Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep
by tmoravec on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:24PM
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Here in the Czech Republic, and I believe it's similar in most of Europe, several months of no-questions-asked guarantees for mattresses are very common. This is different from warranty (common to be 25 years).
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25 year warranties?! In the US, mattress companies run ad campaigns to convince people that mattresses are consumables that last eight to ten years. Funny how that works.
what price though ? here they say it's pricey because it's a 20 year investment.
The US consumers prefer spring mattress while European consumers prefer mattresses made from latex foam. Over time springs degrade faster than foam and so US mattresses have a shorter lifespan.
My $2k latex matress has a giant sink hole in the middle of it.
I'm non-too happy, and a bit disillusioned about the idea that latex matresses last longer.
Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep
by atombender on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:23PM
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Do you have data to support that assertion? As a European, I grew up with nothing but box-spring mattresses. IKEA has more box-spring products than foam ones.
I think you might mean spring or pocket-spring. A box spring is something you put a mattress on.
Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep
by atombender on Friday December 07, 2018 @11:07AM
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Of course, oops -- pocket spring!