Comments on: How My $279 Amazon Mattress Is Holding Up After Seven Years

By: Mrs. Frugalwoods

Mrs. Frugalwoods — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:09:24 +0000

In reply to Jamie L. Mcdermott. I'm sorry about that! Here's a working link to the mattress we have (and still love nine years later!).

By: Mrs. Frugalwoods

Mrs. Frugalwoods — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:08:39 +0000

In reply to iliana. I'm sorry about that! Here's a working link to the mattress we have (and still love nine years later!).

By: Jamie L. Mcdermott

Jamie L. Mcdermott — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:48:35 +0000

This link is not working! Can you offer any suggestions?

By: iliana

iliana — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:15:15 +0000

The links are not working. We could use a new mattress, please help.

By: RaduBalan

RaduBalan — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:09:17 +0000

In reply to Dave @ Accidental FIRE. 4 yeears is not that much tbh, a mattress should keep itself for about 6-7 years.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:56:35 +0000

I have an IKEA, Brimmes series full size bed. The mattress would “sort of sit down in a box, with drawers underneath. I’d like to have the 8 inch mattress but I need to discover if it is tall enough to not disappear in the box. Mattress would be supported by wooden slats. I also want to buy the exact same mattress as you did exception for the size. Could you give me a little more information?

By: Valerie H Ross

Valerie H Ross — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:39:55 +0000

Totally agree with you on this. I have bought a sub-$300 mattress from Christopher Knight aka Peter Brady from the Brady Bunch. He has a line of memory foam mattresses of various types and thicknesses online. This thing is heaven. It cured my back pain. It’s comfortable in any position, even flat on my back or stomach– haven’t been able to sleep those ways in YEARS on a traditional mattress. I have an 8″ variety, and I recently bought a second one for a guest twin bed. Comfy either on top of my existing mattress (but makes bed too tall), on the bedframe slats, or flat on the floor. The floor is probably the best of all.

By: Mark | Moneymink.com

Mark | Moneymink.com — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:52:44 +0000

I was really amazed by this article. The most impressive thing is, you had children! How did you manage to maintain your mattress for that long?

It’s a better alternative than buying a memory foam since the chemicals and ingredients are potentially dangerous. I found out Isocyanates are present in memory foams and can cause skin irritations and eye problems, etc.

I’d really prefer buying an internet mattress. It’s better, more economical, and the ecological option. Memory foams maybe a lot softer but a little discomfort would be a better bargain than risking my health. Health is wealth!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:11:01 +0000

I bought the mattress after reading your post but it had a very strong smell and I had to return it. I had to sleep in the living room before it was collected. I also had to keep the bedroom windows open, in this cold weather. I wouldn’t buy it again.

By: Gwen Crafton

Gwen Crafton — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 23:29:51 +0000

I have to tell you, I never thought I would buy a mattress off the internet, but when our 2 1/2 year old Serta died (basically a year ago, but it’s been in its death throes ever since), I showed my husband your Internet Mattress experience on your blog. We talked to a friend who has memory foam mattresses (a lot pricier than what you bought), sat on her beds, lay down on her beds, talked some more, and decided that memory foam was the way to go since our Serta (which I’d always recommended) had roundly disappointed us.

Long story short, we ended up buying the 8 inch Lucid queen size, and we love, love, love it. I love going to bed at night. I love turning every which way in bed and feeling supported and comfortable. I love using my old fitted sheets which had been WAY too shallow for the giganticly thick Serta. And since we usually have some measure of pillow discontent, I just ordered the Lucid pillow 2-pack and can’t wait to try them out.

I just love your blog. My mother was a child of the Depression, so I was quite accustomed to frugality growing up. She saved the cotton out of the top of aspirin bottles, as well as the envelopes from junk mail to use rather than spend money on a pad of paper. I’m definitely frugal-minded now, and I wince when I look back at my free-spending days.

And I have to say, I really miss Frugal Hound and am sorry that he (she?) is no longer around. That must have been one patient dog, the way you dressed him up to illustrate your posts.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 01:28:21 +0000

Interesting… I wonder if it changed between when you bought it and I did. I got it in February 2017, based on your review. We were disappointed by a relatively recent mattress-store mattress purchase that wasn’t holding up that well. This thing was absolutely blissful in comparison, especially while pregnant. Now 2.5 years later, and in my second pregnancy with this mattress (number 6 overall – and pregnancy is hard on your back) we are replacing it as I type. It has hollows where we sleep, and I’m having hip trouble so bad I wish would rather be in labor – primarily when getting out of bed. I tried a different internet mattress with springs in our office/guest room, and it’s firmer. When I rest on that one for a while, I can get back up without excruciating pain. So we’re getting a queen size one of those, and we’ll see how it does. For the price, I don’t regret it, but I did want to comment that this current version may not hold up quite so well. We’re pretty average in heaviness (I’m 150ish not pregnant, my tall husband is 220), and it is just too worn.

However, I have plans for it. Our 15 year old sofa has worn out foam cushions that make it uncomfortable (5 kids will do that). I plan to try cutting up the foam from this mattress and seeing if that is an improvement, before throwing it out or purchasing replacement foam (pricey!) for the sofa somewhere else. 😉

Thanks for your writing! It’s both fun and encouraging.

By: Mrs. Frugalwoods

Mrs. Frugalwoods — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:58:14 +0000

In reply to Anne. I put the waterproof mattress pad on top of the encasement (I am probably overly paranoid... )