Idk why I always wake up with either my sides or neck or smth hurting when I wake up but that didn’t happen while I stayed at a hotel. It’s not like I’m an old broken man who should be waking up expecting this.

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    Be very careful. An expensive mattress, if you care for it, can last a long time and will definitely help with your pains. But just because it is expensive does not mean it is actually good, let alone good for you specifically. There are many types of different mattresses and you should take some time to find one for you.

    TLDR: lie down on it before buying.

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      This is the way. Used this website to help choose my last 2 mattresses and it was pretty spot on. I also recommend this site to anyone I talk to who are looking for a good comparison on mattresses prior to purchasing.

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      I was using the mattress selector and tbh I just put “no preference” to almost all things cause i have no idea what im looking for

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        I put that I don’t want much heat retention, want firm, and I like a little bounce (for sex), and it basically told me to get a regular innerspring mattress. So a medium priced sealy or whatever at Costco. Which is what I got last time, and I was happy before so.

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    As a fellow side sleeper who just bought a Purple mattress, just remember to buy a plush/soft mattress. The reason you are hurting is because you are sleeping on your side on a, probably, cheap and firm mattress.

    Firm mattresses are for back sleepers. Soft mattresses are for side gang, like us.

    I will say Purple is just incredible if you can afford it but try it at a store first before committing. The important thing, though, is to get a soft, well-made mattress.

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          That’s so funny. I love Kierkegaard, you have an awesome name!

          Hope you can find a better mattress to improve your sleep.

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              It is obvious, but that’s exactly where I got it from. Haha

              I love the film and it made me learn and appreciate the word, but I also love the word used in this way as a kind of homage to living, or existence itself, and a nod to existentialism and phenomenology.

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                  The first half?! I should probably rewatch it in case I’m forgetting something but I think I love life-affirmation of the second half. Not trying to judge but the first half is so depressing. Haha What do you love about it?

                  But, no, I haven’t read it, unfortunately. I know Ikiru is based off it though, right? I still see Ikiru as a kind of Christ story.

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      I sleep on my side. I love firm futons. Soft mattresses make me very sore and cause me to have poor sleep. Just because you sleep on your side doesn’t mean you have to have a soft mattress.

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        There’s always an exception to the rule.

        I’ve also had a great night’s sleep on my side using firm futons or even the floor, doesn’t mean that it isn’t better for side sleepers to use softer mattresses.

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        For a side sleeper I recommend going to a mattress store with a friend and your pillow. You lay down on the mattress and your friend checks if your back is straight, it’s easily visible:

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      So what about those of us who sleep on the side some of the night and back the rest of the time. Sometimes I like to sleep on my stomach.

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      Meh I don’t think major mattress companies really justify they wildly inflated prices. This might have gotten better over the last few years, but you used to have to pay $2000 for something you could get shipped in a box from Amazon at $200 for similar quality.

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    There is an old proverb I heard once. “Don’t cheap out on things that separate you from the ground”

    When it comes to things like mattresses, shoes, and chairs do your research and buy the best option you can. It will save you a lot of pain later in life

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    over the last 15 years or so I would have spent $10k on mattresses of all types… inner spring, micro spring, full latex, a mix of above… all end up with body indentations that cause back pain. In the end I bought a cheap mattress in a box (Koala Brand) that is hard as a brick and a latex topper, it has been wonderful

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    https://www.bett1.de/anti-kartell

    https://youtu.be/OUjFoFGjQyI

    There is a cartell in the matress market. Dont buy pricy ones. Watch the documentation on the youtube link. Its made by public tv from germany.

    The link is the store of the dude that stood up and fought against the cartell. And he survived. The united-cartell-angency (bundeskartellamt) found out about the cartell throught this dude and fined the cartels pretty hard. It is still not destroyed sadly and the prices of over 500 bucks for a fucking mattress are everywhere even though it might be a absolute dogshit mattress.

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    A good mattress is definitely worth the money. They aren’t cheap, I would expect to pay $1,000 for a queen size. Ten years ago we bought one from a department store during a sale, saved $ by buying a display model and saved another 10% by signing up for the store’s credit card. It came to $1,000 delivered. How well you sleep affects your quality of life. Ideally you’ll spend a third of your life on it.

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    Before commiting to buying a $1000+ mattress, try getting yourself a foam mattress topper. A good one is only like $100. My wife and I sleep on a old generic mattress with one of these and literally sleep like angels. Every time I come home from a vacation it feels like sleeping on a cloud, compared to a hotel mattress.

    I know other people will die on a hill trying to convince themselves that their $5k mattress was worth it. But in my opinion, a $100-200 memory foam topper can make a world of difference.

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        General consensus seems to be that Purple is overpriced compared to their competition, and by a lot. Comparable mattresses from other brands are probably $2k-$3k.

        Having used one of the nicer Purples, I fully agree with your statement. Certainly not worth the sticker price.

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    I bought a $600 foam one at Costco, and it’s the best mattress I’ve ever slept on. Unfortunately, this makes every other bed extremely uncomfortable, so YMMV.

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    I went to a mattress boutique and ordered my mattress there. I would never do it differently again, I love it every night. The saleswoman took great care of trying the different mattresses to see which one had the backs of my girlfriend and I in the best positions and whenever I’m back from a trip I feel again the greatness of my mattress

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    Mattress: something firm like a tatami mat with a thin futon on top. Your lower back and hips will be happy.

    Pillow: buckwheat husk filled with a dust cover. Your neck, shoulders, and sinuses will be happy.

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      Ymmv.

      All my back pains went away once I bought a high end matress that was soft as a cloud.

      Anytime I sleep on a futon, I sleep like shit and wake up with pain everywhere.

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    Maybe. I just bought a shikibuton that was $500. It’s a Japanese floor mattress. It solved almost all of my pain problems. I’ve been sleeping on it for about 3 weeks now, and honestly it’s amazing. The floor doesn’t sag so everything stays aligned.

    I also bought a $5000 mattress that I’ve yet to receive. Only reason I bought it was because my wife was mad I bought something for me only (she thinks it’s stupid that I’m willing to sleep on the floor at all…anyway…). It felt nice at the store…but we’ll see when it gets here. It was an Aireloom Luxury Firm.

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      My wife is on an Aireloom. She asked for the hardest mattress in the store (probably 100 models) and the sales guy really tried to talk her out of it because it’s THAT hard. She could sleep on bare concrete and that mattress has been a godsend to her.

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    Yes, but with caveats. If you go to a big mattress store and buy from the big brands (Sealy, Simmons, Serta, etc.) you are getting a mattress that is cheaply built at a high price due to shitty private equity firms buying up the brands and squeezing every bit of value from them.

    I ended up spending a fair bit ($2600 but the “equivalent” at the major chain store was $3400) on a locally manufactured mattress with more expensive materials like latex foam and wool but only after I tried a bunch and found one that kept me nice and aligned. Immediately I stopped waking up with the type of pain that would stay with me all day (I would be slightly stiff for 15 minutes instead), and now that my body is used to it I only very rarely wake up in pain.

    The big thing is to find somewhere without shitty sales tactics, and to try a bunch of mattresses out and find out what works for you. I didn’t like the memory foam mattresses, but some people love them. There is a reason why they make firm, medium, and soft mattresses. There are mattresses where the springs are the same all over, or vary based on where people keep their body weight.