Hello Marie,

Not off subject at all in my opinion. We are still talking about our backs.

I was happy to read that you are "puzzled". Why happy? Because it tells me you are THINKING!!

First Select Comfort we had we had about 8 years. After a few years the FOAM started to not "bounce back", and that resulted in a sway back impression which of course is what you don't want. I called SC many times and told them I needed several new foam layers. Their response was always "Try this, or try that". Made me mad as hell because they were just delaying what I knew was wrong.

SOOoooo I started to research the web and look for other air mattress companies. Some were out and out scams. They all had one major flaw - FOAM!!!!! When you are at the store the foam may feel good, but I don't care what kind it is, it will not over time keep its shape (reseliency sp?).

Okay, I bought a second SC mattress with the least amount of foam I could find. Gave it a try for a couple of weeks of back agony, and shipped it back to them. One layer of lousy cheap foam killed my back.

With my back, for MANY years the regular mattresses gave my back a real PAIN.

So how did I end up sleeping on an Aero air mattress? In January my wife and I helped our daughter move to Chapel Hill. My daughter wanted to be nice and told ole Dad to sleep on her regular mattress. Next morning she wanted to know how I slept. I had to be truthful, and told her
"terrible". She meant well, but my back was killing me the whole night long - hard as a board!!

My wife had slept on the Aero air mattress and said it was fine. She told me to give it a try the next night which I did. WOW!!!!! I had the best night's sleep in a long long time. NO FOAM, just good ole air.

Okay, the Aero mattress is not a "magic" solutioon. It does take a little experimenting to find out how much air is just the right amount to give EVEN support. I don't think it would work well for two people.

The ole back is getting more and more fussy. There is a fine line now between too much air and not enough air. I'm now at a point where only the twin size air mattress works for me. For some reason the queen just does not give me a good night's rest.


Enough rambling!

May I suggest that you (and others) go to Bed Bath and Beyond, or Linen N Things and buy an Aero air mattress. Give it a try. If you don't like it no problem, just return it and get your money back.

RichT

P.S. To me pillowtops are a TOTAL NO NO. Those things are the first to start sagging. I wonder how many people have back pain because of pillowtops and foam? Regarding Tempurpedic mattresses - for me I don't like them.