I am looking for a new mattress. I currently have a no-spring Serta ‘Serene Peace’ mattress which I think is latex from a Vera Wang collection in 2008.

I’m kind of a big guy and my hips are pushing through the mattress to the base layer which is firm so I wake up stiff with pain almost every morning. I move around a lot at night (maybe because of the mattress?) so I’m in all sleep positions.

I tried mattress topper, but that made things worse as the 3 inch foam one just gave me lower back pain.

Right now I can only fit a Queen but would eventually like a King. I also am working to get my weight down but have kinda accepted the fact I’ll likely destroy anything I buy pretty quickly so I’d like to not spend a ton until I can get that king.

Someone I know got a Serta Perfect Sleeper Charlotte from Mattress Firm so I tried that for a night and I could hear the springs moving when I rolled and I woke up in tremendous pain.

I then went to some stores and tried a few mattresses. My absolute favorite was the Beautyrest KX Plush. I accidentally kicked the remote and it raised the head, feet and started vibrating. I legit thought I was going to space. Laying on it in the store, I was blown away at how amazing it felt, really, truly. Until yesterday I thought the adjustable bases were just dumb, but now I really wish I could get that setup. I was laying on $6,000 but I felt like a million bucks.

I also laid on the Tempur Luxe Breeze. I really liked the cooling feeling and had zero pressure anywhere. But I get stuck in place and could hardly turn over.

Then I tried the Purple Hybrid Premier 4 and liked that quite a bit, probably my second favorite but didn’t try it super long, then tried the original Purple and sank right through to the base layers.

I also tried the Casper Nova & Wave Hybrids with and without the cooling layer but liked the Nova best because it was softest.

During looking at all these beds I was pointed towards a $1300 “Thomas Cole Borealis Hybrid”. I actually liked it quite a bit and kept coming back to it over and over. The only ones I liked better was the Purple 4 & Beautyrest KX.

I then found out they had this same Borealis Hybrid on clearance as a ‘comfort return’ for $547 an hour away and I planned to go get it the next day. For the price it seemed like a no brainer.

The next day I decided to go back to my local store and try it again. I still really liked it a lot but something tells me it might be too soft and will give me problems because I’ve read a lot about not getting too soft, especially if your heavy. So I decided to pass on that.

Then today I found a Helix Plus with GlacioTex cover for $550, I’m going to try it out tomorrow but I’m thinking this might be a better choice.

Going from a springless mattress for 14 years to a hybrid, will some back pain be normal as I adjust? (If we need to adjust anyway, does it even matter what we get?)

Should I get the Helix Plus? I feel like a dedicated plus size mattress at this price seems like an obvious move. I just want to wake up without pain. I notice I move around a lot because of pain/pressure spots during the night.

Suggestions? Thanks!!