I just sunk a few thousand dollars into a brand new king sized mattress and nice sheets. It’s always painful incurring that big of a cost, but hey at least it’s something we use every day. As a consumer, I usually do an excruciating amount of research into making these large purchases.
Of course the cost is high so it’s important that you spend your money wisely, but almost as important is dealing with the hassle of not liking what you buy and having to deal with it down the road. I read countless blogs with a lot of skepticism knowing that they are often paid, and then supplemented that with hours of reading on Reddit. I suspect a lot of people in our generation do a lot of similar research.
I ended up choosing a Helix mattress for the quality and great reviews. Their parent company owns the factory in Arizona so we know that the quality is there. On top of that, the price of what you get is a fantastic deal despite this being a more expensive mattress comparatively.
The biggest decision that Sophia and I had to make over the last couple of weeks was to get the highest end version or the middle tier. The idea with the highest Elite tier is that you can replace the mattress pads and this mattress last for life. We ended up going with the middle tier Luxe version without that option.
Sophia had a great insight that mattress technology is rapidly changing with a lot of companies innovating. In 7-10 years, there’s going to be that new hot mattress that we’ll want to upgrade to and it’s probably not worth spending the extra $1,000 for that interchangeable mattress today.
Of course, a mattress isn’t considered “tech” necessarily but there’s some really cool companies out there innovating. Just about 10 years ago, the mattress in the box with companies like Casper were just coming out. Nowadays, you have many of these companies offering different cooling features, materials, and firmness.
In another 7-10 years, we’ll likely see the next iteration of the mattress industry. And I’ll probably be back out in the market for yet another mattress.