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One of the great things about online mattresses is having reviews. The traditional store all had unique names/codes for their mattresses so you can't compare pr

One of the great things about online mattresses is having reviews. The traditional store all had unique names/codes for their mattresses so you can't compare price or get any reasonable volume of reviews for a mattress. I love how the internet levels the playing field on things like this.

on_and_off 9y ago
Hem-hem. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg... IMO it looks like the mattress business is 99% marketing. It is a rectangle of foams, I would love it if companies stopped pretending that they spent thousand of man hours improving it while they all come from the same factory (I am not even exaggerating much here :/ ). I moved to the US recently and was shocked by how big the mattress business is here and how costly these are.
smt88 9y ago
Most online mattress reviews are part of affiliate programs and aren't trustworthy. It's also impossible to review something so personal. For example, someone else in these comments loves their floor futon, but I loathe mine.
astura 9y ago
"Reviews" are useless, in fact, they are worse than useless, they are just another form of spam. Those reviewers and bloggers make their living on commission, thus the incentives are not aligned. You can find positive reviews of pyramid schemes and malware. Mattresses are in a way kinda interchangeable. Sure there's different quality and a well worn mattress will be different from a new one, but, in general, you probably aren't going to sleep differently on a different brand of a similar quality mattress. About 6 years ago I read that people who bought their mattress from the internet we're just as satisfied with their purchase as people who tried them out in the store beforehand. Plus most people's opinions suck anyway.

on_and_off 9y ago

Hem-hem. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg... IMO it looks like the mattress business is 99% marketing. It is a rectangle of foams, I would love it if companies stopped pretending that they spent thousand of man hours improving it while they all come from the same factory (I am not even exaggerating much here :/ ). I moved to the US recently and was shocked by how big the mattress business is here and how costly these are.

smt88 9y ago

Most online mattress reviews are part of affiliate programs and aren't trustworthy. It's also impossible to review something so personal. For example, someone else in these comments loves their floor futon, but I loathe mine.

astura 9y ago

"Reviews" are useless, in fact, they are worse than useless, they are just another form of spam. Those reviewers and bloggers make their living on commission, thus the incentives are not aligned. You can find positive reviews of pyramid schemes and malware. Mattresses are in a way kinda interchangeable. Sure there's different quality and a well worn mattress will be different from a new one, but, in general, you probably aren't going to sleep differently on a different brand of a similar quality mattress. About 6 years ago I read that people who bought their mattress from the internet we're just as satisfied with their purchase as people who tried them out in the store beforehand. Plus most people's opinions suck anyway.