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Best praise vs top criticism for DLX Mattress Premier Hybrid
“I have five mattresses in my house. I sleep on a Plank Luxe. Whenever we go away, whether it's a five-star hotel or not, we always end up sore until we get back home. The Plank Luxe brings us right back to normal. I’m 6'0", 220 lbs, and my wife is 5'4", 135 lbs. So you can throw out the stereotype that only lighter people can side sleep on a firm mattress. Our Titan Plus Elite is another great mattress. It is very comfortable. I tested it at the LVM Mattress Convention last year and was so impressed that I bought one for the guest room. My GlacierSleep Apex is not as firm as the Plank or the Titan Elite, but it is a pleasure to sleep on. It is better than any hotel mattress we have tried, including the Ritz-Carlton in Lower Manhattan, and far better than the mattresses used at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. I also have two very budget-friendly mattresses that I call my “curiosity mattresses.” These are the Brooklyn Bedding Standard Hybrid and the FlexiSpot U3. Both are surprisingly comfortable, although I am not sure either will hold up for seven to ten years of everyday use. I bought my mother-in-law a DLX Premier Hybrid Firm/Medium split. It feels like a Stearns & Foster Lux Estate but with better components. She has had it for over a year and a half now. It performs flawlessly and ultimately still perfect, like the day it arrived. Before that, her Beautyrest Black lasted only 14 months. I also got my daughter a DLX Classic Hybrid. It is a very comfortable mattress. It is too soft for me personally, although still comfortable. I would have preferred the firm option, but I chose the medium to appeal to a wider range of guests in my daughter’s home. I have tried a variety of Shifman’s firmer mattresses, and I would say they are just about the best out there, right there with ViSpring, Millbrook, Savoir and some other very fine mattresses. I recently bought my other daughter a Helix Twilight Luxe. She loved it in the showroom, so we will see how it performs once it is delivered tomorrow. Helix's new line-up is definitely an improvement over their already decent series of mattresses. Most people come to this sub, and others like The Mattress Underground, to troubleshoot sleep issues. In my experience, the root cause is often the foundation. After that, it usually comes down to a poor match between the sleeper and the mattress. Many shoppers pay more attention to advertising than to the actual materials and construction. Understanding what is inside the mattress and how it fits your body and sleep style is much more important. While specifications do not guarantee comfort, they are the best indicator of durability. If you are shopping for a mattress, start by looking at what it is made of and how well that aligns with your needs, rather than relying on marketing claims.”
“Woah, did you park a car on that thing? That is exactly what happened to my 85 y.o. MiLaw's Beautyrest, but within 2 years. Fortunately, I could rotate the mattress to put the pothole on the other side. I would rotate the mattress. Generally body depressions are normal on a new mattress, not potholes. You could fill that hole with water and make a darn bird bath. I would contact them ASAP and let them know what is going on. If they say it is normal, and you have a trial, it should go back. There is no way the entire mattress is going to even out 3" inches lower than the original height. If you like this type of mattress, look at one of the helix Elite series in your firmness comfort level. If ever the comfort layer should fail like what you have now, the comfort layer on the Elite is zippered, so it is replaceable. The DLX premier has a similar zippered comfort layer. [DLX Premier](https://dlxmattress.com/products/premier-hybrid). Look, any mattress can be a one off lemon. Perhaps a replacement is all you need. But one back layer in a mattress, takes the rest of it down, unless you can swap out the bad layer and replace it with a quality one. Sorry to see this, it is disappointing to see even when it is not your own mattress.”
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