Notes: Why Katrina (and the followons) will affect your sleep.

[learnteach]

First of all, Craig's list rocks.

Bought a new (used) bed and a microwave today. Price in store for equivalent (ish) (new): 925. Price used, locally: 390. Wooooooo.

Picked up a small microwave, and a queen sized hypoallergenic bed (barely fits in the van. That'll learn me not to clean my armor out...)

So, onto the title: Guy at the Mancini's store (which sells all the high end models; it seems that all three major stores with "low price guarantees" specialize in different market segments) noted that he expects mattresses to increase in price 30 to 50 percent before the next year. As his cheapest mattress set (Queen sized) is $500, this is going to be pricey.

Why? Katrina knocked a lot of factories offline, including some major producers of foam. Foam is now scarce. It's difficult to make right, and enviromentally very tricky (probably (guess) why it was in Louisiana) and there's much less of it.

True? Sales tactic? I'll check back after the Superbowl.

The other interesting and useful fact that I did not know: Firmness and back support are not directly related. It depends on your posture. If you sleep on your side, you want a less firm mattress. On your back, more firm.
Hmm. There is some studies on this:
http://www.spine-health.com/topics/conserv/mattress/mattress01.html

Oh, and there was a $10,000 mattress in the store. Hand made, of high quality, and guarranteed for a loooong time...

Comments

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

And, darn! We'll sleep badly and then won't have any Folger's Coffee to wake us up!

[loudoggeek.livejournal.com]

I go out and buy a new bed ever 10 years or so -- and the heck with the price! If the $10k bed is the best (for us), I'll buy it. It's hard to pay too much for a good night's sleep.

Same rule applies to shoes.

[gizbot.livejournal.com]

Go buy one of the 'compressed time' mattresses. It just so rocks to get a full night's sleep and see only three hours of wall clock time go by. It's worth the extra money.

Of course, if it were a full nights sleep, I wouldn't have these persistent dreams during my day. :)

[vew.livejournal.com]

Sleep is very important...so what ever it takes to get a good night sleep is important...

I have been thinking of one swedish dense foam beds. I slept on one in DC a few months ago...nice