I am "The Old Bed Guy" who has seen and done it all in the bed business. Sixty years ago, a then virtually unknown mattress company called "Sealy" came up with a slogan that endured for forty years and was responsible for millions of lost sleep hours. "No Morning Backache From Sleeping On a Too Soft Mattress" worked miracles for them and, along with some excellent decisions, and good business sense, vaulted them to the top of the business. Along the way they absorbed the "Stearns and Foster" company. The major competition was "Simmons," makers of the very soft, durable, and comfortable "Beautyrest." In those days almost every mattress had some kind of resilient spring underneath.
Somewhere in the eighties or nineties, "Simmons" discovered how to make a hard "Beautyrest" called the "Gibralter" for people with not much imagination. So, "Sealy" started to soften their "Posturepedic" and made many new friends. Why? Because hard beds are neither very comfortable or good for your health.
Since the stone age, people have been looking for something soft to sleep on. For the history of the bed you can go to Old Bed Guy website, but for what to do now if you need a platform mattress, stay tuned right here.
Platform mattresses have to be as flexible as possible. The most flexible mattress is made of foam. a material that is almost always comfortable, and almost always a disappointment. The temptation to make it cheaper instead of better is virtually universal. The most flexible and predictable is made of individually pocketed coils covered with various padding materials usually including some foam.
The need for the flexibility is because of the absence of flex in the platform. Hard on hard means nights of tossing and turning. Flexible on hard can provide wonderful support and comfort.
You also sleep better when you pay less. I have visited many sleep shops and department and furniture shops in the New York city and suburban area and spent quality time trying out all of the major brands. I am also fortunate that the oldest bed maker in the United States is in Manhattan affording me the opportunity to test a really superior product. The Charles P. Rogers company has been hand making beds since 1855. You can find them on the net, but their only stores are in New York and New Jersey.
My choice of came down to two. One, a plush "Simmons Beautyrest" with 800 pocketed coils in the queen size is available at Sears. It is a "Coney Pillowtop" Model# 21030 and sells for 19.99 with a ten year warranty, in queen size. The other is the "St Charles (tm) from Charles P Rogers. It has 1,000 pocketed coils, a completely monolithic construction that will not shift, and a twenty year warranty. As of today's writing they are reducing the 9 sale price by 0 if you purchase with any platform bed.
You may be tempted to buy a foam mattress. Please don't, unless you can verify that it is 100% natural renewable tree latex. Synthetic foams can be used as padding in high quality innerspring mattresses, but will not stand up to the stresses when just placed on a platform. Even the best latex available at this time cannot provide the comfort or durability of a 1,000 coil purpose built innerspring as described above.
Marshall, The Old Bed Guy.
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