Bed size/mattress poll

[musicalsilver]

I apparently just can't post enough today ;-)

The talk of mattresses in SPAM has me curious. 

In the comments, feel free to tell me about your mattress selection if you feel like you have a good thing going on.

[musicalsilver]

We have a Queen.

When DH graduated college and got his first real job/apartment, his parents got him a nice queen mattress set for a Christmas/Birthday present. It's a pillow-top Sealy or something like that. It's a bit squishy for my liking, and now that it's 8 years old, I actively daydream about what's next. Especially because we are wearing dents in our respective sides. Definitely time to rotate our mattress again ;-)

I think I want to get a king, and I'm intrigued by the Casper Mattress that has been discussed.

[majwv8]

We only have a queen because our bedroom is so oddly shaped, that a King can't fit. We measured all the options. And I'm still upset about it 6 years later. I love when we go to hotels and sleep in a king and I don't have to touch him.

[sympkin]

We've had a Queen since we've moved to this apartment. There is no way it would have been possible to get anything bigger up the stairs. We started with a memory foam that was pretty awesome but it just broke down too quick, so we replaced it after 9 years.

I really like the Casper. It's a latex and memory foam based product so it has that supportive molding without being a quicksand pit like something that is only memory foam.

I debated getting a twin size for El to but with the recent dollar it was cheaper to get a top line Ikea mattress so we went with that. C'est la vie.

[sympkin]

Aug 18, 2015 14:02:15 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

I love when we go to hotels and sleep in a king and I don't have to touch him.

Ha! We do a lot of cuddle sleeping, is that unusual?

[colieann31]

We have a king sized bed. We like to have our space. I think we have a Serta. We just got it in March and we love it.

[vasc]

We upgraded from a full to a queen when we went on our furniture shopping spree last summer for the new house. It's one of the main brands, from RoomstoGo

[nursemommy13]

I have a queen, which is plenty big for J and I. But my dogs sleep in the bed (another reason J is a keeper- he didn't kick my dogs out! Haha), so we will eventually have a king.

[musicalsilver]

Aug 18, 2015 14:07:57 GMT -5 sympkin said:

Aug 18, 2015 14:02:15 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

I love when we go to hotels and sleep in a king and I don't have to touch him.

Ha! We do a lot of cuddle sleeping, is that unusual?

DH and I are fortunately agreed about this.  Noooooo cuddle sleeping.  It gets way too hot.  Of course, DH is a furnace, so I think that contributes.  We might do some cuddling before we go to sleep, but when it's actually sleeping time ... away to the separate sides of the bed!!

[cl8badb]

King here. We just got a new mattress. I believe its the Black Beautyrest... by Simmons?

[sympkin]

Aug 18, 2015 14:37:20 GMT -5 musicalsilver said:

Aug 18, 2015 14:07:57 GMT -5 sympkin said:

Ha! We do a lot of cuddle sleeping, is that unusual?

DH and I are fortunately agreed about this.  Noooooo cuddle sleeping.  It gets way too hot.  Of course, DH is a furnace, so I think that contributes.  We might do some cuddling before we go to sleep, but when it's actually sleeping time ... away to the separate sides of the bed!!

The spouse throws off heat like crazy as well, but I'm always cold. This past week has definitely been don't touch me weather but it's so nice in the winter!

[daffy2k]

We upgraded to a king about 4 years ago because in DH's mind the obvious solution when your 70 lb lab is sneaking into the bed in the middle of the night is to simply upgrade to a bigger one so there is enough room for her. Of course teaching her not to do it would just be too easy...

That said, I'd never go back. The dog doesn't sleep with us anymore but a king sure is nice in the mornings when your toddler comes in to watch cartoons with daddy. I still have a solid amount of space on my side to comfortably go back to sleep

[sctiger]

We started off with a queen but upgraded to a king shortly after moving into our house. I could never go back now. I love my space!

[madlizmom]

We have a king and if we can afford it the next time we redo our bedroom I'm totally pushing for a California king. H is a mover when he sleeps and is forever ending up on my side of the bed or lying half on top of me. I started building a pillow wall to try and keep him on his side. Whenever we have to sleep in a queen I am up ALL night long.

[daffy2k]

And speaking of full mattresses...

There are 4 bedrooms in DH's grandma's house, including the one she shared with grandpa until he passed 2 years ago. In every room is a full mattress. We always joke to her that she needs to upgrade at least one or 2 of them to a king (or at least a queen). Her response? "Oh, I hate king beds. Grandpa and I can't stand it when we get one in a hotel. They're so big you can't even touch the other person! We like to snuggle." Um, the no touching is the point grandma. And gross. We totally did not need to know this.

Also, I'm pretty sure this was on the same visit where I got a real nice look at grandpa's ass. He obviously had forgotten that THE ENTIRE family was in the house, so when he got out of the bath he just threw his towel around his neck and walked stark naked across the hall (very visible from where I was sitting at the kitchen table) to his bedroom. I am truly scarred for life

[daffy2k]

Aug 18, 2015 15:12:51 GMT -5 madlizmom said:

We have a king and if we can afford it the next time we redo our bedroom I'm totally pushing for a California king. H is a mover when he sleeps and is forever ending up on my side of the bed or lying half on top of me. I started building a pillow wall to try and keep him on his side. Whenever we have to sleep in a queen I am up ALL night long.

Isn't a California king only longer, not wider?

[sympkin]

Aug 18, 2015 15:14:19 GMT -5 daffy2k said:

And speaking of full mattresses...

There are 4 bedrooms in DH's grandma's house, including the one she shared with grandpa until he passed 2 years ago. In every room is a full mattress. We always joke to her that she needs to upgrade at least one or 2 of them to a king (or at least a queen). Her response? "Oh, I hate king beds. Grandpa and I can't stand it when we get one in a hotel. They're so big you can't even touch the other person! We like to snuggle." Um, the no touching is the point grandma. And gross. We totally did not need to know this.

My grandparents slept for decades in a double/queen mattress. Then my grandmother broke her wrist and the doctor recommended separate beds for a while to heal.

They now sleep in two different rooms completely because they realized they don't like sleeping together at all!

[colieann31]

Aug 18, 2015 15:21:21 GMT -5 sympkin said:

Aug 18, 2015 15:14:19 GMT -5 daffy2k said:

And speaking of full mattresses...

There are 4 bedrooms in DH's grandma's house, including the one she shared with grandpa until he passed 2 years ago. In every room is a full mattress. We always joke to her that she needs to upgrade at least one or 2 of them to a king (or at least a queen). Her response? "Oh, I hate king beds. Grandpa and I can't stand it when we get one in a hotel. They're so big you can't even touch the other person! We like to snuggle." Um, the no touching is the point grandma. And gross. We totally did not need to know this.

My grandparents slept for decades in a double/queen mattress. Then my grandmother broke her wrist and the doctor recommended separate beds for a while to heal.

They now sleep in two different rooms completely because they realized they don't like sleeping together at all!

There is only one thing that I'm looking forward to when A starts working over nights. I won't have to listen to him snore or move to G's bed to get sleep!! 

[ordinaryme]

We have a Serta I believe and it's a queen. We have plans to upgrade to a king in 5 or so years. We purchased our bed almost two years ago. I love it, it's super comfy, I just want more space. I move a lot in my sleep.

[madlizmom]

Aug 18, 2015 15:16:05 GMT -5 daffy2k said:

Aug 18, 2015 15:12:51 GMT -5 madlizmom said:

We have a king and if we can afford it the next time we redo our bedroom I'm totally pushing for a California king. H is a mover when he sleeps and is forever ending up on my side of the bed or lying half on top of me. I started building a pillow wall to try and keep him on his side. Whenever we have to sleep in a queen I am up ALL night long.

Isn't a California king only longer, not wider?

I honestly don't know. But a former BF had one and I remember it being huge. The bed, not the BF
I will have to find out before we get one. I know sheets are hella expensive though. A reason to maybe just stick with the king.

ETA: found this online. I will apparently be keeping a king size!

[numbersgirl08]

King and love the space.

Like I mentioned before, we have a Casper. It's great so far and really really hard to beat the value. A comparable brand name mattress would cost much more.

[42butterflies]

Aug 18, 2015 14:02:15 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

We only have a queen because our bedroom is so oddly shaped, that a King can't fit. We measured all the options. And I'm still upset about it 6 years later. I love when we go to hotels and sleep in a king and I don't have to touch him.

This x 1,000,000

I have offered to throw out major pieces of bedroom furniture just so we can have a king sized bed. I don't like to touch while I sleep. I also hate cuddling. Just give me my space!!!

[42butterflies]

Ideally I would have the Lucy/Ricky situation with 2 separate beds. FFTC?

[kames12]

We have a queen sized bed that we got about 5 years ago or so. It's a Bob's brand mattress. I don't remember anything else about it. Unfortunately, a king size would not fit in our room and still let us have night tables. My house was built in 1900 and it's quirky.

We had a full size (that is in DS's room currently) and before that, it was twin sized in DH's dorm room when I stayed over.

[lizzybizzy]

I have a squeaky queen bed and one day I hope to have a non-squeaky California king. We have no animals to share with but we are both light sleepers and we toss and turn and squeak,

[catalinapink]

Cal King, DH is tall. We have a Serta icomfort, I hated it for the first couple months but it quickly turned into love. We've had it for 3 1/2 years and on DH side you can feel a little indent when you lay on it, but can't see it when no one is on the bed. The warranty is supposed to cover indent/, but only if measurable with a ruler, so it seems like we're SOL. I'm kinda annoyed with the fine print in their warranty. We need to see if my some miracle it is noticeable when you lay a ruler flat in the bed, but I doubt it. Holy crap that was long.

[skk]

We have a queen serta mattress. I hope to one day have a king but for now B and I share and DH sleeps in the other room so we have lots of space. DH and B both like to cuddle but I don't like anything touching me when I sleep. At least I don't have to deal with snoring sleeping with B.

[everydayimshuffling]

King. Or we wouldn't still be married. Just kidding... sort of.

We both sleep so much better in a larger bed.

[lioness13]

My DH is 6ft 3in and insisted on us getting a king sized bed. It was our first purchase after we bought our home. We love the space.

[kittengator]

We dreamt of a king-sized bed since the day we moved in together and once we had DS we finally got one! We bed share so it was a good purchase. When DS isn't with us, there are so many different options for getting comfortable