I’m someone who tried doing too much research into a mattress and quickly became overwhelmed with options, how expensive it is and how slimy the mattress industry is. Analysis paralysis is very real with mattress shopping. I found this to be a very stressful experience.

Eventually I bought the Sealy Posturepedic 12" Hybrid Mattress King from Costco. The mattress is listed as medium firmness and that seems about right. I’m 6’0 230lbs and my fiancé is 5’7 145lbs and we’re both very comfortable in the bed. I also find that I’ve been dreaming significantly more sleeping in this bed. Also our 3 dogs all love the bed and we finally all fit comfortably in our bed, upgrading from a queen

Reasons why I chose Costco and this mattress:

We went to a mattress firm and had decided a medium to medium firm was the type of bed we liked the most, but the prices were insanely high. They’re also quite clever, the stores purposely put the cheaper mattresses in hotter areas of the store and the more expensive mattresses underneath the air conditioning. When I found out the margins they were making on the mattresses it just made no sense to buy from there. Costco sells most things near cost, and you don’t have to deal with a salesman making an insane commission fee off you and generally making the buying experience extremely unpleasant.

The mattress is inexpensive! It was $550 on sale for the king from Costco. Costco has an amazing return policy and will take your old mattress. It’s soft but also firm. It feels great sleeping on my side and on my back.

I’m mainly making this post so it will show up in the search engine for others. If you’re not very picky and tired of looking, this mattress did not disappoint and was affordable. And seriously who the fuck is blowing 2+ grand on a mattress in this economy.

My girlfriend and I are going to be moving in with each other and I’m looking to upgrade the mattress. We went to a mattress firm and had a wonderfully awful time but did figure out that we want the classic style spring mattress, firm, and a soft pillow top.

I am a back/side sleeper and she is a side sleeper. I’m 6’4 260 and she’s 6’0 230ish? and sometimes/every night a 60lb golden retriever will find her way up on the bed.

In our short time trying out different mattresses at MF before getting told they were done helping us cause we weren’t purchasing one that day, we liked the beauty rest, and sterns and foster but they were like 3200$ and that’s just too much. When we made our way to Costco we noticed the sealy mattress was under 1000 and I do love me the Costco return policy so I did a little more research. We narrowed it down to 2 mattresses and if anyone here has some input from using them it would be really appreciated!

The first one

https://www.costco.com/sealy-posturepedic-carver-11”-firm-or-13.5”-plush-mattress.product.100694157.html

And second one

https://www.costco.com/sealy-posturepedic-plus-ridgecrest-14”-firm-or-plush-mattress.product.100365517.html

Both would be a king/plush - we want a firm mattress with a soft top. These were our middle ground diecoveries.:

I honestly couldn’t tell you the difference between the 2 other than a whopping 1/2 inch. We did find ourselves at Costco the other day and tried laying on the non plush version and we both thought it was pretty good but still wanted that plush pillow top. Some things I guess I would be most curious about if someone in a similar stat situation as me had some experience with.

• was this mattress able to survive some larger users?

• were you happy with it down the road?

• would a firm version and pillow top be a better option?

• should I pick it up from Costco or have it delivered?

• slats, box spring, flat board? Where we at with what it sits on?

• if you hated the same mattress and returned it what did you wind up with after and same questions.