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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by slv77 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:37PM (#18623635)
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.
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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by com2kid on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:24PM (#18624318)
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.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by atombender on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:23PM (#18623962)
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.
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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by joncrocks on Friday December 07, 2018 @06:56AM (#18626915)
I think you might mean spring or pocket-spring. A box spring is something you put a mattress on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-spring

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by atombender on Friday December 07, 2018 @11:07AM (#18628779)
Of course, oops -- pocket spring!
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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by SeanLuke on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:30PM (#18624634)
My experience in Italy strongly suggests spring mattresses are the norm.
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