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Memory foam was first developed by NASA to ease pressure on astronauts during lift-off. As it turned out, the unique way this foam conforms to your body and spreads pressure to reduce pressure points made it an ideal sleeping surface. It's no surprise that memory foam has been the fastest growing sleep product in the last 10 years - it really works.
For me, memory foam has been a lifesaver. Before using memory foam, I'd wake up with severe back and hip pain (I suffered a serious back injury over 25 years ago). Every day was difficult. But after trying memory foam, my hip pain disappeared and I now wake up with very little, if any, back pain.
Memory foam has changed the quality of my life - so much so I decided to go into the business so I could help other people with their sleep and pain issues. So, it was goodbye to my legal career, and hello to the memory foam mattress business (my mother was concerned a bit by this career choice - but she sleeps great now).
That was thousands of customers ago, and it has been incredibly rewarding to hear from them about how our memory foam products have helped them to sleep and feel better. There was just one problem - the mattress we initially carried, the "leading brand", was so expensive that they were outside the financial reach of many of our customers.
So over the years we've carried a few other memory foam mattresses that were very well received by our customers, all at a much lower price than the "leading brand".
But our ability to offer memory foam mattresses came to a crashing halt in 2009 when Tempur-Pedic® filed a lawsuit against most of the major manufacturers of memory foam mattresses (including some of our suppliers), claiming that they held an exclusive patent in regards to memory foam mattresses.
The whole industry was stunned by this lawsuit, and I decided that for better or worse, I was going to discontinue selling memory foam mattresses that were under the patent guidelines till the matter was settled -- which I was told could take years, and years.
Well, it turns out I may have been the only retailer in the country that took this lawsuit seriously -- no on else stopped making or selling memory foam mattresses. And then, in just a few months, Tempur-Pedic® dropped the lawsuits for now, due to the Patent Department reexamining the whole matter.
So here I am, seemingly the dumbest mattress retailer in the country, and the only one to give up the main part of his business (memory foam mattress sales) for a lawsuit that evaporated in a few months.
What to do now? Go back to selling the same mattress I had before?
No, I decided to try something radically different -- rather than going back to business as usual, I was going to try something never tried before to my knowledge. I was going to do a transparent, real time "blind" test to determine which memory foam mattress people really liked the best.
That way, I could sell the mattress with no hype, which I hate, and also people could read the real reviews for themselves, and then be able to gauge if the mattress sounded like it might work for their particular sleep issues.
So, hoping I wasn't making a very costly and time consuming mistake, I looked at all sorts of memory foam mattresses and came up with 6 different ones that met our basic test criteria -- around 10" total thickness, and at a price that would be about 1/2 of the "leading brand".
And I had no idea what I was getting into. Many times, over the next few months, I wondered if all this would work out. It wasn't easy selling the mattresses with no real information on the site, other than they were 10" thick and that we were offering a money back guarantee.
But I didn't want to bias any of the testers by providing any sort of "marketing" info on any of the mattresses (you know, this one is claiming to be "green", the other claims a particular "special" quality to its memory foam, etc.)
I just wanted to see, absent any hype, what people's real reaction was to the different mattresses.
And what happened? You can see yourselves from the chart below. One mattress distinguished itself from the others in every category I broke out -- and in a very convincing manner:
Comfort is such an individual thing, that I would encourage you to read the reviews at the right side of the page to get a sense for why our testers found the Healthy Foundations 10" Memory Foam Mattress so comfortable.
But in trying to distill down what I got from their reviews, it seemed that unlike some of the memory foam mattresses I had looked at that had felt overly soft or hard, in general our testers said that this mattress has a nice, soft initial feel while still feeling supportive and firm once they let their weight sink into the bed. Which meant hip pain, no back ache - just a good night's sleep.
I do want to say at this point, though, that this I'm not saying that this is a soft or plush mattress. While these sort of mattresses have a very nice initial feel, I have found that an overly soft mattress often doesn't work out in the long run.
Instead, the idea is to shoot for the middle ground -- not overly firm, but not overly soft either. Something yielding and not causing pressure points (which is why the top layers of memory foam are so crucial), but a firm base "core" for the bed that does provide good support.
From the testers reviews, the sense I get is that the majority found the Healthy Foundations 10" Memory Foam Mattress firm, yet still very comfortable due to the two separate layers of memory foam that top the mattress.
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The Full Height of the Mattress is 10" |
For those gear heads out there (and I can be one), the mattress is 10" in height made of 4 layers - at the bottom two layers of 3" convoluted 2.3 lb density poly foam (the bottom layer a firmer feel than the 2nd layer), next a 2" layer of 5 lb memory foam on top of this, and a top 2" layer of 4 lb memory foam.
Don't worry about what these numbers mean -- the important thing is that the foams used are very high quality and the densities go beyond that found in so many memory foam mattress I've looked at. This mattress was made to be both comfortable and durable, a real value for the money, and not some sort of cheap knock-off where you pay less but get something of really inferior quality. That just isn't the case here -- the quality of the foams used is on par with those costing twice as much from the "leading brand".
The mattress is made in the US and all the foams used in the mattress are also made in the US. The was important to me to insure the quality of the foams used in the mattress.
Again, I hope you will read the reviews on the right to get a sense of what people felt about the comfort of the Healthy Foundations 10" Memory Foam Mattress. But, just to give you a notion of what we heard, here is a sample from one of the comments:
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"Great Mattress!"
"This mattress has been all that was promised. I sleep more peacefully than with any other mattress I have ever owned. Try it as you will not be disappointed." By Jackie
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I get asked these questions a lot, and I've certainly come across these issues with memory foams in the past. In fact, when I started years ago, and was then selling the leading brand's mattress (before my price discounting got me banned), I often had customers who found the initial smell overwhelming and the mattress very hot to sleep on (which, to be fair, turned out not to be due to their particular memory foam, but instead was due to the specific cover they used initially, that had a membrane built into it that caused this bed to sleep very hot).
So after all the reviews came in and it was easy to see that this mattress was the clear winner, I took some time to look over all the reviews specifically to see what people had to say about the mattress sleeping hot and any comments they had about the mattress' intial odor after unwrapping it.
And what was the feedback on these issues? I'd have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the positive comments by the reviewers about both these issues.
In terms of whether the mattress slept hot, 5 reviewers commented on this -- with 3 people mentioning it slept hot, and two saying that they found it didn't sleep hot. But of the three people that said it slept hot, two of them said that overall they really liked the mattress.
One said in the comments that they did get hot a couple nights, but overall gave it a 5 star rating and said they would recommend it to a friend. And while the other mentioned as a "Con" that the mattress slept hot, in their comments they said they were sleeping much better and gave the mattress a 4 star rating and also said they would recommend it to a friend.
On the other hand, two people found that the mattress didn't sleep hot, with one commenting that "my husband does not get overheated like he used to in our old bed".
So, overall, only one person out of the 45 reviews found that the mattress sleeping hot was a problem. Given how often I get this question, this fear of sleeping hot turned out to be much greater than the reality. Perhaps this is an issue for other memory foam mattress, due to their foams or the covers they use. But for ours, with its Coolmax cover, it turned out to be a deal breaker for only 1 of our 45 reviewers.
And the feedback on the odor issue was even more positive -- in the sense that our reviewers didn't find that there was an odor issue.
7 testers commented about this -- and all said very positive things about the odor, or lack there of. One person noted as a "Pro" that the mattress had "No smell", and said in addition "Great bed. Just like the Tempur-Pedic that I use to have but without the smell". Another also commented about how this mattress compared in odor to the leading brand, saying "Low odor (way less odor than the Tempurpedic Symphony pillows I had bought 2 weeks earlier)".
Five commented on how they noticed little, if any smell, when first opening the mattress, saying "There was no nasty odor either when we opened it and let it expand", "slight smell, for a few hours but fine the next night", "it arrived sealed, in new condition. I set it up in the bedroom, and while I did notice an odor, it was gone in a few hours" , "I opened the mattress the evening it was delivered and even though I expected there would be an odor as explained, there was absolutely none", and finally "It also had a minimal smell when we first got it, but that has now gone away completely (I have a very sensitive nose)."
So while odor may be an issue for other memory foam mattresses, the testers found it not to be a problem with our 10" Memory Foam mattress.
This is what we heard from our testers about the Healthy Foundations 10" Memory Foam Mattress - Really comfortable, reduces aches and pains, less tossing and turning, helps people to sleep better and wake refreshed -- but what's the price? That was the best part - while this mattress has an overall comfort comparable to claimed by Tempur-Pedic®, it was about 1/2 the price(compared to the similarly constructed (the Tempur-CloudTM Supreme).
How was this possible? Bottom line, with the "leading brand" you are paying a big premium for their huge advertising and branding program. In 2006 alone, the "leading brand" spent 170 million dollars in selling and marketing their brand. I operate very differently: I buy directly in volume from the manufacturer to get the lowest possible price, and I don't have expensive overhead that jacks up the price since we have a lean online operation. In this way, I can price this mattress -- which offers no compromise in comfort or quality -- at half the price of the "leading brand".
I've shipped thousands of mattresses in the mattress business, and shipping them by freight truck can be a nightmare. Mattresses get lost or punctured by fork lifts, and often actual deliveries were very difficult (they would just bring the mattress off the truck and it was up to the customers to get this very large mattress into their house by themselves, etc).
That's why I really loved that this mattress is one of the only mattresses I've seen that comes compressed so it can be shipped by UPS. That way you can track the progress of the mattress (so you won't be wondering when it will arrive), and, best of all, UPS will deliver it right to your door.
This is a huge step up from shipping a full size mattress by freight truck, and it is all due to the fact that the manufacturer came up with a way to compress a mattress into a roll and seal it at the plant. And from what we heard from our testers, it seems that these compressed and sealed mattresses arrive with minimal to no "new foam odor" at all - a real pleasant change from the strong "new foam odor" you see in most new memory foam mattresses.
We did wonder whether compressing and packaging the mattress altered its feel or durability. In our testing it didn't, and we literally have had no complaints from our customers about a mattress not recovering fully or having any sort of compression set.
Our Attempt to Make You An Irresistible Offer to Try This Mattress Out For Yourself
We realize that the ultimate test for our mattress is for you to try it for yourself in your own bedroom. So, to try to make that as easy as possible, we want to offer you an unheard of deal in the mattress industry:
- An unmatched 365 day money back trial. If for any reason you don't just love our memory foam mattress, let us know within 365 days of receiving it and we will refund your money (less a $75 return shipping fee). The only thing we ask is that you give the mattress a try for a few weeks before deciding, since it can take some time for you to adjust to our mattress.
- Complimentary Shipping. For all orders within the Continental U.S. (A $150 value)
- Fast Shipping. Our 10" Memory Foam Mattress is in stock and generally ships out within 3 - 5 business days.
- No Sales Tax. Except for Colorado orders. On a queen mattress, this can save $140 or more!
- A real 10 year non-prorated manufacturer's warranty.. What I mean by real warranty is that our 10" Memory Foam Mattress' warranty, unlike so many other warranties I see out there for memory foam mattresses, does not have an inflated warranty period for sales purposes which, in practice , has all sorts of fine print that would make it nearly impossible to be able to make a warranty claim (sound familiar?).
Our manufacturer instead is really ready to stand by its product for what is really the expected lifetime of the product -- which is pretty rare in the mattress industry. So for 10 years you can rest secure knowing that if a warranty problem arises, it will actually be addressed and you won't be stuck.
Our Mattress is Provided Without a Foundation - Why, You Ask?
For most people, we've found that you really don't need to buy a new foundation or box spring when you are purchasing a new mattress. I know that this confuses some people - they are used to buying a mattress as a set. But it really isn't necessary to replace the box springs in most cases these days.
That's because most mattresses sold in the last 10 - 15 years aren't sold with a box spring, but instead with what is called a foundation. A foundation is a very different animal than box springs. Foundations are made to be basically rigid. The most basic foundations are just boxes of wood covered in fabric. More expensive foundations do incorporate some metal parts, but, unlike springs, these metal supports have very little flex and give the foundation a very stiff, platform like feel.
One reason for this change from box springs to foundations may have been due to the increasing thickness of the standard mattress. Thicker mattresses incorporate all the comfort features (whereas before the box spring was one of the elements to how firm or soft a mattress would feel). But the net result is that most people have a foundation that works basically like a platform, and as long as it still has a firm, resilient feel you can use it with our mattress.
To be honest, this is an area that I've had some pressure to retail foundations with our mattress. It would be an easy way to make a bit more on each mattress sale. But I'd rather have you save some money and keep your current foundation, as long as it is working fine. There's a green element to this as well - it keeps these big items out of landfills, when they're still working perfectly fine.
So test your foundation - remove the mattress and press it in a few places - and as long as it is firm and has no areas with any sort of dips, or excessive give, it should work with our mattress.
Why Buy From Us?
Unlike most retailers selling memory foam mattresses, we specialize strictly in memory foam. This specialization allows us to offer our customers some significant advantages:
- Lower Prices
As a specialized business with lower overhead, we strive to offer low pricing on all our products everyday. That is one reason we are able to offer a mattress of this quality at 1/2 the price of the "leading brand".
- Our Unmatched 365 Day Money Back Guarantee
We just don't believe you should bear the financial risk if a mattress doesn't end up working out for you. Unfortunately, most retailers offer a very limited or no money back trial when you buy a mattress. We think this just isn't right - if you believe in your mattress, it shouldn't be a problem offering a money back guarantee. We feel our mattress is second to none, and to show how much we believe in it we decided to offer an unheard of 1 year money back guarantee.
So when you buy a mattress from us, you can rest easy knowing that you have a full year to decide if this is the mattress for you. The only charge you will pay on a return is a $75 return fee.
- Our Compressed And Sealed Mattress Arrive In Pristine Condition.
Unfortunately, I have had customers who had previously purchased memory foam beds from other companies and found that their mattresses arrive with a very noticeable odor and occasionally are dirty from shipping. One of the things we really like about our new memory foam mattress is that at the factory it is compressed and then encased in plastic and sealed - so it arrives in a clean condition and with virtually no new foam odor.
- Serious Customer Service.
Because we specialize in memory foam, we offer a number of customer service advantages over other companies that carry a varied product line.
- First, after dealing with these products since 1994, we have an intimate knowledge of how they work and can help to answer your questions on these products.
- Second, we know that you want your memory foam mattress as soon as possible, so we work hard to get your order out in the next 1 - 2 business days after you order.
- Third, unlike a big mail order house, when you order from Healthy Foundations, we take your order, track it, and are accountable for the order every step of the way. So, if you have questions about your order, you only have to call us at our toll free number 800-607-0340 and you will have our immediate attention.
- Finally, you can continue to call us toll free at anytime if you have questions about your product or customer service concerns. We will make sure that any questions or concerns you may have will be handled promptly and thoroughly until you are satisfied.
- Rock Solid Business Reputation and Secure Online Ordering
We aren't a newcomer taking a sudden interest in memory foam - we've been selling memory foam since 1994 and online since 1998.
We've been a member of the BBB since 1999 and have participated in the BBB Online Reliability Program since 1999. During this time, there has never been a single complaint filed with the BBB about Healthy Foundations.
In addition, we feel strongly that online businesses need to be held accountable for their products and service, and that is why we signed up for the Shopping.com Store Review Program (which is powered by Epinions.com). We wanted to be part of the Shopping.com Store Review Program since this is an independent review program where customers can post their feedback (both positive and negative). Since we signed up, we have over 600 reviews posted on Shopping.com with a 5 star rating (out of 5) with 99% of these reviewers saying they would buy from us again. Our reviews, overall, have been so positive that we have also been awarded Shopping.com's Trusted Store seal. According to Shopping.com:
"Shopping.com's Trusted Store seal helps you shop with confidence from the Internet's most respected stores. The Trusted Store seal is awarded to merchants who:
- Consistently receive positive customer ratings and .
- Provide accurate price and shipping information.
- Honor prices listed on their site without excuses.
Merchants cannot buy the Trusted Store seal. "
Finally, we take your shopping security seriously and have taken numerous precautions to make sure that our sites' online shopping is safe and secure.
- We subscribe to the McAfee Secure program, which checks our secure server daily. The McAfee Secure seal we display means that "This site is tested and certified daily to pass the FBI/SANS Internet Security Test. The "live" McAfee Secure mark appears only when a web site's security meets the highest security scanning standards of the U.S. government, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB."
- In addition, we use a shopping cart that both uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security and also automatically encrypts all credit card numbers in our database. This means that when you place your order through our online store, the transaction is happening on a secure socket layer connection that encrypts the information being sent to and from your browser to our store. In addition, though, our secure store also takes the further step of encrypting all credit card information in the store's database. You would be surprised how many online shopping carts don't do this and simply store credit card numbers without any encryption precautions.
As a result of these security measures, we've never had any report of any security issues or any customers' credit card number ever being compromised.
"I got a prompt reply about how to handle the return and they really couldn't have made it easier."
"I had great customer service from start to finish with Healthy Foundations. The order was processed quickly and delivered as promised. We kept the mattress for several months. I loved the mattress, but in the end my wife decided it wasn't quite what she wondered. I contacted the company to ask about the 365-day return policy, a little concerned because it had been so long since we purchased. We'd had it less than 365 days, but still, I had to wonder if there would be some "gotcha" clauses that I hadn't read in the fine print. I got a prompt reply about how to handle the return and they really couldn't have made it easier. Once they received the return at the fulfillment center, the refund was credited to my card ASAP. I'd have no reservations recommending the product and the company to others. The only online shopping company that I've dealt with that comes close is Zappos. They both are customer-focused and have great products. Shopping.com Review, |
"Have Never Had A Better Online Shopping Experience - Ever"
"Healthy Foundations has the best customer service I have ever had on the net - even better than LLBEAN. The unbiased advice on the site led me to search elsewhere, but I couldn't find anyone who offered a combination of quality and price to beat Healthy Foundations. Delivery was sooner than promised and the product has exceeded all expectations..." Shopping.com Review, |
"Great customer service!"
"There was a miscommunication problem between the manufacturer and the seller, so my mattress was delayed but I contacted customer service and they had a mattress shipped to me within several days. ... The customer service was incredibly helpful and contacted me with updates frequently. I would recommend Healthy Foundations to anyone interested in a high-quality memory foam mattress. " Shopping.com Review |
How to Order Your 10" Memory Foam Mattress
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All our Mattresses come with complimentary shipping within the Continental US (details below), and our unmatched 365 day money back guarantee.
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(39" x 75")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $899.00 In Stock
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(39" x 80")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $949.00 In Stock
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(53" x 75")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $1,099.00 In Stock
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(60" x 80")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $1,199.00 In Stock
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(76" x 80")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $1,499.00 In Stock
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(72" x 84")
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Mattress Only (Does Not Include Foundation - Most People Can Save $100s By Re-Using Their Current Foundation, Click Here For Details) $1,499.00 In Stock
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Shipping: We are offering complimentary Shipping within the Continental U.S. on all our Memory Foam Mattresses. Please note: Our Memory Foam Mattresses are generally shipped 2 - 3 business days after you place your order by UPS ground. After being shipped from the warehouse in Florida, they take an additional 1 - 6 shipping days to be delivered, depending on the distance from the warehouse, to your home. Once your order is shipped, you will receive an email with the tracking information. Any other items ordered ship separately and will be received separately from the mattress.
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*Price Comparison is of Healthy Foundation Memory 10" Foam Mattress to the Tempur-CloudTM Supreme, which has a similar construction of 2" of 4 lb memory foam (they call their memory foam TempurTM foam), 2" of 5.3 memory foam, with 7" of base foam.
Why did we choose this particular comparison? To be honest, we get asked this questions a lot (Compare our mattress to the Tempur-Pedic®), and it is difficult because the memory foams used in our brand and the leading brand are different - and have different feels.
But in looking at the various models offered by Tempur-Pedic®, the one closest in specs is their new Tempur-CloudTM Supreme. But again, to be clear, I am not saying that our mattress duplicates the feel of the Tempur-CloudTM Supreme, only that this is the mattress that most closely compares to the specs of our Healthy Foundations 10" Mattress.
Although I would like to base the comparison on overall comfort as well, this isn't possible since Tempur-Pedic® doesn't publish ratings or reviews for any individual mattress in its line. So lacking any way to compare the comfort, I looked for the closest model that would compare to the specs of our Healthy Foundations 10" Mattress, and that is the Tempur-CloudTM Supreme.
