, I'd rather buy a car again than a bed.
I actual love the Sleep Number beds.. I guess thats the same as Select Comfort? Another thing you could try that got me through college is getting a couple of those foamy eggcrate pads and layering them over the mattress. That always made the dorm beds a little more comfortable...
Festivus doesn't fall between your holiday dates, but I hope it was a festive one.
Remember that bed where a smug guy in a lab coat dropped a bowling ball on the matress? I have that one. It was good for a while, but it wore out faster than I expected it. Especially since I've only been home and using it for two out of the last seven years.
Remember that bed where a smug guy in a lab coat dropped a bowling ball on the matress? I have that one. It was good for a while, but it wore out faster than I expected it. Especially since I've only been home and using it for two out of the last seven years.
a.) as for beds, my parents have a select comfort and I don't like it. I have a sealy posturpedic queen size firm and it's the best bed I've ever slept on. mattresses are a big scam where basically every store you go to has the same beds only with different names so that they can confuse you when it comes to pricing. if they make a guarantee that they have the lowest prices, you'd be hard-pressed to prove them wrong.
2.) astronauts on the space shuttle sleep upright in sleeping bag-type things that don't let them float around all over the place. I didn't see a 'bed' or 'foam' anywhere.
d.) "happy holidays" is hella lame. I say "merry christmas" not because I'm religious but because I want to take christmas away from the christian wackos who want to make it all about jesus. it's not. it's an american, commercial tradition that feeds the families of millions of people in this country. and it's fun. not like "hannukah". so fuck everyone else, "merry christmas" it is! and besides, jesus was born in the fall.
Post a Comment2.) astronauts on the space shuttle sleep upright in sleeping bag-type things that don't let them float around all over the place. I didn't see a 'bed' or 'foam' anywhere.
d.) "happy holidays" is hella lame. I say "merry christmas" not because I'm religious but because I want to take christmas away from the christian wackos who want to make it all about jesus. it's not. it's an american, commercial tradition that feeds the families of millions of people in this country. and it's fun. not like "hannukah". so fuck everyone else, "merry christmas" it is! and besides, jesus was born in the fall.
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