Is a cheap memory foam mattress the best value for your money? Or should you purchase the higher quality, more expensive memory foam mattress. What is your best bet? Memory Foam mattresses are the newest craze. If you don’t have one you’re forced to believe that you are missing out on the best sleep of your life. In fact, according to the advertising, your quality of life will be less if you don’t own a memory foam mattress. The advertising states that the health benefits of sleeping on the memory foam mattress will not only lengthen your lifespan but will make the increase the quality of your life.
The advertisements do not come right out and state this definitively, but in so many words this is the impression they are trying to get across. Insisting that it’s in your best interest to purchase any type at all, even if it is a cheap memory foam mattress. I fell into this line of thinking along with another family member of mine. I purchased a higher quality and more expensive memory foam mattress than my family member. After sleeping on these mattresses the major differences were more of preference than life lengthening qualities.
The ‘cheap’ memory foam mattress was much softer and easier to sink your body into. Also, if you sat on the edge of the bed there was not much support holding your body up. Other than that there was not much difference except the price that was paid. In my opinion, I feel as though my more expensive memory foam mattress is much too firm for my taste. I do like the support of sitting on the edge of the bed better. Do I feel as though my life will be longer because I spent more money on my memory foam mattress and did not purchase a ‘cheap’ one? No, I do not. Being able to compare these mattresses side by side I have come to the conclusion that the cheap memory foam mattress is a better choice if you’re interested in a softer, less firm, mattress.
If your preference is a very firm type mattress then the more expensive memory foam mattresses are more likely your best bet. All in all, do I feel my life span has been extended at all or my quality of life has increased due to the purchase of my memory foam mattress? No, I do not. I still awake in the morning with a lower back ache. The very same lower back ache I had prior to the purchase of my memory foam mattress.
Would I purchase the more expensive memory foam mattress again knowing what I know now? No, I would purchase the cheap memory foam mattress.