Tempurpedic Classic Mattress

My husband and I were introduced to the classic Tempurpedic mattress while house sitting for a friend of mine. I was not expecting to like the mattress. I noticed over the week of sleeping on it that I was sleeping sounder through the night. I am a side sleeper and also noticed that I wasn't loosing circulation in my arms like frequently happens with the regular spring style mattress.

During a stay at a local resort, we were offered the chance to upgrade our room to one with a Tempur mattress, which we did. Once again I had the same experience. The normal pressure you feel laying on a more solid spring mattress is so reduced by the Tempur, it is an interesting and for me a very comfortable sensation.

We didn't order our Tempurpedic Classic for about another 6-8 months, just because of financing. We read a lot of reviews before actually ordering and so had a pretty good idea what to expect. We ordered our mattress direct from them so that we could take advantage of 0% financing option then offered, which was a much better deal than any local store.

The Tempurpedic site mentions that when the mattress comes it will "gas off" for a couple days. We decided that we would put our old mattress in the living room and use it till the gassing was over. This was NOT a pleasant experience, and I wouldn't recommend this mattress to anyone that doesn't have the option to sleep somewhere else till the smell is gone. I believe our mattress smelled strongly for at least 10-14 days.

There is no way I could or would have slept in there with that strong chemical smell. After that, I am always careful to wash sheets very regularly and now I do not notice any smell.

I read a lot of reviews about people not liking how they "sank into" the mattress, one person felt like it was a "hot coffin". My husband and I have never had that experience. I tend to wonder if this style mattress is preferable to people that are not overweight? I wonder if that was why they had that experience... My husband and I weigh 150lbs and 135lbs respectively.

We have had our mattress over one year now, and I am still very pleased and glad we invested in it. I am a little nervous as to how it will age over time... only time will tell.

The comments I read about owners trying to make use of the warranty were not reassuring, I just figure when it dies, it dies. As long as we get a good 12-15 years out of it, I will be happy.

Another thing I love about this is that since there are no springs, if myself or my husband roll over in the night, the whole bed doesn't respond. Our motions are deadened by the foam.

Our home, built in 1910, runs on the cold side. We use a heated mattress pad which we only turn on in the winter. We only use it on the lowest setting, and turn it off as soon as we get into bed. Without the initial heating, it feels like an ice block in our chilly upstairs. Mind you, our room only has electric baseboard heat, so it is much colder than your average bedroom. Once in the bed it retains heat well and is very comfortable.

Our house does not have any air conditioning and I was concerned about comments I had read about the mattress being hot. We have not noticed any extra heat in the mattress in the summer.

I will update if any issues present themselves...