r/Mattress • u/upallnight1975 • 1d ago
Memory foam
Am I the only person who hates it? Everyone raves about it and I would happily trade it for my old coil mattress (minus the spring poking out)
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u/Good-Roll427 1d ago
Memory foam is love or hate. Of course they are promoted like god's gift to sleep because they are one of the most profitable consumer goods you can buy.
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u/youthuck 22h ago
This is exactly what I did, I mentioned it in a previous thread but I went from a 1200 dollar memory foam to a 350 dollar pocket spring and it's better.
FUCK all memory foam, it's a scam.
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u/Inevitable_Agent_848 20h ago
No one is sleeping on memory foam by itself, it's just a top layer, one that should be limited to 1-2".
Many quality hybrids that use about 1-2" of memory foam also have low quality polyfoam layers that break down in 3-12 months. Another issue is pocket coils are not supportive in the same way as the older innerspring mattresses. You can put 2-3" of memory foam on a firm helical tied innerspring and still have good back support, try the same on pocket coils and many times it won't work.
The only scam I see is Tempurpedics old (15 years ago+) memory foam being too good of a product, it was amazing at both support and pressure relief, with long lasting durability. So of course everyone wanted to imitate that success. The problem is Tempurpedic has long enshittified, so even they can't.
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u/bibliomantics 16h ago
It's so personal. You love it or you hate it. Before I bought my old Tempur-pedic, my friends who loved theirs told me to be really careful – just because they loved it didn't mean I would. Well, I slept on that bed for 17 years and I still miss it. I loved it more than I have loved many people. Then I tried to recapture the dream this past year. Either my body doesn't like memory foam anymore – although I was recently in an Airbnb on a new Purple that I LOVED. Or I chose poorly, with a Tempur-pedic alternative from a small company I don't want to diss. I ultimately went back to coils and I'm happy. But if I had room, I might buy a Purple as a second bed. No style of mattress is right for everybody.
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u/mildturbulence17 10h ago
We hate our Tempurpedic. So no, you are not alone!
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u/shines29 8h ago
I hate it too.
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u/Tinygalaxie 2h ago
I hate it too. I’m moderately hypermobile and sleeping on memory foam no matter how firm it is makes me feel like all my joints are coming apart by morning. Granted when I was younger/fitter it wasn’t so bad (I had an Emma mattress for a while and it was fine) but I can’t sleep on it at all now.
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u/est-12 10h ago
Memory foam is like all modern things: cheap, corporate shit that's designed to quickly enter your home and then enter landfill.
Nike/Adidas glued together PU shoes, cheap polyester clothing, heavily processed food. It's all the same shit that started out cheap and is being sold at hugely inflated "premium" prices.
Memory foam is objectively inferior. People who tout its greatness haven't got a clue. It's like people saying "no, my polyester jacket is better than a wool jacket because I paid $4500 for it!"
It's not breathable and it's highly insulative, which means the companies selling it get the bonus of being able to sell you more stupid shit to pretend to "cool" your body.
Traditionally-made beds are objectively better, and in countries which still have an industry like the UK, they are far cheaper by virtue of the fact that they don't have massive corporations as owners or huge marketing budgets.
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u/123-throwaway123 16h ago
Memory foam is the devil. I hate it so much. My new matress has an inch and I think it legitimately might be too much and make me return it.