Review by G. Barnett : I just ordered 3 more

My son needed a new bed to replace his inner spring mattress and we started shopping for one last December. He decided that he really liked memory foam, but wasn't sure about the in-store $2000 price tag. We found this 12" queen w/5" of memory foam for one quarter of the store price and ordered one for him. It was delivered in about a week via FedEx ground. It arrived rolled up, strapped and wrapped in plastic. The outside of the plastic was pretty dirty from shipping. We decided that we'd unwrap it before we took it into the house. We used an ordinary pocket knife to carefully cut off the soiled outer layer of plastic wrap. Underneath that layer of plastic was a pristine and perfectly clean layer of brand new plastic still wrapped around the roll and the straps. That part was really cool, because we still had a nice tidy roll that made it easy to carry. Great job on the packaging. We carried the rolled mattress into the house, put it into place in his bedroom, cut the straps, unwrapped and unrolled the mattress. At this point, the mattress was the correct width and length, but really thin, probably only about 3" or so and was still contained in a plastic vacuum sealed bag. From this point, it was pretty easy. We cut the vacuum seal with scissors, removed the plastic and waited for the mattress to expand. That's a slow process and a little like watching paint dry, so we went to work on another project and walked in to look every few minutes. As promised, it had expanded to 12" within a couple of hours. I understand that some are much more sensitive to smell than others, so this part is very subjective: There was something that I would term a 'clean' smell which neither my son nor I found offensive at all. That smell was completely gone in a few days. My son has slept on it for 6 months now and really likes it. A couple of times when he's been gone overnight, I've slept on it and I like it so much that I ordered one for my bedroom and king and a queen for my Mom & Dad.

Review by Darryl C. "Darryl C." : Good luck finding a better deal

After spending multiple hours doing research and shopping online, as well as going out and laying on all the foam mattresses available locally (and nearly going into a seizure when seeing the prices!) I'm SOOOO glad I decided on a whim to check Amazon and found this mattress. The price seems too good to be true (with no sales tax and free shipping!?!) but all the positive reviews and the fact that the spec's match the expensive brand's convinced us to try it.
We ordered it on a Friday night, the confirmation came the following Monday morning, and the mattress showed up three days later (after getting a shipment confirmation stating exactly that). Granted, it came from CA and I'm in WA, which isn't a long trip. So the service is definetely 5 stars in my book.
The mattress itself is firm, but actually seems to conform more readily than the expensive famous name brand mattresses we tried out in stores.
As others mention, and the only thing that keeps this mattress from getting 5 stars is the smell. It would seem wise for the manufacturer to "air them out" a while before packing and shipping them. The smell is not so bad as to give me a headache like most chemical smells do, but you can't ignore it. It's kinda similar to the smell of new pair of sneakers when you first take them out of the box, only stronger. For the first week it didn't seem to subside. Now I've taken the slip cover off of it, take the sheets off every morning and walk around on it several times a day squishing air out of and into it and that seems to be working. I actually am not bothered by the smell at all, but my wife thinks it's got to be unhealthy so is sleeping in the other room 'til the smell goes away....which isn't entirely a bad thing, except I can't be sure if I'm sleeping so much better because of this mattress or because I now get the whole bed to myself!
Also worth mentioning is that the warranty is actually more significant than was mentioned in the product description. The doc's that came with the mattress state that (similar to the famous [expensive!] brand) it's warranteed 100% for 10 years, 40% from 11-15 years, and 20% from 16-20 years.

Review by Eric Wu : No experience with Tempurpedic but this is nice!

I read reviews for the same sleepshop mattress without the dual air flow. This one has two eggcrate pieces of foam to form the base. Not sure if it makes much difference but I heard the Tempurpedic design is similar and for 3 bucks more I figured what the heck. It has a mattress cover which can be unzipped and washed. I have never slept on a memory foam mattress but I must say that I like it alot. When you first lie down on the mattress it feels a bit firm but when the foam begins to conform that is when it feels great giving even support throughout your body. If you move a lot during sleep it takes getting used to the bumps caused by your former position until the foam comforms to your new position. There is a chemical smell but it needs some time to air out. I dont feel it is that noticeable unless I stick my face in the mattress. Shipping was good. It came by Fedex and I received a tracking number. Ordered it on 7/9 and received it on 7/14. I cannot imagine a tempurpedic being that much better especially with a 1500 dollar increase in price.