If you are shopping for quality mattresses and looking for a discount price it is not impossible, in fact it very possible to get a brand name mattress at a cheap price. You do however have to know which style of mattress will suit you. Additionally you should know which mattresses manufacturers will provide the best quality and the best warranty for this important home furnishings purchase. Not all mattresses are created equal and not even all mattresses manufacturers will produce the same quality in all styles. Some manufacturers specialize in a particular style and do that better than any other and yet, are merely good quality or mediocre when making another type.
Bed frames and mattresses sizes have been standardized over the last century so that if you have a bed frame under 100 years old the chances are strong it fits in the standard mattresses sizing and posses no real challenge in fitting. However, mattress styles and construction are constantly evolving and have undergone some very drastic changes in the last 100 years.
The most common mattresses are those of spring construction. A soft padding of multiple layers is placed over a number of springs. Eventually the springs lose the ability to "be springy" and that calls for a new mattress. This is a time honored type of mattress and probably the best mattress available for many years. The good point to these mattresses is that though they may not provide the absolute best quality of sleep and comfort they are durable and economical.
Foam mattresses do have some good points but a long life is not often one of them. That is of course speaking only of standard foam, which is becoming much harder to find these days; the newer memory foam mattresses are entirely different. The standard foam mattress when it can be found will cost much less than most mattresses but will retain orders, and does not usually last as long as a standard box spring mattress.
The Memory foam mattress in its many forms will provide an exceptional sleep experience for most people if the density of the foam is sufficient and the memory foam thickens is sufficient. These mattresses conform to a body's shape more perfectly than any other mattress type except perhaps the pocket sprung mattresses. The quality of the memory foam is usually determined by its density and by the thickness of memory foam padding. It may take some trial to locate the density and thickness that feels best for you.
The pocket sprung mattress concept is where individual springs numbering in the thousands are individually pocketed so that springs depress independently from each other. That reduces sympathetic movement in the rest of the bed and provides excellent comfort and probably the only mattresses that can equal these in comfort are memory foam mattresses.
Even the best of brand name mattresses can be acquired at a discount price by shopping for mattress sales, comparing prices of mattress distributors, wholesalers, and companies. You can have a top quality mattress by doing your homework.

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