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4.5
This mattress has been quite an experience.First, some backstory. About two months ago, I moved into a third-floor apartment in a building with no elevator. The only path to my apartment door is to go up two flights of relatively narrow stairs with many support beams and guide rails along the way, not to mention the suspended light fixtures in the outside corridors. It's not conducive to moving cumbersome and heavy things.So, things went down like this:- Buy $100 metal frame futon from wal-mart, feel thrifty and surprisingly comfortable.- Notice a slight indention in the mattress when I get up the next morning.- A week later, become rage incarnate due to poor sleep, as the filling in the mattress has decided to migrate to my sides and allow me to fully appreciate the shape and firmness of the support bars underneath the mattress.After doing quite a bit of research, I settled on this thickness mattress because all of the 6-inch mattresses had a number of reviews that complained about still feeling the support bars. I wasn't about to buy anything that reintroduced those bastards back into my life, so I started looking for 8-inch mattresses. Lo and behold, this mattress is both very well-reviewed AND is eligible for Prime shipping and free returns! Super dope. Budget ruined, task accomplished.For the next couple days, I kinda snickered at the thought of my apartment complex office staff trying to manipulate this 70lb mystery box that was en route. Little did I know that I am apparently on the delivery route of a UPS driver that moonlights as a bodybuilder, because this 70lb box with outside dimensions roughly the size of a computer desk was sitting right outside my door when I got home, free of dragging marks or any signs of struggle. That guy just straight carried it up some of the most treacherous stairs I've ever encountered, and must have done so completely blind to what was in front of him.Surprised to find it had arrived two days before it was expected to even ship, I was excited to unpack it. MAN, DID THEY PACK THIS. Not one, not two, but THREE thick plastic straps band these things down inside the box (I was very glad to have a fixed blade handy), and there's loads of plastic wrap in the mix as well. This is all to seal in the fresh and enticing aroma of wet paint that immediately filled the apartment once I got the wrap off.I quickly found the mattress fits perfectly on my old frame, and that my old mattress fits perfectly in the dumpster.Given that I clearly had no plans on sleeping on my old torture device, I did two things I was very glad to have done:- set up a large fan next to the mattress so that it would speed up the airing-out and decompression process.- bought a bottle of extra strength febreeze.The fan plumped the bed up very quickly - I had it set up for about 4 hours before I was to sleep on it, and the combination of a nice, plump, comfy bed and febreeze-enriched paint fumes sent me to a restful and wonderful night's sleep.It is now night three, and the mattress continues to be both comfortable, plump, and vaguely smells of paint. I imagine the smell will dissipate over time, and the other reviews give me quite a bit of confidence regarding the longevity of this mattress.If you or someone you know is doing that particular trick where it looks like you're sleeping on a mattress but you're actually in a mutually hateful relationship with metal supports, then buy this bed right now. I don't care if you can't afford it. I couldn't afford it. I've eaten eggs and expired bread for three days now. Totally worth it. Besides, the paint fumes will make you forget all your money troubles.
